* Klaus Knopper <skoleli...@knopper.net> [100811 11:18]: > Hi, > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 08:00:37PM -0400, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 02:01:07PM +0200, Rubén Romero y Cordero wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >Business as usual never was as things are always in constant change: > > >https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebianEdubuntu > > > > > >Additions/comments? > > > > I consider Ubuntu a user of Debian. > > > > I consider Skolelinux a user of Debian too, but one that is aiming > > (and quite close to becoming) an integral part of Debian itself - > > what we in Debian call a Debian Pure Blend. > > Sorry, I don't see that happen yet in the near future (Skolelinux aiming > to be a pure Debian blend) considering all the changes and extras > discussed on this list recently, including severe changes of LDAP > schemata.
Your help is very welcome! > > As such I see no point in collaborative packaging work being > > conducted anywhere else than by simply packaging for Debian and then > > consuming from there. > > I DO see a point in cooperating between distributions. A vast amount of > patches and fixes in genuine Debian packages comes from the Ubuntu > community nowadays, btw. In fact, I consider Ubuntu one of the largest > contributors to the Debian base, like it or not. To collaborate in packaging (!) its best done in packaging for Debian. So nobody here is against collaborating, as far as I see. Skolelinux is since years collaborating witþ a lot of other Free Software in schools solutions. > > Ubuntu has its own, well-working framework for schools. I would like to > adopt parts of it, in code or at least ideas, if not for > Skolelinux-international, then for Skolelinux-RLP, especially if they > have Did you checkout the edubuntu solution? > - working, teacher/Admin-friendly filesysetem and printer quota support, > - on-the-fly examination mode with network and filesystem ACLs, > - better GUIs for teachers, students and admins in general, > - easier ugradability than Skolelinux has right now. > > In return, I think that Ubuntu could make use of our extensions LINBO > and italc-RLP; the alternative blind-friendly ADRIANE audio desktop, > CATWeasel and CipUX set aside for a moment. Unfortunately, we have been > unable to find a DM willing to create official Debian-Packages from our > installation sources, so we are still making our own. Maybe there are > volunteers from Ubuntu? If italc-RLP is as it is, it violates some impotant policy rules, and that has to be changed. > Regards > -Klaus Knopper Regards/AmicaLinuxement/Saludos/Viele Gruesse! Kurt Gramlich Projektleitung skolelinux.de -- k...@skolelinux.de GnuPG Key ID 0xE263FCD4 http://www.skolelinux.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100811102949.gp9...@gnu-tec.de
