eprints_tech messages

From: "Dan Fleming" <DR.Fleming AT ulst.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 10:24:26 GMT

Buggy eh?

Eprints is a breeze to install on Linux. I set it up on Red Hat 7 where I 
guess I had the benefit of Red Hat's quck & easy installation methods for 
locating and setting up all the prerequisite stuff. I used to use Solaris and 
imagine it would have been a lot harder getting that sorted out prior to 
installing eprints. I know Chistopher says negative feedback is more useful 
than positive, but I just thought I'd offer this encouragement to anyone who 
wants to set it up on Red Hat and might otherwise be put off.

Dan

Dr D Fleming
University of Ulster

From: Clayton Carter <crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 15:13:31 -0500

	I wouldn't go this far, but I will say that I didn't have too
much trouble with the install.  I had to work some voodoo so that the
Debian installed Perl modules would co-exist with the newer versions
from CPAN.  Also, I had never used MySQL before, so that was an
adventure; but overall, I didn't have too much trouble.  I'm not
saying it's easy or that it's done well, mind y'all, I'm just saying
that installed it without major problems.

	What I will say is that the system is a bitch to develop for.
Whoever developed this code was living in some strange fantasy world.
A lot of it is done very well and quite cleverly, but the rest is
bizarre and can only be described by a big bowl of extra sloppy
linguine.  But it works, so make of it what you will.

--pc


On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:24:26AM +0000, Dan Fleming wrote:
> Buggy eh?
> 
> Eprints is a breeze to install on Linux. I set it up on Red Hat 7 where I 
> guess I had the benefit of Red Hat's quck & easy installation methods ↵
for 
> locating and setting up all the prerequisite stuff. I used to use Solaris ↵
and 
> imagine it would have been a lot harder getting that sorted out prior to 
> installing eprints. I know Chistopher says negative feedback is more ↵
useful 
> than positive, but I just thought I'd offer this encouragement to anyone ↵
who 
> wants to set it up on Red Hat and might otherwise be put off.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Dr D Fleming
> University of Ulster

-- 
Clayton Carter   crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu
"My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."

From: "Faine, Mark" <Mark.Faine AT msfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 07:10:34 -0500

Seems from I can tell that Linux installs work best.  

Is eprints the only OAI software available?

-Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: Clayton Carter [mailto:crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:14 PM
To: EPrints.org Technical List
Subject: Re: [EP-tech] eprints (buggy?)


	I wouldn't go this far, but I will say that I didn't have too
much trouble with the install.  I had to work some voodoo so that the
Debian installed Perl modules would co-exist with the newer versions
from CPAN.  Also, I had never used MySQL before, so that was an
adventure; but overall, I didn't have too much trouble.  I'm not
saying it's easy or that it's done well, mind y'all, I'm just saying
that installed it without major problems.

	What I will say is that the system is a bitch to develop for.
Whoever developed this code was living in some strange fantasy world.
A lot of it is done very well and quite cleverly, but the rest is
bizarre and can only be described by a big bowl of extra sloppy
linguine.  But it works, so make of it what you will.

--pc


On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:24:26AM +0000, Dan Fleming wrote:
> Buggy eh?
> 
> Eprints is a breeze to install on Linux. I set it up on Red Hat 7 where I 
> guess I had the benefit of Red Hat's quck & easy installation methods ↵
for 
> locating and setting up all the prerequisite stuff. I used to use Solaris
and 
> imagine it would have been a lot harder getting that sorted out prior to 
> installing eprints. I know Chistopher says negative feedback is more
useful 
> than positive, but I just thought I'd offer this encouragement to anyone
who 
> wants to set it up on Red Hat and might otherwise be put off.
> 
> Dan
> 
> Dr D Fleming
> University of Ulster

-- 
Clayton Carter   crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu
"My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."

From: ePrints Support <support AT eprints.org>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 09:56:28 +0100

On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 03:13:31PM -0500, Clayton Carter wrote:
> 
> 	What I will say is that the system is a bitch to develop for.
> Whoever developed this code was living in some strange fantasy world.
> A lot of it is done very well and quite cleverly, but the rest is
> bizarre and can only be described by a big bowl of extra sloppy
> linguine.  But it works, so make of it what you will.

I'm re-writing a lot of the "odd" bits. Rob, the origional author, is ↵
an 
academic, where I'm a sys-support/admin/hacker. I'm attempting to rebuild
it as OO as possible too, since a few other sarcy comments from Tim Brody
<grin>. I've not been into the doc submission method bit which seems
very strange, but I've had a crack at most of the rest.

One of the reasons to make the code much more strict is the problems with
running multiple copies on one instance of modperl (name space conflicts etc).

Hopefully the new version will be a bit easier to work with. Credit to Rob
though, the good bits are very good. 


> > 
> > Dr D Fleming
> > University of Ulster
> 
> -- 
> Clayton Carter   crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu
> "My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."

-- 

 Christopher Gutteridge                   support AT eprints.org 
 ePrints Technical Support                +44 23 8059 4833

From: ePrints Support <support AT eprints.org>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 10:01:48 +0100

I think currently eprints is the only generic software.

I imagine that in time other already existing systems may
add an OAI interface. It is relatively easy to build OAI as
a bolt on for another database. I think Tim Brody has done 
some fairly generic perl code which people could use.

Although, eprints.org is the one true system, but I would
say that, wouldn't I? <grin>


On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 07:10:34AM -0500, Faine, Mark wrote:
> Seems from I can tell that Linux installs work best.  
> 
> Is eprints the only OAI software available?
> 
> -Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Clayton Carter [mailto:crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: EPrints.org Technical List
> Subject: Re: [EP-tech] eprints (buggy?)
> 
> 
> 	I wouldn't go this far, but I will say that I didn't have too
> much trouble with the install.  I had to work some voodoo so that the
> Debian installed Perl modules would co-exist with the newer versions
> from CPAN.  Also, I had never used MySQL before, so that was an
> adventure; but overall, I didn't have too much trouble.  I'm not
> saying it's easy or that it's done well, mind y'all, I'm just saying
> that installed it without major problems.
> 
> 	What I will say is that the system is a bitch to develop for.
> Whoever developed this code was living in some strange fantasy world.
> A lot of it is done very well and quite cleverly, but the rest is
> bizarre and can only be described by a big bowl of extra sloppy
> linguine.  But it works, so make of it what you will.
> 
> --pc
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 10:24:26AM +0000, Dan Fleming wrote:
> > Buggy eh?
> > 
> > Eprints is a breeze to install on Linux. I set it up on Red Hat 7 ↵
where I 
> > guess I had the benefit of Red Hat's quck & easy installation ↵
methods for 
> > locating and setting up all the prerequisite stuff. I used to use ↵
Solaris
> and 
> > imagine it would have been a lot harder getting that sorted out prior ↵
to 
> > installing eprints. I know Chistopher says negative feedback is more
> useful 
> > than positive, but I just thought I'd offer this encouragement to ↵
anyone
> who 
> > wants to set it up on Red Hat and might otherwise be put off.
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> > Dr D Fleming
> > University of Ulster
> 
> -- 
> Clayton Carter   crcarter AT cs.indiana.edu
> "My mom says I'm the handsomest guy in school."

-- 

 Christopher Gutteridge                   support AT eprints.org 
 ePrints Technical Support                +44 23 8059 4833