Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-10-01 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:30:40 +0200 Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. Has something happened on this in the last month? Miriam Ruiz has some ideas, but since our initial contact on the matter, I have not seen any action on them. Sounds good and compatible :) OK ... That said, I

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-10-01 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/10/1 Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:30:40 +0200 Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. Has something happened on this in the last month? Miriam Ruiz has some ideas, but since our initial contact on the matter, I have not seen any action on them. I have

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-10-01 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ben Armstrong wrote: Probably. But it doesn't stop me from wishing this were not so. I didn't want Debian Jr. to be *only* a packaging effort. I wanted a living, breathing relationship between children, their caretakers and developers. We've fallen far short of this

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-10-01 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/10/1 Andreas Tille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 1 Oct 2008, Ben Armstrong wrote: Not a bad technical solution, as I said. Let's just see what comes of the alternate proposal by Miriam to have youth lead this project as a group before going down that road, though. That would be ideal.

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-10-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Wednesday 01 October 2008 11:37, Ben Armstrong wrote: Probably. But it doesn't stop me from wishing this were not so. I didn't want Debian Jr. to be *only* a packaging effort. I wanted a living, breathing relationship between children, their caretakers and developers. We've fallen

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-09-30 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Ben, On Monday 25 August 2008 11:38, Ben Armstrong wrote: Thanks. It's hard to let go, but it's really for the best if someone else will carry on. Yup. Has something happened on this in the last month? Is that vision written down somewhere? It is probably best expressed on

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-09-30 Thread Maximiliano Marin Bustos
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Hi Ben, On Monday 25 August 2008 11:38, Ben Armstrong wrote: Thanks. It's hard to let go, but it's really for the best if someone else will carry on. Yup. Has something happened on this in the last month? Is

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi Ben, thanks for your work on Debian Jr. and for acknowledging that you don't have time/a heart for it anymore! On Thursday 07 August 2008 12:46, Ben Armstrong wrote: The time has come for me to give up the [0]Debian Jr. project for someone else to lead. While I still have a clear vision

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Michael Schutte
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:15:39AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: * Update the appearance of Debian Jr. * Incorporate the winning entry in the logo contest into Debian Jr. and the web site. Can you give a pointer to that logo please?!

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Ben Armstrong
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:15:39 +0200 Holger Levsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: thanks for your work on Debian Jr. and for acknowledging that you don't have time/a heart for it anymore! Thanks. It's hard to let go, but it's really for the best if someone else will carry on. Is that vision written

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/8/25 Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: While I would not have any problem with that if Edu cared for the project and preserved the vision I described above, I have always felt my own ideas for Jr had nothing to do with school and might indeed by swallowed up by school concerns if we were

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/8/25 Andreas Tille [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Miriam, good luck at the revitalisation front! I'm willing to support your effort by sharing experiences and technically with the DIS tools (formerly known as CDD tools). Thanks a lot!! I will gladly take your word and be able to benefit from your

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-25 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008, Miriam Ruiz wrote: I have different plans for Debian Jr than those in from Debian-Edu if I was to adopt that project. It would be nice to talk about it. I'll try to find time to write a text on my view about the future of the Debian Jr Project as soon as I can. From my

Re: RFA: The Debian Jr. project

2008-08-07 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2008/8/7 Ben Armstrong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The time has come for me to give up the [0]Debian Jr. project for someone else to lead. While I still have a clear vision for it, my heart has not been in the work for some time. It has been in maintenance mode for some years with no forward motion.