[LON-CAPA-dev] new install.lon-capa.org pages

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Hi Scott,

THANKS SO MUCH!!!

- Gerd.

Scott Harrison wrote:

> Dear All:
>
> Rather than postpone things any longer, I updated
> http://install.lon-capa.org/ with new pages.
>
> Note:
> * the layout of the pages can be easily customized by making changes
>   to loncom/build/doc_template.pl (in a very loose sense, like a
>   stylesheet thing)
> * machine-specific PerlSetVar's inside access.conf have yet to go inside
>   loncapa.conf; nonetheless, the installation pages assume this has happened
> * the ./UPGRADE & ./TEST commands released with the tarball (make tardist)
>   are really alpha-level; nonetheless, the installation pages refer to
>   them
> * the FAQ on install.lon-capa.org still needs major improvement...
>   it is only meant to be a subset of http://help.lon-capa.org/.
> * the ./CHECKRPMS command is ummm not quite written yet; essentially
>   the goal is to use Siegert's check-rpms command; the problem will
>   be with system administrators trying to resolve those blasted
>   dependencies (something we will TRY to resolve by publishing a
>   "these are all the current rpms that belong on your system)
> * building install.lon-capa.org web pages is described in
>   doc/how_to_install_loncapa_org.txt
>
> There are a number of many different sentences I would probably reword.
>
> Any and all suggestions are welcome.  I am now rushing out of town
> for two days, but should get back to you Thursday evening.
>
> Sorry for the alpha-push, but I would rather gear things up now
> and experience pain than wait for the month to elapse and not
> have things come together.  I will try to access.conf --> loncapa.conf
> on my laptop and CVS commit on Thursday or Friday.
>
> Regards,
> Scott
>
> --
> Scott Harrison, harris41@msu.edu
>
> "If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep
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> music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets
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> say, here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well."
> --Martin Luther King, Jr.
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