Re: Starting, installing Redmine
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On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 04:42:10PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote:
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> I read the Debian.Readme file and came away confused. What is a
> "rake task".
Rake is Ruby's own take on Make [1] -- i.e. a program used to build
other programs.
> I could use a little more info as to what is meant by
> database instance. Does this mean that if I have projects A, B and C
> that each constitutes a database instance.
That's my guess, but I'd think that you can set up several independent
Redmine "sites" on one box. Each of them probably needs an own
database "instance".
> Were did the X_DEBIAN_SITEID come from, or is it just a normal
> environment variable.
Throwing X_DEBIAN_SITEID into your favourite search engine turns
up, among other things, this [2]. The way I read it, it is an
environment variable to help differentiate several Redmine
installations on the same host. So probably Advanced Stuff.
> I think someone needs to write a setup
> window for this one. I guess I want a program that works out
> of the box and don't want to have to fool around with a lot of
> command line stuff. I ditched exim because of the set up. I quit
> using several other programs because of the same thing. I'm not
> much of a hacker unless forced to be one under dire circumstances.
> Clear instructions (no assumptions) and setup windows could go a
> long way making open source software more usable.
I'm sitting here at Debconf [3], among literally hundreds of Debian
developers, all of them working hard (many of them in their free
time) to give to us this fantastic distribution. I understand your
frustration (I often swear at my computer too, and do even worse
things), but I think the best way forward is to get involved.
> Now that I have that rant out of my system, I will dig into the
> readme file more carefully. I still need to know what a RAKE task is
> and get some clarification on the meaning of instance in this case.
Here [4] [5] are more resources which might help (this time I
just fed "debian redmine help" into my favourite search engine).
Here [6] is the mailing list archive for the maintenance of the
Redmine Debian package, you might want to subscribe here [7] if
you want to contact the maintainers directly.
What I wanted to get at: occassional frustration is understandable.
But never forget that Debian is a mainly volunteer project (and
this is exactly what makes it so awesome). Perhaps a scathing
phone call to "user support" is the wrong approach here :-)
[1] http://rake.rubyforge.org/
[2] http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/16647
[3] https://summit.debconf.org/debconf15/
[4] https://wiki.debian.org/redmine
[5] http://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/HowTo_Install_Redmine_using_Debian_package
[6] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers/
[7] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-ruby-extras-maintainers
Regards
- -- tomás
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