RE: VistA comments

["Smith, Todd" <Todd.Smith@camc.org>]

Hello Andreas,

The real problem with creating "canned" packages for VistA is the sheer
complexity of the application suite.  The VA's documentation is good but
assumes that a good deal of knowledge about the product exists.

I personally have not tried to build a legal Debian package so I don't
really know what is involved, but I not really sure that VistA is usable
without work on the user's part.  Installing the product is the least of
your worries.

Todd Smith
-----Original Message-----
From: Andreas Tille
To: 'openhealth-list@minoru-development.com'
Cc: Debian Med Project List
Sent: 7/29/2002 6:29 AM
Subject: Re: VistA comments

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Smith, Todd wrote:

> developed.  The Hardhats and the maintainers of RPMS are always
interested
> in patches and system improvements that are user contributed.
Moreover Vista is listed on our Debian-Med todo list:

   http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/research#vista

and we would be glad to support Vista in our Debian-Med project.
The problem is that I'm personally completely unable to do any useful
stuff with Vista even if I would get it packaged right into a Debian
package.  We certainly need somebody who is able to test and verify
functionality.  Building proper Debian packages would take the workload
for proper installation from system administrators and using Debian-Med
would bring a really free operating system for medical care which
might be appropriate for the environment you mentioned.

Kind regards

         Andreas.


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