I don't know all the ramifications here but the idea sounds good.
Yes, remember this discussion in the edubuntu list-serves from a bit
over a year ago (started on 1/20/2010)? It was a fairly involved
discussion on LDAP admin tools and at one point sbalneave ie Scott
made a comment that seems germane to the discussion of a
collaboration--it concurs with the idea that skolelinux 'has' an LDAP
solution that would greatly benefit edubuntu.
Scott said in the middle of the thread...
If I might proffer an opinion....
LDAP's a "hard" subject. It's:
1) Non-trivial to set up
2) Infinitely customizable
3) Lacking any discernable standard as to how you should lay out
your database
for authentication.
So the problem is, every time you poke your head up and say: "Hey
guys, lets do
X!" you're greeted by a chorus of "Yeah, but what about....", an
which point
everybody stares at their shoes, goes "Hmmmm, interesting problem
<deep
thought>" and the problem disappears off into the sunset for another
few
months.
I'm not blaming them. LDAP *is* the single largest PITA to
configure/setup/get
working, and it's deucedly difficult to try to make the "perfect"
tool.
Both RedHat and SkoleLinux solved the problem by saying "You'll do
it our way
and *like it*!!!!", with the end result that they have something
that works,
but God help you if you want/need to do something different.
Debian, and by
extention Ubuntu, is still waiting for the perfect, infinitely
customizable yet
easy-to-use LDAP tool to come along.
So if this collaboration between edubuntu and skolelinux would
increase the likelihood of having a good LDAP admin solution, that's a
+1 from me. And, on general principle, well-done collaborations
between different groups with compatible needs is always a big win-win.
David
On Feb 18, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) wrote:
Hi everyone
Rubén sent me this mail a few weeks back and in the meantime I got
some
clarification.
Basically the idea is that we ship with scripts that would make
Edubuntu
integrate into a Debian/Skolelinux environment. Skolelinux/Debian-Edu
currently has setup options to set up centralised authentication and
some other services out of the box, so the idea would be that someone
could use a mixture of Edubuntu desktops and a Skolelinux server if
they
wanted to.
I can't see a reason not to, and perhaps once we've integrated the
client-side stuff we could perhaps later have a similar setup
available
in Skolelinux available as a task in Ubuntu Server?
I think we should collaborate with them on this, thoughts?
-Jonathan
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Edubuntu and DebianEdu/SkoleLinux cooperation
Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 14:03:11 +0100
From: Rubén Romero y Cordero <hua...@ubuntu.com>
To: Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jonat...@ubuntu.com>
Hi Jonathan,
As I told you in December I am now very much involved with the
Debian-Edu team. I was elected into the board of FRISK last December.
FRISK is a Norwegian organization working for the further development
of DebianEdu/SkoleLinux and also working with the general promotion of
Free Software for usage in the educational sector.
Some notes that I have gathered so far:
Debian/Ubuntu cooperation:
* *buntu clients:
* NFS and LDAP ready
* Packaging a DebianEduTakeOver script in Edubuntu?
WWW:
* http://edubuntu.org/marketplace
* Debian Wiki Article: *buntu Desktop into a DebianEdu environment
* Documentation on using *buntu clients work better with a
Skolelinux server
* Testing of packages that make *buntu clients work better with a
Skolelinux server
I was thinking about blogging on this, but I believe we should align
regarding this issues. Do you have some intuitive feedback regarding
these points or would you like to add points of cooperation yourself?
Also FRISK/SkoleLinux is looking for sponsors. Do you think that
Canonical would be willing to work with the organization helping with
funds or organizing events such as development gatherings?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Best regards,
-
Rubén Romero
https://launchpad.net/~huayra
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