[ome-devel] OME install woes

[Ilya Goldberg]

Hello August
Several of the problems you reported have been fixed in CVS.  I think  
you may have an easier time of it if you install from CVS:

$ cvs -d ':pserver:anoncvs at cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk:/ome' login
(Enter "anoncvs" for the password)
$ cvs -z3 -d ':pserver:anoncvs at cvs.openmicroscopy.org.uk:/ome'  
checkout OME

Sadly, and despite many efforts, we have once again arrived at a  
state where a great deal of installation (and other) problems have  
been fixed, but a new stable release has not been made.  The "release  
early, release often" mantra has somehow gotten lost on us.

We have deeply religious views about not breaking the code on CVS  
(especially in HEAD), and generally if anyone does so, they are  
beaten soundly and severely.  Most of us use code from CVS in our  
daily work, so any problems are quickly noticed and fixed.
We've been talking about a release for a while now, and obviously it  
has not happened.  Maybe one way to do this is to simply release on a  
monthly schedule regardless of what happens.  We have enough of a  
testing framework to do nightly tests and report the results on our  
web-site.  If more tests are needed to call something a "release",  
then we should list them (preferably in the form of an automated  
script), and go from there.  This type of release lag may be  
acceptable for commercial software, but it is totally out of the norm  
for OSS - especially for a project as active as this one.

Apologies for any misunderstandings or duplicate effort.
-Ilya


On Apr 6, 2006, at 8:30 PM, august wrote:

>> August-
>>
>> Obviously, we appreciate your input and help.
>>
>> We haven't yet released install notes for Ubuntu and don't officially
>> support it.  We'd love to include a write-up on our web site--  
>> http://
>> www.openmicroscopy.org/howto/, if you're willing.
>
> ok.  no problem.   I will be installing the system on at least 2 more
> identicle systems...so I as soon as I solve the issues I mentioned, I
> can make a rewrite of my notes in html if you like.
>
>
> We'll help with
>> the rogue install-- glad to hear that at least one worked!  We don't
>> get too many emails saying ""it worked!".
>
>
> it did work at least 2 times for me.   Working on the 3rd and 4th time
> now, but am having problems.
>
> -august.
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