On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 5:22 PM, Anselm Lingnau < anselm.ling...@linupfront.de> wrote:
> Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > > Does it mean the LPIC-x is always updated with the latest technologies > > meaning the curriculum is updated once in every two years? > > Official policy is to have major updates every five years and minor updates > every two-and-a-half years. During minor updates, the content of the > objectives are reviewed to take changes in technology or recommended > software > into account but the objectives themselves and their arrangement stay the > same. During major updates, objectives can be added, deleted, or > rearranged. > > (This five-year cycle recently became disrupted to a certain degree for > LPIC-2, which had a minor review not so long ago but then suffered some > collateral damage from this year's LPIC-301/302 major review, which had > been > overdue. In the process some of the material that used to be in LPIC-301 > got > moved to LPI-202, which then led to a domino effect that affected other > parts > of the LPIC-2 exams, amounting in effect to an unscheduled major review of > LPIC-2. However, this is pretty unusual.) > > In general, this official policy is to a certain degree founded on wishful > thinking, mostly because of »person-power« shortages that prevent us from > getting all the reviews done on time every time. This makes the »recertify > every two years« recommendation vaguely silly because if you obtain a > certificate fairly soon after a review, two years later the objectives will > very likely not actually have been reviewed again yet – so my > recommendation > would be to forget about the two years and, every so often, check the > version > numbers of the actual objectives instead, to see whether there have been > any > interesting changes. > Anselm, Is there a way to "check the version numbers of the actual objectives instead, to see whether there have been any interesting changes" on lpi website? Regards, Kaushal > > A review of the objectives for an LPI certificate is not something one > person > can finish in an afternoon, and what usually happens is that a number of > people will get together (on the 'Net) in order to share the work and have > productive discussions on what to change, add or remove. Given that LPI is > to > a large extent a volunteer-driven organisation, this is where YOU can help > – > by contributing to the exam process. Personally, as an instructor and > author > of training materials I have found it very useful to take part in this on > various occasions. There should be information on the LPI web page at > http://www.lpi.org/ on how to get involved. > > Anselm > (Not speaking for my employer.) > -- > Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & > Netz-Schulungen > anselm.ling...@linupfront.de, +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, > www.linupfront.de > Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany > Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver Michel > _______________________________________________ > lpi-discuss mailing list > lpi-discuss@lpi.org > http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss >
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