Edubuntu Revival

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Erich,

On Wed, Feb 08, 2023 at 08:54:59AM -0800, eeickmeyer at ubuntu.com wrote:
> Hi Release Team,

> Just giving this a bump as I haven't heard anything in response to this
> since I posted a week ago. As you can imagine, we're anxious to get
> moving on this.

> I'd very much like to know what it is we need to do on our end to get
> Edubuntu rolling again at this point, since we've received the go-ahead
> from the Technical Board [1] and need Release Team coordination.

> Thanks,
> Erich

> [1]
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/technical-board/2023-January/002709.html

I will take point on facilitating the landing of support for building
Edubuntu images again.

Of course you know about my previous review on
<https://code.launchpad.net/~edubuntu-dev/ubuntu-cdimage/+git/ubuntu-cdimage/+merge/437167>. 
I've just posted a further review requesting a minor correction; this should
be ready to land soon.

I notice this doesn't include changes to lib/cdimage/germinate.py to point
cdimage at the edubuntu seeds.  Feel free to update your MP, or we can pick
this up in a follow-up commit.

I have created the livefs record for lunar now, at
<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-cdimage/+livefs/ubuntu/lunar/edubuntu>.

There will need to be corresponding changes to
lp:~ubuntu-cdimage/debian-cd/+git/ubuntu and to lp:livecd-rootfs to reenable
edubuntu support there as well.  I can commit some time this week to
implement those changes, or if you prefer you can make the changes and I can
review them as for ubuntu-cdimage.


> On Tue, 2023-01-31 at 18:34 -0800, eeickmeyer at ubuntu.com wrote:
> > Hello Release Team!
> > 
> > As many of you are aware, my wife and I have been working on reviving
> > the Edubuntu flavor, myself being the technical lead and my wife as
> > the
> > flavor lead. She was inspired while we were attending Ubuntu Summmit
> > in
> > Prague this past November while learning of all the things that open
> > source software can do, and, as an education professional, was
> > disappointed to hear of the demise of Edubuntu. When we got back, she
> > told me of her desire to revive it, and we got to work.
> > 
> > For the past month and a half, I have been working with the community
> > council, technical board, and archive admins to get components either
> > reestablished or uploaded for Amy's vision to modernize Edubuntu and
> > bring it into this decade. What we have accomplished that is
> > relevant:
> > 
> >  - standing up new seeds, available at
> > https://code.launchpad.net/~edubuntu-dev/ubuntu-seeds/+git/edubuntu
> >  - built edubuntu-meta package from these seeds
> >  - made a clear definition of what the new flavor is, which is
> > defined
> > in the metapackage names themselves.
> > 
> > What we need now is to work with the release team to make it possible
> > to build the new images in lunar.
> > 
> > Let me know what you need from me. Thanks!
> > Erich
> > 
> > --
> > Erich Eickmeyer
> > Ubuntu Studio Project Lead
> > Edubuntu Revival Technical Lead

Cheers,
-- 
Steve Langasek                   Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
Debian Developer                   to set it on, and I can move the world.
Ubuntu Developer                                   https://www.debian.org/
slangasek at ubuntu.com                                     vorlon at debian.org
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