Much thanks goes to you Bhaskar for all of your support in maintaining
these releases.
Would it be possible to create .deb packages of GT.M/OpenVistA? It would
be so nice to automate and manage updates and installations on a running
Debian server with dpkg or apt-get. Perhaps something such as this could
eventually become part of the stable Debian releases.
Certainly such a effort might be tough. I am not sure where GT.M/VistA
would fit into their package and development process, but it sure would
be convenient and make the whole available to large numbers of users
through the huge number of Debian mirrors around the globe. Then no
matter how you install the base system it would be easy to get OpenVistA
up and running.
Maybe something like the Debian debconf configuration management system,
i.e. the interface for configuration of debian packages, could be
implemented and leave one with a basic server configuration. Or another
idea would be to make the whole OpenVistA/GT.M install subject to their
"tasksel" system.
It is really great to have live CD releases, but I suspect that more and
more it won't be a question of whether or not one wants to use
GT.M/OpenVistA, but what is the easiest way to install it as part of a
standard Debian server installation. And after that how to maintain it
in production, i.e. with automation for upgrades and updates.
I am making all of this sound simple but it would seem that it might be
possible as Debian now includes some packages that are quite large and
complex.
Please provide some guidance about future releases of OpenVistA VivA.
...
So, what would the members of the VistA community like? I can continue
the current strategy of keeping OpenVistA VivA to a live CD and staying
with Knoppix for OpenVistA VivA FOIA Gold live DVD releases. I can use
a single base system, and I can stay small or go with the kitchen
sink.
Also, how about the forthcoming (once CMS releases the software)
OpenVistA VivA Office EHR?
Please let me know what you want, so that I can serve you better (yes, I
know that ultimately I will do what I think is best, but I really will
consider all inputs). Thank you very much.
--
Ismet B. Kursunoglu, MD, FCCP
Medical Director
Alaska Clinic, LLC
3750 Country Field Circle, UNIT B
Wasilla, Alaska 99654
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