Thanks Jordan for addressing this need/resource. While I can't address your idea about using launchpad and bazaar repository and checking out code quality as these are out of my expertise, they sound logical. I can address your idea about referencing them on the wiki/forum and think that is a great idea--I would have been able to find them when I first started working with Edubuntu and wasn't aware of lots of Edubuntu resources. And, if we add notes on all those pages about joining the edubuntu user and/or devel lists for help in implementing these scripts that would be a double-whammy good move. Actually, having hints about joining these lists/communities would have been good for me. When a person (like me) repeatedly sees lots of invites to join a community, the idea finally gets through my head :-)
Yes, I've got something to contribute (thanks to Don Sparish) and would do so. I would look through what others have offered and use as needed. As always, thanks to all for your generous help in educating my students! David G Science Teacher Minneapolis Public Schools MN USA On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Jordan Mantha <[email protected]> wrote: > So I was thinking today as I was reading the edubuntu-users thread > about user management scripts that it's a real shame that we aren't > doing more with what Edubuntu users around the world are doing to make > their systems work better/faster/more efficiently/etc. Additionally, > it's very easy for people to reinvent the wheel over, and over, and > over just because they didn't know the tools that other people have > already worked on. > > My idea is that maybe we can create a Launchpad project to collect and > distribute this good work by Edubuntu users. The actual scripts can be > put into a bazaar repository where people can contribute to them, > collaborate together, and write some documentation (usually lacking in > personal scripts). We can then promote the script repository on the > wiki/website/user documentation. > > The concern would be to make sure that the scripts have some minimum > quality and won't eat people machines, etc. A suggestion would be to > have the "canonical" script repository be owned by the Edubuntu > Members team so they can review contributions for obvious problems. Of > course people would be free to upload their own branches on Launchpad, > but we'd link to the canonical repository. We can write a simple "how > to contribute" howto on the wiki for people who are not familiar with > bazaar. > > Any thoughts? Is this a good idea? Would you want to contribute? > Would you use such a repository? > > -Jordan > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >
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