Re: stupid question: standalone ledger-smb / sqlite / HTTP::Daemon

[Darrick Hartman <..hidden..>]

Bruce Hohl wrote:
> --- Christian Huldt <..hidden..> wrote:
>
>   
> > I got a question regarding the possibility of
> > creating a standalone
> > package with ledger-smb for educational purposes.
> > I have done such packages before but as I am new to
> > ledger-smb I thought
> > I better ask first.
> >
> > My basic idea would be to use DBI::PgLite and
> > HTTP::Daemon to create a
> > executable PAR archive. Is this just plain stupid,
> > or should I rather
> > post to the development list? 
> > --
> > Christian Huldt
> > +46704612207
> >
> >
> >     
> More of my possibly useful chatter ... as I was
> installing LedgerSMB I was thinking along the same
> lines ... it would be nice if as an alternative
> LedgerSMB came packaged with SQLite + some simple
> built-in web server in one package.  This would be
> useful for educational, demo, and for those who need a
> simple, easy to install, and portable, accounting
> system for their very small business.  Ability to
> easily install on multi-ple OS's would also open
> considerably the number of people who might use
> LedgerSMB.       
>   
The best way I've used to demonstrate something like this is to use a 
VMware image.  You'd be able to create a fairly small image with 
Postgresql, apache etc installed and run the VM on Windows or Linux 
platforms using vmware player.  SQLite is not nearly powerful enough to 
handle the requirements.  There are several embedded type browsers which 
may work, but I'd rather see the efforts of the development team focused 
on developing the code for Ledger-SMB and not get side tracked with 
other things at this point.  (I do think that expanding the number of 
users is a good thing, but there are so many issues that need to be 
fixed/addressed or features that should be added that the developers' 
time is better spent working on those items).

Darrick

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