Hi, On Wed, Oct 2, 2013 at 6:59 AM, Tom Hanstra <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm starting to work through a new install of Koha for a new site. Up > until now, I've only installed and upgraded from the released versions. > But I'm wondering if I would be better off installing from the git > repositories. > > What are people using if they only plan to install fully released > versions. Is there an advantage to installing from the git repository if > we won't be looking for the latest patches? Are upgrades made easier if > git is used? > At the moment, one of the easiest ways to manage a production Koha installation on Debian or Ubuntu is to install from released packages, where in applying an upgrade can literally be as simple as doing an 'apt-get update; apt-get upgrade'. Since maintenance releases come out monthly like clockwork, bugfixes get distributed quickly, so there's little reason to live on the bleeding edge -- especially since, in your case, you've indicated that you're not looking to do that anyway. If one in a mode where you are doing a lot of customization, one might maintain a Git repo and build local Debian packages for deployment into production. If you're not using Debian or Ubuntu, the same principle applies to installing from the release tarballs, though it is a bit less convenient since the Koha cluster management scripts aren't yet tested for anything except Debian and Ubuntu, although there is active work to generalize them. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Manager of Implementation Equinox Software, Inc. / The Open Source Experts email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org [email protected] http://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha
