Sounds like a great idea and as a user I can see how it will benefit me. Congrats Scott on The Move--we need you there.
David On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Scott Balneaves <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, Edubuntu lovers, > > After getting a lesson in packaging this weekend from our retired sage > LaserJock, we has a short discussion about something that he set up for the > Edubuntu developers and users which, I think if used effectively, will have > a > benificial impact on us all. > > If you're not aware, I've decided to go for my MOTU-ship, so that I can > directly update packages in Universe. Now that we are allowed to put > Universe > packages on the DVD, seeing as we are our own distribution, this will make > things much easier for us. We can (as I understand it) demote most or all > of > the education-related apps to Universe, then nothing more than being a MOTU > will be required to maintain Edubuntu. This significantly lowers the > barrier > to entry. > > However, even becoming a MOTU does have it's cost. There's a long process > one > must go through in order to be given the keys to the kingdom, as it were. > As > well, even if you DO have MOTU, getting a new package, or an update, into > Universe does take some time. > > This is where PPA's can come in to help. For those not in the know, a PPA > is a > Personal Package Archive. It's your own archive of packages which you can > directly upload to at any time. > > We have a team within Edubuntu, called "edubuntu-dev", it consists of the > current Edubuntu developers. You can see the team's page here. > > https://www.launchpad.net/~edubuntu-dev/<https://www.launchpad.net/%7Eedubuntu-dev/> > > You'll notice that, about halfway down the page, we have 3 PPA's, namely: > Edubuntu Testing Archive > Edubuntu Stable Updates > Edubuntu Work in Progress > > Work in Progress for "Bleeding edge" or alpha quality work, "Testing" for > beta > quality packages, and "Stable Updates" for updates to packages that are > currenly stable, but may have a bugfix that we can apply that hasn't yet > made > it to the official archives. > > Per LaserJock's suggestion, I'd like to propose that the developers, and > the > users, start taking advantage of this as the "Semi official" Edubuntu > updates > repo, over and above the official Ubuntu-sponsored updates. It has several > advantages: > > 1) Users who wish to receive "more frequent" updates may add the > appropriate > PPA to their apt config, and gain the benefits. > 2) Users who do NOT want to have anything other than the officially > sponsored > updates can simply ignore this ppa. > 3) People who would like to become Edubuntu developers have a much lower > barrier to entry. After doing a bit of packaging or bugfixing work to > prove > their worth, the Edubuntu Community Council can simply vote to have them > as > part of the "edubuntu-dev" team. This gives them access to the > "edubuntu-dev" PPA's. If they choose, they can use their development > work, > when they've done enough of it, to eventually apply for official > MOTU-ship. > Or not, as they so choose. > 4) It's a "well known address" where we can point people to to potentially > receive more frequent updates. > > To me, it seems like a good course of action. By way of kicking it off, > today > I'll push up a new version of Sabayon to "Testing". This new version will > allow you to apply Sabayon profiles by group, in addition to the usual > by-user. > > Thoughts? > > Scott > > -- > Scott L. Balneaves | He that breaks a thing to find out what it is > Systems Department | has left the path of wisdom. > Legal Aid Manitoba | -- J.R.R. Tolkien > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >
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