[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Staff client software vs. web-based interface

[rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net]

I've got a couple of laptops sitting around running Lion and Mountain  
Lion respectively.  I've built my own client several times before but  
fumbled around with it each time since I've never documented it well  
or automated any part of it.  I'd be willing to work with others on  
improving documentation and helping with packages for OS X users.  It  
might be a fair bit of work up front but in the long term I think we  
could make it pretty painless.

Quoting Tony Bandy <tonyb at ohionet.org>:

> Hi all,
>
> I've got an OSX iMac to help volunteer with!  I can't say I'm a OSX guru,
> but really good at following instructions!  If anyone wants to work with
> me, I could probably devote some hours to helping out, at least testing,
> etc.  I think I've got Xcode (?) installed somewhere on my iMac....
>
> Tony
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> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Galen Charlton <gmc at esilibrary.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Lazar, Alexey Vladimirovich
>> <alexey.lazar at mnsu.edu> wrote:
>> > What is the reason for lack of "official" releases of staff client
>> software for Mac OS (and Linux)?  Is it strategy, because there is no need,
>> or like with some other things, not enough volunteers?
>>
>> I don't think it's a strategy per se, just more a lack of volunteers.
>> If somebody were to step forward and volunteer to package OS X clients
>> as part of the release-cutting process, I think that would be welcomed
>> with open arms.  Even better would be if somebody could submit a patch
>> to automate building them.  Triple-word-score if it could be done
>> without requiring an OS X box.
>>
>> Similiarly, if somebody were to step up and get involved in packing
>> the Linux clients for various distributions, that would be great.  The
>> technical bar is lower, as Thomas' good work with the staff client
>> autoupdate mechanism means that it's become quite easy to build Linux
>> clients; at this point the main question is whether somebody is up to
>> maintaining and testing .deb or ..rpm.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Galen
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Rogan Hamby
Manager Rock Hill Library & Reference Services
York County Library System

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