I'm happy to announce that we've got a new release of SchoolTool, a free student information system, out in sync with Ubuntu 2008.10. We're calling it a "beta." We plan on continuing to map to the Ubuntu schedule, with "1.0" slated for April.
Details about the release here: http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/intrepid-features.html Installation instructions: http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/install.html Geeky packagaging explanation: Currently, we're distributing SchoolTool .deb packages for Ubuntu through our personal package archive (PPA) on Launchpad.net. There is a bit of a roadblock for us and Debian & Ubuntu proper because of the Zope 3 packages. Basically, Zope 3 has switched itself from being a more or less monolithic application server to being a pile of libraries, packaged as Python eggs (like Java .jars, for example). The current Debian and Ubuntu packages for Zope 3 are the monolithic version. We've got scripts to autogenerate separate .debs for all the little libraries now packaged as separate eggs. The current Zope 3 maintainers don't have a lot of enthusiasm for exploding the number of .deb packages they'll need to maintain. So we're at a bit of a standoff. In the medium term, this doesn't seem to be a big issue, since, while not being in the main Ubuntu repositories isn't idea, it is an advantage for us to be able to push bugfixes into our PPA very quickly and control our whole stack ourselves. A couple additional notes: we're working right now on setup/export via spreadsheets, which I think will make everyone wanting to experiment with SchoolTool happy. We should have that in an update release soon. Also, I'm working on documentation for using SchoolTool as a personal gradebook or for scheduling resources in a school, which are good ways to use/test SchoolTool without making a major commitment. Enjoy! --Tom Hoffman -- edubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
