Topic: Geneweb on SME8

[christian]

Perhaps I am just blind but does anyone know where the geneweb contribs have gone for SME 8 (I'm running 64 bit but I don't see it for 32 bit either).

http://wiki.contribs.org/Geneweb does not work and the SME8 Contrib Q&A (http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA#smeserver-geneweb) claims it should.

I've looked through the repos and can't seem to spot it.

[janet]

christian

At the top of the page http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA#smeserver-geneweb
is this
http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA#Setup

[christian]

Thanks Mary. That was the trick. I went looking in the repos themselves as well and didn't see it in the SME7 contribs either but clearly I missed it.

I'll update the geneweb wiki entry this weekend to clarify for others. I've been doing the same for other items such as vmware as I go along. At this stage it is probably best if we update the various wiki entries as people discover and verify and then update the specific entry in the Q&A to point to the item's actual wiki entry so we don't have things spread out everywhere.

Note in SME8 the sme7contribs repo is properly set up. I can update the Q&A entry you reference as well to reflect this.

[janet]

christian

It's probably easier to search the smecontribs repo for contribs by name, using a URL like this
http://distro.ibiblio.org/smeserver/releases/7/smecontribs/i386/RPMS/

I think those in charge behind the scenes at contribs.org are slowly reviewing all contribs, and eventually those that are OK for sme8 will be placed into the sme8 smecontribs repo, so the standard command
yum install --enablerepo=smecontribs packagename
will work OK, but it may be some time before that task is completed.

The instructions provided earlier are only necessary during the changeover phase from sme7 to sme8, before the sme8 smecontribs repo is totally populated with all contribs.

If updating contrib wiki articles, it may be best to just link to the generic instructions I referred you to. Perhaps the comment above can also be added to the generic advice.
That way each wiki article only needs a link added, and the advice can be created once and maintained in one place rather than scattered all through the many wiki articles.

What do you and/or others think ?

[christian]

In regards to the URL you provided, that's basically where I searched but must have overlooked it having landed on the default repoview.

As for your suggestion, I generally agree. I've altered http://wiki.contribs.org/SME8.0_Contribs_QA#Setup to clarify the need and use of sme7contrib.

I've modified http://wiki.contribs.org/Geneweb#Installation to point to this in the event the normal instruction doesn't work. This way when the contrib is eventually migrated the normal steps will work and the last sentence will no longer be required but not confusing if forgotten.

The vmware case was easier as the procedure is fundamentally different in SME8 so I simply changed that wiki entry and the corresponding Q&A to point to the wiki entry.

[janet]

christian

That's good.

I'm not aware though, that a default install of sme 8 has the sme7contribs repo already setup (whether with new data or restored data).
sme8 does have the smecontribs repo setup, but pointing at the sme8 version of the smecontribs repo.

In my experience users will need to configure the sme7contribs repo on any newly installed sme8 server, or servers upgraded from sme7 to sme8 (using CD). Not checked with a yum OS upgrade as I've not done that.

[christian]

In my experience users will need to configure the sme7contribs repo on any newly installed sme8 server, or servers upgraded from sme7 to sme8 (using CD).

Once again you are correct! I must have executed this step myself on an earlier install and it came over with the restore. As someone once said "my memory is great but it's short!"

I've generalized the instructions to check for its existence rather than making assumptions.