Re: [Gnumed-devel] install notes

[Karsten Hilbert]

Michael,
> 1. I know the way I do stuff is a bit half-baked from the security 
> side of things.  Thing is, I don't care 'nuff at this point to figure 
> out nuances--especially if I have to spend energy just to get 
> stuff working.  
don't worry, Andreas post is useful for the exact same reason
yours is useful and appreciated - to document things that are
to be considered starting from the point where your posting
stops in a timely fashion. Other than that we all need to take
a step back at times, get off the This-Is-The-Right-Thing-
To-Do-track, and marvel at the bigger picture. Which your post
initiated so that's good.

> 2. I don't think it is realistic to expect that people wade through 
> the mail archive to figure-out how the heck one gets things 
> working.
Andreas was probably just wondering why we didn't try first to
get the "recommended" install up to snuff. I think it also has
to do with the fact that most people simply don't know about
the Debian packages.

> been done too recently.  Also, I'm sure that a handful of people 
> out there have taken a look at GnuMed... tried to install it and 
> just gave up.
I would encourage any of those people to speak up on or off
list.

> My guide wasn't written to make things 
> rock solid.  It was put together so someone doesn't have to 
> wade through 4-5 months of the archive... seeing how the 
> install manual is out-of-date.
Which is the reason I think Wiki()ing it is useful - even if
we loose some of the fancier formatting - eg. does it really
matter if we have shaded-in-gray boxes !?! I for one don't
even see them as I am browsing with w3m. I prefer updated,
say, ASCII READMEs over outdated pretty PDFs any day. I
didn't fully realize this previously, though. My fault.

Karsten
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