Hi Alan, Is Launchpad up now? I tried installing today and got this error;
da...@ubuntupc:~/sandbox$ sudo bzr branch lp:cando [sudo] password for david: bzr: ERROR: Connection error: Couldn't resolve host 'xmlrpc.edge.launchpad.net' [Errno -2] Name or service not known Regards! David ________________________________ From: Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> To: David Ally <[email protected]>; SchoolTool Developers <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, June 3, 2010 7:03:44 PM Subject: Re: Welcome to the SchoolTool Grant/Pilot Project What's the timeframe at this point for a CanDo .deb that works for Lucid? What are the remaining steps? I don't want David to be mucking around with these source packages. --Tom On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:25 AM, David Ally <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Yes, I have been traveling a lot and the other stakeholders on the project > have also not been much around, I have been to NIEPA several times between > my last email and now. We are doing the ground work first before the getting > the final management stakeholders requirements finalize. I'm running lucid > now. > > I tried installing from bzr but I ran into this problem; > > da...@ubuntupc:~/sandbox$ bzr branch lp:~aelkner/cando/lucid_release cando > ssh: connect to host bazaar.launchpad.net port 22: Connection timed out > bzr: ERROR: Connection closed: Unexpected end of message. Please check > connectivity and permissions, and report a bug if problems persist. > > I guess this is more of configuration on LP problem, so please guide me. > > There would be a broader stakeholders' meeting anytime from 12th June, and I > need to test things before then. > > David > ________________________________ > From: Alan Elkner <[email protected]> > To: Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> > Cc: David Ally <[email protected]>; Justas Sadzevicius <[email protected]>; > Gediminas Paulauskas <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, May 11, 2010 1:36:23 AM > Subject: Re: Welcome to the SchoolTool Grant/Pilot Project > > David, > > Tom makes a good point about getting the new version to you faster by > way of bzr checkout. Please follow these instructions and let me know > if you have any problems: > > 1) Pick a directory as the parent directory of the checkout. I'll > assume you picked ~/sandbox. > > cd > mkdir sandbox > cd sandbox > bzr branch lp:~aelkner/cando/lucid_release cando > cd cando > sudo make ubuntu-environment > make > make run > > 2) If everything goes well, you should have an instance of cando > running on port 7080. If not please let me know. > > Let me know ow it turns out either way, > Alan > > > > On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just to try to sum this up... >> >> In the immediate term David just needs some kind of instructions to >> get a demo going -- bzr checkout, whatever we can get working, >> preferably with current CanDo and up to date SchoolTool. >> >> David, in the longer run, we'll want your schools to be using Ubuntu >> packages on Lucid and then Maverick. Those are the target platforms. >> >> --Tom >> >> On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 6:13 AM, David Ally <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Alan, >>> >>> Ok, i just confirmed that 10.4 is LTS release, sorry for my >>> misinformation. >>> So, give me the instructions on how to carry out the installation, I can >>> install from svn repos. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> From: Alan Elkner <[email protected]> >>> To: Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> >>> Cc: David Ally <[email protected]>; Justas Sadzevicius >>> <[email protected]>; >>> Gediminas Paulauskas <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Mon, May 10, 2010 5:13:12 AM >>> Subject: Re: Welcome to the SchoolTool Grant/Pilot Project >>> >>> David, >>> >>> I got cando to work with the latest scholtool on lucid. I know you >>> are urgently waiting for the debian package for your proposal, so I >>> will advise you as soon as that last step has been completed by our >>> packaging team which should be very soon. >>> >>> I'll keep you informed day by day, >>> Alan >>> >>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Alan Elkner <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Will do, and I'll report my findings to the developers mailing list >>>> tonight. >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 2:07 PM, Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Alan, >>>>> >>>>> Can you test CanDo with the latest SchoolTool? >>>>> >>>>> --Tom >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Alan Elkner <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> David, >>>>>> >>>>>> It's true that CanDo is dependent on an older version of schooltool. >>>>>> I will confer with our team to see what it would take to get it to use >>>>>> a newer version. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Alan >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 6:16 AM, David Ally <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Allan, and team members, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just read the several emails, I have been on trips and was only >>>>>>> able >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> glance at emails. I'm due in NIEPA next week to finalize what initial >>>>>>> deployment of SchoolTool and other frameworks should be. But I >>>>>>> recently >>>>>>> tried installing the combined latest SchoolTool and Cando with no >>>>>>> success, >>>>>>> however, I was able to install Cando from svn repository, meanining >>>>>>> an >>>>>>> older >>>>>>> version of SchoolTool, Alan, please how do I get this done using the >>>>>>> latest >>>>>>> version of SchoolTool? I need this for final presentation to >>>>>>> management >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> team at NIEPA for final decision on scope for the phase I deployment. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Other issues would be communicated to the group after my >>>>>>> presentations. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> David >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>>> From: Alan Elkner <[email protected]> >>>>>>> To: Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]; David Ally >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; Douglas Cerna <[email protected]>; Jen >>>>>>> Overgaag >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; shadoschools shadoschools >>>>>>> <[email protected]>; >>>>>>> Justas Sadzevicius <[email protected]>; Gediminas Paulauskas >>>>>>> <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Sent: Tue, May 4, 2010 10:27:51 PM >>>>>>> Subject: Re: Welcome to the SchoolTool Grant/Pilot Project >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just wanted to briefly add to Tom's introduction of myself. I've >>>>>>> been a software developer for over twenty years now, working on >>>>>>> technologies ranging from assembly language on the IBM mainframe to >>>>>>> Microsoft Visual Studio C++ and Basic. For the last five years, my >>>>>>> work has been with the Python programming language and, more >>>>>>> recently, >>>>>>> the Zope 3 web development platform and SchoolTool. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I must say that being a part of the SchoolTool project, developing >>>>>>> software that benefits the world at large, is a welcome change from >>>>>>> developing software that merely makes profits for one company. I >>>>>>> look >>>>>>> forward to working with you all on the three grants that have been >>>>>>> assigned to me. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please feel free to contact me at any time no matter what the >>>>>>> question. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Alan Elkner >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Tom Hoffman <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Today marks the official beginning of the 2010 SchoolTool >>>>>>>> development >>>>>>>> grant cycle. I thought I should start with an overview of what I >>>>>>>> anticipating happening next and brief introductions. Apologies for >>>>>>>> the length of this email. It is probably the longest you'll get >>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>> me. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In particular this email is directed at the schools who are working >>>>>>>> with our developer Alan Elkner, that is, Mpelembe Secondary School >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>>> Kitwe, Zambia, Sulaimon Shado Schools in Lagos Nigeria, and the >>>>>>>> National Institiute for Educational Planning and Administration >>>>>>>> (NIEPA), Ondo State, Nigeria. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'll introduce myself and briefly introduce the other players and >>>>>>>> what >>>>>>>> our plans are for each. I'm doing this in part to give you a chance >>>>>>>> to correct my understandings of who you are all, so feel free to >>>>>>>> expand on this in a response and don't hesitate to correct me! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tom Hoffman -- Managing the SchoolTool project has been my full time >>>>>>>> job for over five years. A lot longer than I thought it would take >>>>>>>> to >>>>>>>> get this far, to be honest, but Mark Shuttleworth and I were willing >>>>>>>> to see the project through some initial setbacks, and basically >>>>>>>> re-making many of the classic mistakes in software development, and >>>>>>>> we >>>>>>>> both feel SchoolTool is on the verge of taking off and helping many >>>>>>>> schools around the world save money, run more efficiently and better >>>>>>>> educate their students. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I gradually migrated from teaching to my current role. I have a >>>>>>>> Masters of Arts in Teaching English from Brown University, I taught >>>>>>>> English in the Providence Public Schools for two years, then helped >>>>>>>> design a small high school in Providence where I served as a >>>>>>>> technology coordinator, then, when that position was eliminated by >>>>>>>> budget cuts, found myself working on SchoolTool, to which I had made >>>>>>>> some volunteer contributions. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I live with my wife and two daughters, aged 1 and 3, in Providence, >>>>>>>> Rhode Island, which is not an island but a state on the east coast >>>>>>>> between Boston and New York. I blog at http://tuttlesvc.org >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Alan Elkner has been a full time SchoolTool developer for over two >>>>>>>> years, and volunteered before that. He has worked on the CanDo >>>>>>>> competency tracking component, the gradebook, and developed the >>>>>>>> Intervention package with Science Leadership Academy in >>>>>>>> Philadelphia. >>>>>>>> He lives outside Philadelphia in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Mpelembe Secondary School is a technical high school in Kitwe, >>>>>>>> Zambia. >>>>>>>> They're a leader in the use of ICT in Zambian schools, particularly >>>>>>>> through their participation in the ENEDCO project -- Enhancing the >>>>>>>> Visual and Presentation of Educational Content. Gonzalo Portal is >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> ENEDCO project leader, Jennifer Overgaag is a volunteer (from the >>>>>>>> US?) >>>>>>>> working with the school on IT, and Peter Walinkonde is a full time >>>>>>>> IT >>>>>>>> administrator for the school. They're currently managing the school >>>>>>>> on paper and with spreadsheets. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Sulaimon Shado Schools is a... actually, I'm not 100% sure, is there >>>>>>>> a >>>>>>>> primary and secondary school and a small college, or just primary >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> secondary schools? ... located in Lagos, Nigeria. Their deployment >>>>>>>> will also be supported by a local firm, PeopleSoft Technologies. >>>>>>>> They >>>>>>>> have actually been using a different open source SIS, FocusSIS, so >>>>>>>> this gives us an opportunity to work on a migration. Hajia Taiwo is >>>>>>>> the school principal and Balogun Kazeem is our contact at >>>>>>>> PeopleSoft. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> At NIEPA, we have an opportunity to integrate SchoolTool into the >>>>>>>> process of training school administrators in Nigeria, an exciting >>>>>>>> possibility. Especially if we can successfully promote that work >>>>>>>> through their connections at UNESCO and UNICEF. Our contact here is >>>>>>>> David Ally, a local consultant for Techno-Science Ltd. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So, as you can see we have three schools and one developer. We have >>>>>>>> three months before instances need to be set up and teachers >>>>>>>> starting >>>>>>>> to be trained at Mpelembe and Shado Schools. The timeline is less >>>>>>>> distinct so far at NIEPA. Probably we still need to find a specific >>>>>>>> school to act as a site for them. David is still working out the >>>>>>>> details. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Early on, the pattern will be to focus on one school at a time for >>>>>>>> perhaps two week intervals, probably repeating each step with each >>>>>>>> school. Get Mpelembe's data imported, get Shado's data imported, >>>>>>>> etc. >>>>>>>> I do want to start with trying to import Mpelembe data from the FET >>>>>>>> open source timetable generation software -- they've provided us >>>>>>>> with >>>>>>>> an XML export. Alan started looking at that today. We'll put a >>>>>>>> week >>>>>>>> into that and then evaluate how much longer it might take an >>>>>>>> prioritize from there. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> In terms of the time alloted in the grant award, we may end up >>>>>>>> spending more time than was estimated/budgeted. Those are not hard >>>>>>>> limits. If Alan ends up working with the three of you for the rest >>>>>>>> of >>>>>>>> the year, and other developers have to chip in some help, but these >>>>>>>> pilots are a success, I'll be happy. I'll be ecstatic if we get >>>>>>>> done >>>>>>>> with time left over, but the point is, we're not going to say "times >>>>>>>> up" at the end of August and walk away. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> However, by January 2011 we'll want to focus elsewhere so we should >>>>>>>> all try to expose and fix as many problems as possible before the >>>>>>>> end >>>>>>>> of the year. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> We will also try to prioritize such that we take care of the things >>>>>>>> that have to be ready to start school first. We may push back >>>>>>>> things >>>>>>>> like end of year reporting requirements that aren't required until, >>>>>>>> well, the end of the year. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Communication: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * When you're emailing Alan or me, please cc: the other so we both >>>>>>>> know what is going on. I'm not sure if it will make sense to create >>>>>>>> one or more mailing lists to make sure all the right people are >>>>>>>> getting relevant mails. We'll see how that develops. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * If you are comfortable using IRC, we do have a chat channel on >>>>>>>> freenode.net. We have a weekly staff meeting there Mondays at 1330. >>>>>>>> The channel is logged here: http://schooltool.pov.lt/irclogs/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * We use Launchpad for most administrative tasks, particularly >>>>>>>> tracking bugs. If possible we'd like to have you entering bugs >>>>>>>> directly (rather than sending us emails and having us copy them into >>>>>>>> the bug tracker), but we can do it either way. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> * If you prefer a certain mode of text, audio or video chat, let me >>>>>>>> know. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That should be enough for starters! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Looking forward to working with you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> --Tom Hoffman >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > >
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