Re: Plone 3.0.2 bundle for openSUSE

I tried the YAST install.
"nothing provides python24-imaging needed by plone-3.1.3-1.1.i586"
YAST cannot find python24-imaging in available packages. It does seem to
find everything else.
Also did not find it in an OpenSUSE software seach.
Randy


markone wrote:
> 
> 
> Markus Tesmer wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> ...
>> - which has the 
>> following advantages for us:
>> 
>> - Plone packages are built for several SUSE releases:
>> 
>>   http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/tesmer/
>> 
> I just looked at this yesterday, preparatory to a trial install of Plone
> and noticed that the build for openSUSE was not for either of the two
> latest releases, 11.1 or 11.2.
> 
> Now I understand the 11.2 aspect, as that will still have been at the rc
> stage when you uploaded the package, but missing 11.1 seems like an
> oversight. 
> 
> 
> 
>> - Instead of distributing a large bundle all required files are provided
>> as an 
>> additional installation source by the Build Service. Thus the
>> installation 
>> prodecure can be done using the usual system administration frontend.
>> 
> 
> Raises another question, I am afraid: My 11.1 install has a later python
> than comes with the standard 'unified installer' version. Does the SuSE
> Build System version install its own python (ie, the older 2.4 version) or
> does it use the newer 2.6 version, that I already have installed (always
> assuming that the 3.0 version is not workable without serious work, like
> running the conversion script and maybe ending up in 'untested territory'
> which is somewhere I'd rather not be).
> 
> 
> 
>> - The installation will be much easier using the One Click Install
>> feature. It 
>> suffices to visit one URL with the browser to trigger the automatical 
>> installation:
>> 
> 
> Yes and no (sort of). I am very glad that you are doing this and I
> appreciate your effort, but the results with one click install can be a
> bit questionable, if this is used for multiple packages (it can make a
> mess of repos and their priorities, but there is an easy work-around).
> 
> I use one click to trace down the package and its repo and manually add
> the repo at a low priority level (a high number) and install through the
> standard 'Yast' > 'Install and Remove Software', as I find that more
> reliable.
> 
> So, everything that you have done is still useful, it is just that the
> install is a teensy bit more involved. (Alternatively, you can let 'one
> click' do what it wants with your repos, and sort it out later, but, if
> you let one click at your repos several times before you sort it out, that
> is going to be more effort, honest.)  
> 
> 
> 
>> At the moment we provide voluminous installer packages that contain
>> everything 
>> people need to get Plone up and running. In addition we could provide a
>> page 
>> describing the much easier One Click Install way. What do you think about
>> it? 
>> To answer one obvious question: download statistics for the openSUSE
>> Build 
>> Service shall be made available in future.
>> 
> 
> No, good idea, undoubtedly. And, you can get yast to do sensible things
> with dependencies so that, eg, python, etc, are only downloaded if
> necessary, that is only sensible.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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