Hi fellowers The cipux packages were uploaded to the NEW queue[0] 3 days ago. After the ftp-team examined the package, we decided to move the discussion about its inclusion or rejection to the public developer list. I set the reply-to to debian-edu@lists.debian.org, please keep it on that list.
The current point which needs to be discussed is the use of the cipux-rpc.postinst script. This script calls various cipux commands (or a cipux command which calls another cipux command ...) which in the end fills in LDAP data. Note that I did not completely examine the script, so somebody else might want to give an explanation here. My personal understanding is, to put it into a nutshell, that cipux needs to fill in the LDAP data with own attributes in order to function. I would consider this as a violation of the debian policy, because it adds (without noticing) ldap data which no admin would expect while installing it and it gets not removed during a purge. The question here would be, if this is really a violation, if so how can it be avoided or in a drastical case, do we want to ignore it and consider it a special case, which is possible through our policy[1], but strongly not recommended and should only be a temporary solution. My question now is concerning debian-edu, is it really necessary to change the LDAP data and if so why? Is there any backwards compatibility with the old LDAP data, e.g. will the old users show up or can an admin just insert an old ldap backup and everything works? Do we care about backwards compatibility or how do we want to offer Debian-Edu/Skolelinux 3.0 and keep the admin effort to a minimum while upgrading to the new version? Another question I would like to add is if cipux will work with other adminstration systems. In the debian-edu repository there is lwat and i am not quite sure what debian offers. I am bringing this specific question up, just out of interest, please note that it is not the intention of the ftp-team at this stage to make a decision about which administration tool we want to use or if we want to decide in favour of one. Please note that our intention is not to start any flamewar, but to start a technical discussion to find out which way we want to go and which way suits us best. Thanks for your attention. Cheers Steffen [0]: http://ftp.skolelinux.org/skolelinux/new.html [1]: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/ArchivePolicy
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