64-bit kolab?

Gavin McCullagh gavin.mccullagh at gcd.ie
Thu Jan 21 17:56:12 CET 2010


On Thu, 21 Jan 2010, Bernhard Reiter wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 20. Januar 2010 15:31:22 schrieb Gavin McCullagh:
> > 1. Keep maintenance as simple as possible (I may not always be the
> >    maintainer).  Security patches involving download, compile and install
> >    is not the simplest route.
> > 2. Keep as closely as possible to the kolab user norms so that if I or
> >    someone else ask the mailing list for help down the road, the problems
> >    I'm seeing are most likely something someone else has seen.
> 
> The Kolab Server recommended way is to use OpenPKG packages source compiled.
> The 32bit binary packages are a very specific convenience solution (and might 
> not even work best on different 32bit machines).

Ah.  That changes matters a bit.

> Security patching in source usually is quite simple. If you fear larger 
> interruptions you would use your staging system (for all major IT systems it 
> is good to have a staging system.) and then use the resulting personal 
> binaries.

Fair enough.  I'll take a look and make sure it's well documented here.

> As far as I remember the 64 advantages are minimal in the regular case.

That's what I would imagine alright.

Thanks,
Gavin




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