[Kolab-devel] Installer and OpenPKG

[Joon Radley]

Hi Bernard,

> > installer addressing these issues, but not more. Am I correct?
> 
> Many people asked about the use of OpenPGK.
> I believe it was a good decision to use OpenPGK, as it is 
> quite suitable for the server installations Kolab Server is 
> targetting. Unfortunately many people had problems with 
> Kolab's installation and blamed it on OpenPKG, because they 
> did not know OpenPKG and assumed it was the cause.
> As we improve the installations instructions and the OpenPGK 
> packages, those problems would be gone.
> 
> We probably need a good text
> so people can understand why we use OpenPGK on the webpage.
> 
> I've tried starting one.
> Attached my draft, based on the SGML version we had. It is 
> not completed yet, but I wanted to give you a rough outline.

I think there is some confusion about the use of anaconda. Anaconda will be
used to install Fedora and the OpenPKG for Kolab. Anaconda is not a
replacement for OpenPKG. It is a OS installer.

I think that using OpenPKG was one of the best decisions of the project.

Regards

Joon Radley
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