Excellent work! How painful would a Debian build be? B.
On 13 Feb 2014, at 10:16, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > Also, let's get this put on the website. > > On 13 February 2014 11:14, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >> Dave, are you up for doing a blog post? >> >> On 13 February 2014 10:19, Andy Wenk <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi Dave, >>> >>> wow super awesome! We need to spread this to the social media channels. And >>> furthermore I suggest to write a blog post. I can do that if no one >>> disagrees. >>> >>> Thanks a lot :) >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Andy >>> >>> On 13 February 2014 10:03, Garren Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thats great news. Thanks to everyone involved. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 13 Feb 2014, at 4:40 AM, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi everybody, >>>>> >>>>> I'm delighted to announce the availability of Apache CouchDB Ubuntu >>>>> Precise (12.04) packages, with integrated upstart support. >>>>> >>>>> These have been contributed with support from Mobius Medical Systems, >>>>> LP [1], who use Apache CouchDB in their product Mobius3D/FX for >>>>> oncology and radiology, and funded the development of this work >>>>> through the Couch Firm [2]. >>>>> >>>>> This would not have been possible without the assistance of Jason >>>>> DeRose (who has lead the 1.5.0 package going into the next Ubuntu >>>>> Trusty release), and Noah Slater, who was surprised on reviewing the >>>>> package to find so much of his original work there ;-). >>>>> >>>>> Installation should be straightforward, usual caveats around making >>>>> backup before upgrading precautions apply, noting that between 1.0.1 >>>>> and 1.5.0 there are a number of key changes, including the on-disk >>>>> data format used by the .couch files was upgraded. Although it >>>>> *should* keep your dbs intact and do the right thing for your >>>>> local.ini files, always have a backup - or two! >>>>> >>>>> ```shell >>>>> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties -y >>>>> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:couchdb/stable -y >>>>> sudo apt-get update -y >>>>> # remove any existing couchdb >>>>> sudo apt-get remove couchdb couchdb-bin couchdb-common -yf >>>>> # see my shiny 1.5.0 goodness >>>>> sudo apt-get install -V couchdb >>>>> Reading package lists... Done >>>>> Building dependency tree >>>>> Reading state information... Done >>>>> The following extra packages will be installed: >>>>> couchdb-bin (1.5.0-0ubuntu2) >>>>> couchdb-common (1.5.0-0ubuntu2) >>>>> couchdb (1.5.0-0ubuntu2) >>>>> ... Y ... >>>>> >>>>> # manage via upstart >>>>> sudo stop couchdb >>>>> couchdb stop/waiting >>>>> sudo start couchdb >>>>> couchdb start/running, process 3541 >>>>> ... >>>>> ``` >>>>> >>>>> You can of course modify or duplicate the /etc/init/couchdb.conf >>>>> script, to support running multiple couchdb instances or users on the >>>>> same box. >>>>> >>>>> Note there's also a `couchdb/dev` ppa which will be used for testing >>>>> and updating the next release, e.g. the upcoming 1.6.0, before >>>>> switching it over to the stable branch once it's had enough eyes on >>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>> Feedback welcome! >>>>> >>>>> A+ >>>>> Dave >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> [1]: http://www.mobiusmed.com/ >>>>> [2]: http://thecouchfirm.com/ >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Andy Wenk >>> Hamburg - Germany >>> RockIt! >>> >>> http://www.couchdb-buch.de >>> http://www.pg-praxisbuch.de >>> >>> GPG fingerprint: C044 8322 9E12 1483 4FEC 9452 B65D 6BE3 9ED3 9588 >>> >>> https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/andywenk.asc >> >> >> >> -- >> Noah Slater >> https://twitter.com/nslater > > > > -- > Noah Slater > https://twitter.com/nslater
