[K12OSN] feature request: pykota

[Jim Anderson]

Unfortunately my abilities do not extend into building rpm packages.  My
understanding of pykota comes from a Linux.com article where it was
mentioned that pykota needed and additonal 17 dependancies that were not
easy to find in a binary form.  I guess there's a lot of make/install
processes involved... not something that I'm proficient in either.

Jim

On 6/9/07, Peter Scheie <peter at scheie.homedns.org> wrote:
>
> Easier said than done, I suspect.  I don't use pykota, but it appears
> the tar file is freely downloadable and released under the GPL.  But
> none of the usual repos have rpms of pykota.  The only place I see rpm
> files (or any other package format, for that matter)  for it is at
> pykota.com, and they charge $25 for access to those.  The money goes
> directly toward pykota development, so it seems very reasonable
> considering what you get.  But while the GPL should allow anyone to
> build an .rpm file for it and distribute it--for example, the Fedora
> project--for some reason it isn't happening.  If you'd like to
> investigate further as to why that's the case, I'm sure others would be
> interested to know the story.  Perhaps you could build a package that
> could be used.
>
> Petre
>
> Jim Anderson wrote:
> > I realize it's too late to get this app into any imminent release of
> > K12LTSP, but I think print auditing with pykota would be a worthy
> > addition to K12LTSP.  It would be especially useful in a library or
> > public internet setting where there is a need to monitor and/or charge
> > for printing..
> >
> > Jim Anderson
> >
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