Edubuntu Maverick Packaging Work

[Caroline Ford]

There's a language pack issue that's been caused by the removal of edubuntu
packages from main that needs looking at. Translation regression in lucid
that I don't have time to look at, but I'm getting complaints about.

On 12 May 2010 15:35, Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jonathan at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> Hi, here's a dump of the discussion from the packaging session at UDS
> today. We'll probably put together something nice at some point:
>
> = UDS Session - 12 May 2010 =
>
> Spec page:
>
> https://blueprints.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-maverick-edubuntu-packages
> Related spec (schooltool):
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/community-maverick-schooltool
>
> Purpose of meeting: create plan for education packages that need
> attention in Maverick.
> Packages to discuss:
>  * Moodle
>  * Schooltool (needs a bunch of Zope dependencies, didn't make it in
> time for Lucid, a session on maverick-zope-packages running right now,
> not sure if it's directly related)
>  * Sugar (currently in Ubuntu, some packages are 0.88 and some are 0.86
> and may need to be updated, if someone could provide some clarity on
> that it would be great)
>
> If there's time, we could perhaps discuss the possibility of an
> edubuntu-server task.
>
> ==Schooltool==
>
>  * Administration & gradebook tool
>  * Magnus will maintain all zope3 packages in Ubuntu, so zope shouldn't be
> a
>   problem from here on
>  * In the next 6 months, hopefully 25 schools in Cambodia, perhaps
> nationwide by
>   2011
>  * Also working with schools in Zambia, El Salvador
>
> == Edubuntu Server Task ==
>
>  * Could include packages like schooltool
>  * Not necessarily on Ubuntu Server disc (depending on space)
>  * Perhaps on text installer on Edubuntu DVD?(sorry can't hear so nice
> with skype)
>  * Task in net installer can be done first
>
> == Moodle ==
>
>  * Debian has orphaned the project:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/edubuntu-devel/2010-May/003456.html
>  * Debian had a redesign of Moodle packaging in git but basically task
> was too
>  large to be finished
>  * Simplify scope, depend on postgres
>  * If someone really wants separate db server or using mysql or
> something else, they
>   need to wait until we get the workable package first
>  * Will upstream be willing to provide security updates for 4-5 years in
> Debian?
>  * Pick version for Lucid & Squeeze that can be maintained for that time
>  * Having moodle-scripts could possibly be more work than packaging it
> properly
>   and generally a bad idea (think flash plugin)
>  * What version is Canonical using?
>  * jbicha will contact Tomek to see about packaging progress
>
> == Sugar ==
>
>  * Contact Ubuntu Sugar team, get update on current Sugar status
>
> == Other Packages ==
>
> Touch-screen / smarboard tools: (I didn't quite get the names please
> populate)
>  * journal
>  * xournal
>
> Future perhaps (radar):
>
> School Interoperability Framework (SIF) (openzis.org)
>
> == QIMO ==
>
> * mhall119 will create a gnome-based session that we could ship on the DVD
>
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