Hi Philip,
What version of Postgres are you using? I see that there are several binary downloads available from the Postgres site.
I've been targetting fairly current version throughout - right now I am running 8.1.5, but any 8.x version should be compatible.
Any interest in a Mac client? I note that Postgres doesn't have binary download for Mac. Fink does, but it looks out of date and nothing is listed for the current version of OS X. I'm usually a little reluctant to get involved with software that doesn't support all 3 major platforms. For many Mac users putting something on fink is kind of like putting up a sign that says "We don't really expect anybody to use this."
There has never yet been any requests for a mac client at present, not because of anything other than sheer cost. To run a macbased cybercafe would cost a HUGE amount more in initial setup costs than a comporable intel based platform. Of course this doesn't mean there ISN'T demand - just that nobody has asked me :) If you're up to try and port it, please feel free, but I have absolutely NO clue how to lock the display on mac for myself :) As for postgres support, this is LESS critical, if the client libraries can be obtained. A.J.
-----Original Message----- From: A.J. Venter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sun 6/3/2007 1:23 AM To: lazarus@miraclec.com Subject: Re: [lazarus] OutKafe 5.1.0 Released ! Hi Philip, It should be very little - as far as I can see - it should in fact be working - it just isn't yet (I'll bet it's a small problem though), and then packaged so it can be installed with relative ease. To give more idea -there is some major bug that's making it exit without an error message on launch - dunno what that bug is - that needs to be fixed. The windows client should be able to take connection details from a config file, connect to a postgresql server with an outkafe database, and then log in etc. Virtually all this code is written, it simply needs to be properly ported, packaged and shipped - by somebody with the experience to do so (I work as exclusively on Linux as you do on windows :p ) Of course the packaged version should also include whatever dll's are needed for a windows app to be a postgresql client. Are you up for giving it a shot ? You don't REALLY need a Linux server, you could just set up a postgresql server on windows, load the OutKafe table-scheme and manually generate one user to test with. A.J. PS. If you're really interested, I suggest we take it offlist at this point as it's becoming less and less lazarus related :) On 6/3/07, Hess, Philip J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A.J., > > Still sounds interesting. > > Could you write a few sentences about what needs to be done to finish the Windows client? > > What's necessary for development? I work exclusively in Windows and OS X, but don't use Linux for anything and don't have access currently to a Linux machine. > > Thanks. > > -Phil > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A.J. Venter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat 6/2/2007 7:40 PM > To: lazarus@miraclec.com > Subject: Re: [lazarus] OutKafe 5.1.0 Released ! > > On 6/3/07, Hess, Philip J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That sound interesting. Maybe you could include that description on your Web page. > Heh, fair enough - though I thought I basically had :p > > > > Where does OutKafe run? Does the cafe have a network server or something that the cafe's computers are hooked up to? > OutKafe comprises basically three parts (this I KNOW is on the > website). The postgresql database server does all the network serving, > so I don't code any of that, I just interact with it. OutKafe has: > 1) A daemon which counts down time on logged in accounts (it's done > centrally for security reasons) > 2) An administration tool which allows the icafe operator to sell > time, create user accounts, reset passwords, define offers etc. > 3) Client programs which let a user log in, counts him down and logs > him out again. > Currently only the Linux client is in a working state. The win32 > client is very close - but I need somebody with genuine windows coding > experience to help me finish it. > There is also a WIFI client very similiar to what you describe below, > but that is not very complex and at this stage barely started. > > > > I guess I'm not familiar with Internet cafes like this. Usually here the cafe has wireless and you get a login code for your laptop when you buy a coffee. > That is common in some countries, here in the developing world the > kind with computers hooked up that you buy time on is still very > common, for many people such outlets ARE their offices. Having a GPL'd > tool to manage them is an important (I believe) way to ensure software > freedom in the developing world. OutKafe is the only such tool out > there (OpenKIOSK is only partially free software - I'm not aware of > any other free projects that are still actively developed though there > are quite a few proprietory ones like smartlaunch). Of course the > whole thing is also done in Lazarus and is one of the oldest > continuing lazarus developments (the original app was started in > November 2002, the Lazarus website carried a story on the 3.0 release > in May 2005). > > Ciao > A.J. > > > -- > A.J. Venter > CEO - OutKast Solutions C.C. > http://www.outkastsolutions.co.za > Cell: +27 83 455 9978 > Fax: +27 21 413 2800 > Office: +27 21 591 6766 > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject > archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives > > > -- A.J. Venter CEO - OutKast Solutions C.C. http://www.outkastsolutions.co.za Cell: +27 83 455 9978 Fax: +27 21 413 2800 Office: +27 21 591 6766 _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
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