Just one quick comment on this email, sorry for top posting. As Raj rightly pointed out all the details I won't re-iterate on that. But this is the last time I am saying this as I did time and time again. The system is supposed to scalable and work at enterprise level or on medium scale organisations such as NGOs and small businesses. I think there are a lot of personal financial softwares and people are free to choose any of them.
And if at all one wants to use GNUKhata on a home bases, ny all means do so once deb and rpm packages are available. i don't think end-user is even going to be aware of postgresql or mysql or any thing. happy hacking. Krishnakant. On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 08:33 +0530, Raj Mathur wrote: > On Tuesday 19 May 2009, Mrugesh Karnik wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 14:12:16 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > > On Tuesday 19 May 2009 13:25:36 Krishnakant wrote: > > > > Do keep posting about the feedbacks or ask on about any feature. > > > > We have the mailing list at [email protected] right now. > > > > > > first feedback: The INSTALL document states: > > > > > > <quote> > > > to use postgresql for the first time there is a dedicated > > > administrator account called postgres. > > > This will be the user we will use for the database. > > > We must set a password for that user. to change/ reset the > > > password, sudo passwd postgres for ubuntu or just su passwd > > > postgres for any other sudo less distro of gnu/linux > > > and hit enter. > > > enter the password ''gkadmin'' and re-type for confirmation. > > > <endquote> > > > > This is brain-dead! > > > > Best is to just ask the user to have a database with the appropriate > > access details ready. > > > > As it is, for a desktop app, it doesn't make sense to tell user to go > > configure a postgresql or even mysql database. Why not just use > > sqlite or mysql embedded instead? > > > > Requirement of postgresql for a desktop app is just plain dumb, even > > for a fan such as myself. > > > > Suddenly, the mysql embedded move by amarok and akonadi devs makes > > sense (if it didn't already). > > Is GNUKhata a desktop app? From Anusha and Kirshnakant's presentation > at the last freed.in, the impression I got was of a > financial/accounting application server that leaves the choice of > front-ends to the user. And frankly, if I'm using GK for any serious > accounting I personally would be very happy if it's running PostgreSQL > and not some toy database. Specially not some toy database that is > owned today by a company whose credentials in the FOSS world aren't all > that hot. At the risk of being rude (not that I'd be doing something > that has never happened before on this list ;) suggesting that > corporates keep decades worth of critical accounting data in, e.g., > SQLite is just plain dumb. At least until you show me at least one > serious FA/ERP system that has been adopted by corporates and uses > SQLite as the back-end RDBMS. > > Having said that, maybe KK & co. could investigate the possibility of > putting in a database abstraction layer in GNHKhata; if you do that you > could let users choose which RDBMS they wish to use depending on their > needs and their environment. I'm sure Mrugesh would be happy to create > the necessary triggers, etc. to make the abstraction layer work with > SQLite :) > > Regards, > > -- Raju > -- > Raj Mathur [email protected] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
