[Booki-dev] Comments on Booki

[adam hyde]

just opened this ticket doug...can you comment on it in the ticket too?

adam


On Sun, 2010-09-19 at 20:53 +1200, Douglas Bagnall wrote:
> hi Alexandre
> 
> >  * you don't need python-simplejson if you are using python 2.6 or
> > above. Just use the "json" module.
> 
> The booki server runs lenny which has 2.5, so simplejson is needed.
> I think the usual way to deal with this is something like:
> 
> try:
>     import json
> except ImportError:
>     import simplejson as json
> 
> which Booki uses in some places but not everywhere.  It breaks if the
> entirely unrelated python-json is installed, but that is rare.
> 
> >  * You should favour installing dependencies using the OS' packaging
> > system (such as APT) if possible. There are Debian packages for
> > python-redis, python-simplejson (now in the core Python stuff, though)
> > and python-django.
> 
> 
> Until a month or two ago I was able to run Booki using standard Debian
> testing's Redis and Django, but it has recently shifted to using Redis
> features that aren't packaged anywhere, even in sid.  
>  
> Shifting to a proper config file should be simple -- we just need to
> make settings.py import the values, and can leave everything else
> unchanged.  Perhaps we should open a ticket.
> 
> regards
> 
> Douglas
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