Hi Frederic, On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:30:00PM +0200, Frederic Lehobey wrote: > [...] > > You should use dbconfig-common to configure database. This is not very > > difficult and there is a lot of packages using it. > > Yes, I am willing to do it, but (as I said in README.Debian) I fear > it will require quite heavy patching of upstream (there is an > installation procedure quite intricately included in the rest of the > code) and I am undecided about what would be the best way to do it. Do > you have some example of other packages PHP where only _parts_ of the > installation procedure has been diverted in order to take advantage of > dbconfig-common? > > Should I completely rewrite an other installation procedure from > scratch with _many_ debconf questions and templates (won't it be a > debconf abuse?)? (I think it might be much simpler to implement.) Im' using dbconfig-common to configure database for my pixelpost[1] package. I've replaced all the installation procedure built into the upstream sources by dbconfig-common and one additional debconf template. Hope this can help you... Cheers, Xavier [1] http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/pixelpost.html > > You could also ship > > Apache configuration in /etc/apache2/conf.d (with a debconf > > question). > > Yes, if I go using debconf, I can do this too. > > > You can look at other web apps for some source of inspiration > > on this matter (mediawiki, roundcube, ...) or at the webapps draft > > policy. > > Thanks again for your feedback. I will try to address all your > suggestions (the license problem, I fear, been the most problematic > one) and come back with an updated package. > > Best regards, > Frédéric Lehobey > PS : I have fulfilled your Mail-Followup-To, but should > dbconfig-common questions go to -mentors, -webapps or both? (I do not > want to bother people). :-) > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-webapps-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
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