[CK-Ledger-users] Re: Distributions
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From: C K Wu <ck...@ch...> - 2002-05-03 09:42:06
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Hi, Geoff, Your diagnostic is indeed right on the point. When I was testing the initial release of ck-ledger, 0.0.5 with RedFlag Linux (a major distro in China), the problem was the included Postgres being 6.x.x. The way I got around it, was to use a remote DB Server running Postgres 7.x.x over RedHat 7.2. With Mysql, there seems to be an indication that even phpgroupware-0.9.12 requires Mysql-3.23+, due to a key length limitation posted by Mysql-3.22. I presume you could try to run a remote Postgres 7.x.x or Mysql-3.23+ server over a non-Debian distro to confirm if the failure of the combined (debian + phpgroupware-0.9.14RCx + ck-ledger) system is due to the DB version. I have also tried the other approach of upgrading the Postgres version of my RedFlag Linux machine, ending with total failure. Phpgroupware 14RC3 is definitely not stable yet. That actually highlights a weakness with the current phpgroupware development process. There are too many modules to synchronize when upgrading to a new release. This couples with different underlying distros incorporating different php, db, ldap,etc.. versions, could result in a lot of RCs being issued before a new release is relatively bug-free. I had a taste of this problem when trying to make ck-ledger runable with both Postgres and Mysql. I had to cut back on a lot of Postgres (7.x.x) sql features that were not supported by Mysql (3.23.x). A better approach is perhaps to go back to the previous situation of releasing the core modules under a "phpgroupware-proper" project. The other modules will be developed as plug-ins or sub-projects subject to separate release streams with specification indicating which "phpgroupware-proper" version being the prerequisite. For the moment, I'll try to keep any new release of ck-ledger, phpgroupware-0.9.12 compatible, pending the formal release of phpgroupware-0.9.14. If I got a bit of time, I'll try to setup a debian machine and check out the debian situtation. Best Regards, CK geoff wrote: > Hi CK, Had some time to fiddle with ck-ledger over the lastday or > so: Mysql version only works with Mysql-3.23 +mainly Create table > Select statement in reportsis the problem(Debian is still only with > Mysql-3.22) I believe that phpgroupware 14RC3 is unstable the > sessionskept kicking me off either that ,or again Debian being back > on PHP4-0.3pl1is the problem. I have gone back to > phpgroupware-0.9.12 Debian latest Postgres distro is still back at > 6.5.3 which againmay cause problems In essence the average debian user > is going to have some angstwith the ck package. Regards Geoff |