2006/6/19, Knut Yrvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I am sorry for not replying earlier. I had no connection.
Mandag 19 juni 2006 18:14, skrev Nicolas Pettiaux: > Launchpad.net is a tool that has been developped by Canonical, who > manage the developpement of Ubuntu to have a process that is as open > as possible, while very well comprehensive too. It allows to define > the specification, see who does what, manage translations through the > web ... I had hoped you could elaborate a little of what Launchpad really does.
I am sorry. I'll try to elaborate when I find the time, but also when I get more about the tools itself. I do only know as much as I can see. And I find that there are many information available through launchpad, centralized in one location.
What is meant by "open as possible"?
all the information is widely available on the site to all.
Does users of Launchpad or Launchpad it self commit patches upstream to the different free software projects?
good question. I do not know precisely. I hope so. I had understood that the Ubuntu team would do that. I'll check when I can.
After what is said about the Launchpad is that it does not supports upstream commits to the different free software projects.
If true, this is an organizational problem that we should work to address with the Canonical and Ubuntu team and decision makers.
Then that application introduce a workaround for the Debian Edu project, where the Debian developers commits directly to the source.
what do you mean by workaround ?
Why does Debian Edu developers commit directly upstream to the source? That is done for practical reasons, and makes it more easy for e.g other distributions than *ubuntu to use the applications and translations made by the developers. There are a lot of free software distributions out there. We have agreements with Debian based LinEx, PSL-Brasil and Edubuntu: https://www.skolelinux.org/portal/press/press_releases/joint_statement_20040702 http://wiki.skolelinux.de/Kooperation/Edubuntu Skolelinux / Debian Edu has got a request from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project to ensure that what we does of translations and code should be commited upstream to the source. The OLPC project is currently based on RedHat. Skolelinux also want that our effort should be easily usable for every educational project with free software that helps and enables the pupils create their own future. It will also makes it more easy for people to choose Debian as a basis system on OLPC for the countries that want's that. Then Launcpad seems to be a workaround ... > https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+spec/student-control-panel-completion After what I've heard this is a spec of an application thats already developed? The LinEx distro in Extremadura has deployed a pupil desktop control application for teachers on their 80.000 desktop PC's at > 180 schools. This applications currently works for workstations. I've not heard if it works for thin clients. The applications is developed by LinEx after the specifications from teachers. We had a demonstration of the application at a schools at Extremadura under the Debian Edu gathering there: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Extremadura2006 So my question. Is the student-control-panel-completion the same application thats already in production in schools at Extremadura? Is it a improvement with additional features, or is it something else?
I did not know this application. I just found the other one on the Edubuntu menu
> Everything is supposedly managed within launchpad.net > > is this clearer ? So whats seems to be a clear cut answer, it's probably not :) So I hope you could add some more information.
I appreciate all the efforts of all these projects : Debian-edu / Skolelinux / Linex are apparently all directely debian based, while Guadalinex / Edubuntu are ubuntu based, with ubuntu being based on debian (see http://www.guadalinex.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=132) there is redundancy that could be stimulating, but that is also frustrating as we may redo something that already exists. I wonder how we could help with more collaboration on all these projects. Is there also in debian a centralized tool that manage all the requests ? Thanks, Nicolas -- Nicolas Pettiaux - email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- edubuntu-devel mailing list edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel
