Hi all, I'm happy to announce the release of SchoolTool 1.6. As always, our release is timed with the latest Ubuntu release.
The focus of this release was packaging and distribution. This may seem odd, but packaging is essential to SchoolTool -- our goal is to make it as easy as possible to get a web server running in a school anywhere in the world. Good packaging on a solid OS is essential for this and has already proven to be a valuable strategic asset. SchoolTool is now included in the Ubuntu Universe repository, which is enable by default, so on Natty a to install SchoolTool simply takes a "sudo apt-get install schooltool" or a visit to the Ubuntu Software Center. Thanks to Gediminas Paulauskas for shepherding SchoolTool through this politically and technically complex process. One implication of the focus on the release process is we were very conservative about adding new features this cycle to avoid last-minute train-wrecks, so this release is more feature-light than we originally planned. We've already got some big changes completed or nearly completed for the October release. New features in 1.6: New Manage > Reports view that links to all printable reports in the system. More uniform handling of contextual links to reports for better findability. Customizable data fields for resources. Demographic fields can be limited to relevant groups -- teachers, students, administrators. Improved Javascript performance in the gradebook. Several gradebook bugfixes. Full release notes here: http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/1.6-release-notes.html Thanks to Gediminas, Alan, Douglas and Justas for all their work on this release! --Tom _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~schooltoolers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
