[Evergreen-web-team] Proposed changes to the Frequently Anticipated Questions page

[Rogan Hamby]

Since opinions vary I'm perfectly willing to defer to whoever is actually
putting in the work to update the doc.  :)



On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 8:21 AM Ben Shum <ben at evergreener.net> wrote:

> I'm very wary of keeping mentions of Fedora anywhere. While community devs
> do play with it from time to time and chat about its setup in IRC, etc., 1)
> we removed it officially from all the install READMEs specifically because
> we do not actively maintain support, 2) Fedora's support cycle for their
> releases is far shorter than Evergreen's, so it has been difficult to keep
> in sync, and 3) as is, Fedora dependencies have not been fully updated in
> many years and it cannot work out of the box on any release today without
> serious changes that are not documented anywhere I know (yet).
>
> For the purpose of FAQ, I'd stick to the real supported distros that do
> install and are being actively maintained by the community, aka Debian and
> Ubuntu.
>
> Just my two cents suggestion.
>
> -- Ben
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 6:51 AM Rogan Hamby <rhamby at equinoxinitiative.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Replies in blue.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 8:10 PM Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Rogan, Evergreen Web Team,
>>>
>>> I noticed some out of date info on this page:
>>> https://evergreen-ils.org/frequently-anticipated-questions/
>>>
>>>
>> I'm wracking my brain to remember who put that together.  It was a
>> collaborative effort is all I clearly recall.  And editing the part about
>> the logo.  :)
>> Regardless, it could undoubtedly benefit from a review at this point.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Any objections to me making the following improvements?
>>>
>>> Under #4: change Z.3950 to Z39.50
>>>
>>
>> Seems like a no brainer to me, go for it.
>>
>>
>>> Under #4: add Obalkyknih.cz to list of added content providers
>>>
>>
>> Go for it.
>>
>>
>>> Under #5: I don't believe Fedora is officially supported
>>>
>>
>> It is actively used however and I've seen those asking about it in IRC
>> channel get feedback on setting it up.  A re-phrasing is probably
>> appropriate along the lines of "debian and ubuntu are officially supported,
>> fedora is also used by some of the community."  We don't need to echo the
>> release notes since it's a FAQ here, IMO so long as we're clear what the
>> answer to the asked question should be.
>>
>>
>>> Under #5: Change "Once installed, Evergreen serves web pages for
>>> patron interfaces. For staff interfaces, there is a separate client
>>> program that needs to be installed on staff workstations, though in
>>> the long run Evergreen is moving toward web-based interfaces for staff
>>> as well. A Windows build of the staff client is available on the
>>> Downloads page. Mac and Linux builds are possible, but you’ll need to
>>> ask around for those or build them yourself (see FAQ #2), as they’re
>>> not built for every release" to "Once installed, Evergreen serves web
>>> pages for patron and staff interfaces."
>>>
>>
>> FWIW, I think the intent of that section to point out that it's a web
>> server is .... odd.  A non-techie won't care and it will be obvious to a
>> techie there has to be an HTML serving component.  I think it just say
>> something to the effect of the staff client is web based and does not
>> require a separate application to be installed.  Mention hatch as optional
>> and what it does since that is a thing now.
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for your feedback,
>>>
>>>   -Jane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> +1 to the doc getting a refresh
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