Keeping track of Edubuntu packages

[Caroline Ford]

We get moodle from Debian I presume. What version do they have in
Debian testing or unstable? We can get a merge or a sync of that into
jaunty. The MOTU pages on the wiki are a good place to start and
explain merging, syncing, updating packages, backports etc.

On 11/10/08, Bud Roth <junk at taiotoshi.org> wrote:
> David:
>
> I've been trying to get myself involved in Ubuntu/Edubuntu for a while
> and would like to take a crack at helping with updating Edubuntu's
> moodle .deb.
>
> I can read up on how to convert a Debian package to an Ubuntu package
> tomorrow at work.  What should I do next?
>
> Regards,
>
> Bud Roth
>
>
> On Sun, 2008-11-09 at 14:53 +0100, David Van Assche wrote:
>> Just to start a little bit of discussion here, first thanks Jordan for
>> the thorough breakdown of where we are and where we are going. In
>> terms of the Edubuntu apps, maybe we could list them here in terms of
>> importance, take a look at the versions, and suggest some extra
>> packages that should go in there, since AIUI there we about 300mb to
>> play with. As a start, along with Moodle, Mahara (e-portfolio system
>> that works along side moodle or alone) would be worth integrating. It
>> is already available in intrepid as a package (1.4)
>>
>> If we get that data, I'll add that to a page on edubuntu.org so we
>> have a better idea of what edubuntu is...
>>
>> There has also been a big discussion on squeak/scratch/e-toys on the
>> sugar lists, and its real status. Turns out one can actually obtain
>> both the source, and the license in the latest incarnations seems to
>> be totally free now (scratch status is unclear.) Is there still a
>> problem with the development model here? IE, the squeak/etoys users
>> work in a VM? Obviously regardless of sugar being in or not, etoys and
>> squeak are valuable tools for teachers.
>>
>> kind Regards,
>> David (nubae) Van Assche
>>
>> On 11/9/08, Jordan Mantha <laserjock at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all!
>> >
>> >  With the help of William Grant I got script going [0] that will allow
>> >  us to keep track of the version state of Edubuntu packages in Debian
>> >  and Ubuntu. This allows us to quickly see which packages have newer
>> >  versions in Debian and gives quick links to developer-oriented
>> >  information.
>> >
>> >  As of right now it looks like only kino, moodle, and qcad have never
>> >  versions we can pull so if people want to take a crack at getting
>> >  involved with Edubuntu development those are a good opportunity to get
>> >  your hands dirty.
>> >
>> >  -Jordan
>> >
>> >  [0] http://qa.ubuntuwire.com/multidistrotools/edubuntu.html
>> >
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