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

[Rogan Hamby]

Sounds good.  Oh, and for posterity, I found out Jason Etheridge originally
created the FAQ but I don't think he objections to any changes.




On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 9:32 AM Jane Sandberg <sandbej at linnbenton.edu>
wrote:

> Thanks, Rogan and Ben.  I made those updates.  I chose to simply
> remove Fedora from the list of preferred distros, and re-wrote that
> section about the Web client (including a short blurb about hatch).
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 5:40 AM Rogan Hamby
> <rhamby at equinoxinitiative.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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 I noticed some out of date info on this page: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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