Re: What a waste of resources

2013-07-11 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 02:28:20PM +0200, Giorgio Pioda wrote: > > Or they really know what they are doing (see Prism)... Just imagine if HD > producers have hidded storage blocks In this case I'd rather go with old hardware when Prism was not as advanced because potentially HD producers

What a waste of resources

2013-07-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, two links how you could better use hardware if only some sane people would exist in the according institutions: Example in US http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/US-government-agency-destroys-hardware-to-clear-malware-1914296.html Example in DE (German only) http://www.h

Re: ITP: qucs -- an integrated circuit simulator with a graphical user interface

2013-07-05 Thread Andreas Tille
[Moved from debian-devel to debian-edu list - IMHO it belongs way more there. The history of this thread started here http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2013/07/msg00108.html ] Hi José, On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 11:12:41AM +0200, José Luis Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > 2013/7/5 Andreas Ti

Re: TI-calculator packages team maintained in debian-edu or debian-science on alioth?

2013-06-17 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Holger & Andi, On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 10:55:47AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Hi Andi, > > On Samstag, 15. Juni 2013, Andreas B. Mundt wrote: > > I had a look at the debian-science alioth repository, they use a > > subdirectory 'packages' for packaging [1]. In general I would (strongly) rec

Re: How to convert a Debian installation to a Debian Edu installation

2013-05-08 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Petter, is there any reason to not include a script like this in some debian-edu package - as long as it is untested in /usr/share/doc//examples to enable people trying carefully first? Kind regards Andreas. On Wed, May 08, 2013 at 12:18:24PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > The s

Re: golearn and debtags - something is wrong

2013-05-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Tue, May 07, 2013 at 05:02:03PM +0200, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 2013/5/7 Petter Reinholdtsen : > > [Andreas Tille] > >> Hmmm, beeing in Germany is no excuse to do nothing (otherwise I would > >> use this!) ;-) > > > > I totally agree. :) > > Gosh,

Re: golearn and debtags - something is wrong

2013-05-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 10:18:32PM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > I'll try to have a look at it as soon as I can. They really need some love. > I'm just so overloaded with stuff at job and with other projects that I > haven't fount the time yet. Gonna go to Germany for the next 2 weeks, so

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-05-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Petter, On Fri, May 03, 2013 at 02:21:55PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > for example > gcompris didn't show up. Not sure what is going, but suspect it might > be delays in accepting tag edits by the debtag maintainer (Enrico?). According to UDD (at least as it is rendered on the task

Re: DebianEdu developer gathering in Trondheim 19-21th of April

2013-04-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Wolfgang, On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:25:48PM +0200, Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 10:23:49AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:36:21AM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > > If possible by any chance, an earlier announcement (old people

Re: DebianEdu developer gathering in Trondheim 19-21th of April

2013-04-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Apr 09, 2013 at 09:36:21AM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > as we will be in the very hot phase of moving place Good luck with moving! > If possible by any chance, an earlier announcement (old people have > to plan their lives and make god laugh)s +1 > would increase the chance of > me show

Re: New blood in the Debian Edu / Skolelinux sysadmin team

2013-04-02 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, congratulations to Mike. It is really great to hear that new people are joining the team and as you know I with the Debian Edu team all the best. I wonder whether you attempt to follow the hints given by Paul Wise and forewarded by me here[1]. IMHO there could be synergy effects to use that

Please join the discussion on debian-blends list [Was: Debian Pure Blends, Debian blends, Debian derivatives]

2013-03-11 Thread Andreas Tille
...@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Debian Pure Blends, Debian blends, Debian derivatives X-Spam_score: -7.4 On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:46 AM, Andreas Tille wrote: > thanks for bringing this up here. I guess the problem is that nobody > really much cared about a clean definition of the term we are using. I agre

Re: Report from Debian Med Sprint

2013-03-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 01:00:42PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Could you perhaps elaborate a bit on how it is wrong? I notice that you > snipped the part where I referenced bug#311188 and wonder how Debian Edu > works fine when still in violation. Or if that is wrong too, then why >

Re: Report from Debian Med Sprint

2013-03-06 Thread Andreas Tille
[Moving the discussion that was marked "[x] quote me freely" to Debian Edu list.] The background is that I mentioned Debian Edu in an article that is intended to be published in an Indian health care magazin (for details see work item 1. of my sprint report[1].) Hi Jonas, On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 a

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-02-08 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 02:44:52PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Anyway, can you modify the "Debtags/Go tagging" button to always work? > Now it only work for completely untagged packages. It would be > quicker to update tags if it was 'Update tags/Go tagging' and clicking > always sent

Debian Edu tasks in Git?? (Was: Please help golearn ...)

2013-01-14 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 04:08:57PM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote: > ... > good to test because I just noticed that because of my latest change > Debian Edu tasks are not updated since mid-December due to the use of > the external SVN directory. Before I try to fix this: Is it correct &g

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-01-11 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 02:44:52PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Anyway, can you modify the "Debtags/Go tagging" button to always work? > Now it only work for completely untagged packages. It would be > quicker to update tags if it was 'Update tags/Go tagging' and clicking > always sent

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-01-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Petter, On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 02:44:52PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Andreas Tille] > > Yes, but regarding the initial problem that does not help if a > > package is not listed in a task (and I hoped you would have a clue > > how to solve this.) > > I

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-01-10 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:49:21PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > For sure I know debtags (and as you probably know I recommend tagging > > on the tasks web pages). > > Yes, good advice. http://blends.alioth.debian.org/edu/tasks/ > is > a good place to start. Yes, but regarding the initia

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-01-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Petter, On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 09:58:00AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > What web GUI are you talking about? > > I talk about > http://debtags.debian.net/edit/tags/use::learning,role::program,- >, > the URL I provided in the initial email in this thread. Ahh, sorry, I did not read it

Re: Please help golearn (from the goplay package) become more useful for Debian Edu

2013-01-09 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 10:19:22PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > Parley seems to be missing as vocab trainer on 1st sight. > > Please tag it in the web GUI. What web GUI are you talking about? Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deb

Study: open source provides schools with low-cost, high quality software

2012-10-23 Thread Andreas Tille
FYI: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/study-open-source-provides-schools-low-cost-high-quality-software Kind regards and keep on the nice work Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: new sections: education & metapackages

2012-06-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 12:55:42PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 12-06-19 at 08:48am, Andreas Tille wrote: > > > > I'm personally in favour of education because I assume that's where > > users might seek first. I have no idea whather I'm right with thi

Re: new sections: education & metapackages

2012-06-18 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 03:43:47PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > And now I wonder under which section to move the debian-edu* packages to: > "education" for all but those build from "debian-edu", which belong under > meta-packages? Or are they all metapackages as their purpose is to setup an > e

Re: Moving information from tasks files into Vcs

2012-06-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Holger, On Thu, Jun 07, 2012 at 04:31:57PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > wouldnt it be better to do this after the freeze+release of wheezy? Or is > this > your plan? The effect on the resulting metapackages is zero because we are talking about packages which are *not* in Debian. The code f

Moving information from tasks files into Vcs

2012-06-07 Thread Andreas Tille
[For the not so scientific Blends teams: the intend to work on scientific publication data has lead to other improvements also for your maintenence of tasks files ... even if I'm afraid that some teams do not really maintain their tasks files and possibly do not even know that these exist.] Hi

Re: ITP: italc2 -- Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers

2012-05-14 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 02:14:31PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > On Sa 12 Mai 2012 22:31:30 CEST Holger Levsen wrote: > > >On Samstag, 12. Mai 2012, Andreas Tille wrote: > >>I wonder whether it might make sense to establish a Debian Edu packaging > >>team. > >

Re: ITP: italc2 -- Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers

2012-05-14 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 11:48:53PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 12-05-12 at 11:23pm, Andreas Tille wrote: > > On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:20:54PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > > Setting up a Debian Edu packaging is definitely a good idea. > > > However, collab-

Re: ITP: italc2 -- Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers

2012-05-12 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 10:20:54PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > Setting up a Debian Edu packaging is definitely a good idea. > However, collab-maint is still a good place to keep the packaging > Vcs, maybe even preferable to /git/debian-edu/.git (as any > DD can write to collab-maint). By using AC

Re: ITP: italc2 -- Intelligent Teaching and Learning with Computers

2012-05-12 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I wonder whether it might make sense to establish a Debian Edu packaging team. This has turned out to be quite a good idea in other Blends. There are some policy documents available to clone from. Kind regards Andreas. On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 04:13:07PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: >

Re: Bug#667589: Do we build metapackages for wheezy?

2012-04-17 Thread Andreas Tille
Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:57:03PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:06:57PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > >In the mean time please provide patches to BTS and tag the reports > > >patch. > > I do not see a real advantage to do the extra effort to c

Re: Bug#667589: Do we build metapackages for wheezy?

2012-04-05 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Apr 05, 2012 at 11:06:57PM +0200, Mike Gabriel wrote: > >In the mean time please provide patches to BTS and tag the reports > >patch. I do not see a real advantage to do the extra effort to create patches if it is clear that nobody else than people who are using the Vcs (whatever it is or

Do we build metapackages for wheezy? (Was: Bug#667589: education-mathematics: Adjust for the new octave package version 3.6.1)

2012-04-05 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I wonder what might be the right way to go for the Debian Edu packages. Some time ago I learned that you have froozen the tasks for the Debian Edu release and at this time it was a bad move to remove tipptrainer which was removed from Debian from the tasks files. I think now after the release

Re: Skolelinux/Debian Edu developer gathering in Oslo, Norway, March 16-18 2012.

2012-02-16 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:07:07PM +0100, Olav Dahlum wrote: > There's again time for a Skolelinux/Debian Edu developer gathering in > Norway, and Freecode in Oslo have gracefully offered their space to us. The > gathering will take place between Friday the 16th and Sunday the 18th of > February, s

Bug#311188: Draft proposal for handling configuration file manipulations in Debian blends

2012-01-27 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 04:27:40PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > On 12-01-26 at 12:24pm, Mike Gabriel wrote: > > I am talking about each single Debian package. Not the whole system. > > And every package in this model can be in non-blended mode or in blend > > mode for _one_ blend. > > Thanks

Re: New sections

2011-12-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 12:17:24PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > > Where would you like to see the metapackages of the Debian Edu Blend? > > hehe :) :-) > but seriously: when I read that mail from Jörg I wondered whether to react at > all: why move the Debian Edu packages into the education (o

Re: New sections

2011-12-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, Dec 04, 2011 at 01:46:58PM +0100, Joerg Jaspert wrote: > education, which is for education related tools that don't fit better >into any other section > > metapackages, which is for metapackages so that apt can do special > handling on them. Where would you like

Re: browser races

2011-06-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 03:10:37PM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > if you look at http://mozilla.debian.net/ pick "testing (Wheezy)", > "Iceweasel" and "5.0" you'll be told exactly what to do. Perhaps I need to try at home. The page (viewed with IceWeasel 3.5) behind a sometimes bori

Re: browser races

2011-06-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 02:21:10PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > ...and 7(!) comments to that post, all made within one day, These were written after I looked there and wrote my mail. > points to > the alternative approach of using backported packages for stable, and > experimental packag

Re: browser races

2011-06-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 09:56:01AM +0200, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > > I'd advise you to actually search throught the list archives (including > debian-release) before, and you'll notice, that the topic has been > covered already, and well discussed. Thanks for the hint. I do not see any

Re: browser races

2011-06-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 08:31:23AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I'd use stable backports (see backports.debian.org) or until ff5 is available > there you can follow this: > http://blog.steve.org.uk/so_you_want_to_install_the_most_recent_firefox_.html Certainly not the right list to ask about

Re: RFS: openteacher

2011-03-01 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 04:54:49PM +0100, José L. Redrejo Rodríguez wrote: > El mar, 01-03-2011 a las 15:56 +0100, Holger Levsen escribió: > > each time I see "openteacher" I'm thinking I wouldn't like a very simple > > and > > limited tool being called like I am. I'm not a teacher, but I think t

Re: RFS: openteacher

2011-03-01 Thread Andreas Tille
[Sorry for full quote, but I try to involve another list] Hi, while I showed some interest in the first place because I feel that this package is relevant for Debian Edu and I do feel a bit obliged to this project I admit I will not find a slice of time to help in this package. I really hope that

Re: Can we get rid of network-manager?

2011-02-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:37:45AM +0100, Klaus Knopper wrote: > > I have not tested but wouldn't it be sufficient to let a relevant > > metapackage simply conflict with network-manager? From my understanding > > the conflict should be "stronger" than recommends (if not I'd consider > > it a bug)

Re: Can we get rid of network-manager?

2011-02-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 09:09:33PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > The issue is that apt in Squeeze install recommends by default, > and NetworkManager is recommended by packages we do want to install. > We will need to rewrite the entire tasksel framework we use to install > packages to do som

Re: Make LibreOffice part of Debian Edu

2011-02-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:13:50PM +0100, Alexander Reichle-Schmehl wrote: > b) Help Rene with his packages: > http://packages.qa.debian.org/libreoffice and backports. If you are wondering whether Rene really might need help, just look here: http://blends.debian.net/liststats/authorstat_openof

Re: RFS: openteacher

2011-01-08 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, just forewarding this RFS to Debian Edu where chances might be better to find a sponsor if needed. If you really, really will not find somebode please ping me again after one week or so. Kind regards Andreas. On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:09:43PM +0530, Arvind S Raj wrote: > Dear mentors

Re: SkoleLinux @ Chemnitzer Linuxtage

2011-01-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Mike, On Sat, Jan 08, 2011 at 12:12:33AM +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote: > I am currently attending the Skolelinux meeting in Gütersloh which is > already a fine opportunity for me to gain an overview on Debian Edu and > people around it. Cool! Yes, I think joining those meetings is perfect. >

SkoleLinux @ Chemnitzer Linuxtage

2011-01-07 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi Mike, On Fri, Jan 07, 2011 at 10:58:12AM +0100, Mike Gabriel wrote: > ... if it comes to the point that we offer and > recommend Skolelinux to schools in Kiel (the evaluation process is not > yet finished) I have no idea when you have to draw your final decision but as far as I know visiti

Re: install less software by default (Re: Which video editor should we install by default?

2010-12-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 12:49:18PM +0100, Holger Levsen wrote: > > I propose something like creating a education-videoeditor package (which > recommends our identified best of breed of videoeditors) and document this > well, but not install by default. > > Then schools wanting to do video-editi

Re: What is a 'VideoEditor'? (Was: Which video editor should we install by default?)

2010-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:47:48PM +0100, idiotei...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, did you mix up with stopmotion ? No - I never used stopmotion but know in principle what it is doing and when I fired up the help system of OpenShots it started talking about turning photos into a video. For sure *before*

What is a 'VideoEditor'? (Was: Which video editor should we install by default?)

2010-12-15 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, after I read the recommendations for OpenShot as easy to use videoeditor I gave it a try. *My* intent was to cut some sequences from an existing Video and making smooth transitions between the remaining parts. However OpenShot seems to support only the *creation* of a video from a set of imag

Re: Full install/removal/upgrade test results available

2010-11-17 Thread Andreas Tille
packages): > --- > > Andreas Tille >cimg-dev (U) I checked for cimg-dev in http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2010/11/17/cimg-dev.log and found only one hint of a failure when it says: -- New version is unstable version: FAILED (UNINSTALLED != 1.3.9-1) but from reasing the log I can not f

Re: Ping: Re: Cooperation between DebianEdu/Skolelinux and EdUbuntu ?

2010-08-12 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 08:07:27AM +0200, Martin Oehler wrote: > > I warmly welcome an Ubuntu developer helping package Skolelinux-RLP > > stuff to be usable for all Debian derivatives and Debian itself. > > Correct, but why should we care where her or he does his main open source > work? Because

Re: Bug#590785: maxima: Please enable alternative pdf-viewer / postscript-viewer

2010-08-06 Thread Andreas Tille
"gv -safer %s" That's no excuse. The bug should stay open to inform people about a problem and I rather think we should fix it from the other side and care for a propper postscript-viewer command (analogous to editor and view - or even enhance view). Kind regards Andreas.

Ping: Re: Cooperation between DebianEdu/Skolelinux and EdUbuntu ?

2010-08-06 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, did I missed anything that happened or was this mail just a candle in the wind and we are doing business as usual? Andreas On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 09:53:59PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 02:06:57PM +0200, Arnt Ove Gregersen wrote: > > > > The

Re: How can we gain more flexibility in debian-edu?

2010-08-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 12:54:23PM +0300, Oded Naveh wrote: > Hi Andreas, > Above all I'd like to express my appreciation for your part in Debian-Edu > development. > > On Friday 06 August 2010 05:21:28 Andreas B. Mundt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > ... >From a rather outsiders perspective both arguing

Re: How should we evaluate user applications?

2010-07-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:30:06AM +0200, Andreas B. Mundt wrote: > I do not see the mass of applications that go in or out with or > without the cut at 16 or 18, respectively. I think we agree that very > specialized stuff is not needed on the DVD and can be installed by the > teachers, which in t

Re: How should we evaluate user applications?

2010-07-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 12:35:42AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > Duplicate targets IMHO we need some more virtual packages to relax this conflict a bit. > It is a goal to only provide the best application for a given task, and > avoid several applications for the same tasks. Here is a list

Re: How should we evaluate user applications?

2010-07-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:06:49PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I agree. But if we have several similar packages, I believe we should > go with the one with translations and drpo the ones without. ... and tell upstream about the reason for droping the package. Kind regards Andreas

Re: kig, geogebra or kseg?

2010-07-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:43:10AM +0200, Philipp Huebner wrote on debian-edu list: > >> all I know is that in German schools geogebra is very popular. > > > > Would be interesting to know why. Is it translated to German? Any > > other langauges? > > The homepage is translated into multiple la

Re: Linux signpost?

2010-07-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 03:50:59PM -0400, Olivier Vitrat wrote: > Hello > I had a look at the kdeedu package and edu.kde.org. There are several > new applications in KDE4. You should consider adding the following: > parley to education-language (replacing kvoctrain) > rocs to eduation-mathematics (

Re: Linux signpost?

2010-07-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 12:11:37PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > While I agree that more time could be spent on updating the tasks, the > tasks are not really unmaintained. The focus is just what packages > are installed during d-i installation, and non-existing packages is > not really a

Re: Linux signpost?

2010-07-09 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 09:29:16AM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Archived at http://lists.debian.org/debian-edu/2010/06/msg00111.html Exactly. I wonder if anybody might care about this. I'm a bit concerned about the lot of packages mentioned there but they are neither in Debian nor can I find

Re: Linux signpost?

2010-07-08 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Jul 07, 2010 at 11:31:22PM +0200, Arnt Ove Gregersen wrote: > > A lot of the software in the following link have exported their description, > screenshot and category tags to the Linux Signpost: > > http://www.slx.no/en/debianedu-lenny-software-overview-en > > Software that already exis

Re: Linux signpost?

2010-07-07 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 10:54:49PM +0200, Arnt Ove Gregersen wrote: > > Some of the static content is a bit outdated, but the dynamic content of the > software has been exported from the debian package system and is quite up to > date. I admit I have not found anything which might fit the "dynami

Bug#586243: education-desktop-sugar: please remove this package, it's outdated and confuses users

2010-06-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 01:35:56PM +0200, Sascha Silbe wrote: > If someone cares about this package enough to maintain it, changing the > description (to point out that it's LTSP + Sugar, not Sugar on a desktop) > and updating the dependencies should be enough. But without an active > maintainer re

Bug#586243: education-desktop-sugar: please remove this package, it's outdated and confuses users

2010-06-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 01:06:15PM +, Sascha Silbe wrote: > Excerpts from Omar Alejandro Silva's message of Thu Jun 17 17:42:26 + > 2010: > > Accessing Sugar from desktop terminals or thinstations is important, please > > don`t forget it while removing packages. > education-desktop-sugar

Finding wrong packages in depencency list (Was: education-desktop-lxde: Mistake in its suggested packages)

2010-06-21 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, when reading this bug report I would like to *repeat* my hint which I have given since about 1.5 years in different forms that anybody with a login on Alioth can see this kind of problems by doing a less /var/lib/gforge/chroot/home/users/tille/blends/webtools/logs/debian-edu.err For your

Re: Cooperation between DebianEdu/Skolelinux and EdUbuntu ?

2010-06-08 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 02:06:57PM +0200, Arnt Ove Gregersen wrote: > > The proposal was to explore ways we can cooperate and create synergy between > the two projects. Well, that could be a quite short meeting, IMHO: The people who know Edubuntu will perfectly know in what respect it is bet

Reminder: RMLL/LSM Bordeaux, 6 to 11 july 2010

2010-05-17 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I would like to remind the reader of this list(s) about the LSM in Bordeaux. Some people might remember that DebConf 0 and 1 happened as a plugin into this conference. I would love to see a lot of Debian people there to do some bug squashing, meeting etc. For those who might not attend DebC

Re: Please usertag bugs related to debian-edu

2010-05-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 03:14:34PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > The simplest way to make it useful is to link it from the wiki pages > we use. I did not remember it, and thus do not use it either. Thank > you for reminding me. Perhaps it should be added to the Squeeze > status page? Sure

Re: Please usertag bugs related to debian-edu

2010-05-06 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 02:46:03PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > If you come across a bug that affects Debian Edu badly, please user > tag it to make it show up on our list of improtant bugs to fix. > Instructions are available on > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/BugReporting >. > > BTW: T

Re: Anyone willing to maintain Debian Edu related packages currently missing in Debian?

2010-04-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:45:57PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > There are several closed ones where the package never made it into > Debian as well. We are also listing closed ITPs / RFPs. This just enables us to keep a record of software that people were interested in for some reason. If

Re: Anyone willing to maintain Debian Edu related packages currently missing in Debian?

2010-04-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 10:43:09AM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > The list is available from > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?usertag=debian-...@lists.debian.org > >. > I'm unable to reach bugs.debian.org now, debian-devel list thread says there is currently very bad http resp

Re: cipus & cipus ... blá 's

2010-04-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 11:42:46PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > Yes, I agree more focus should be on learning material. Is it the fault of the techicans if teachers do not speak up here and rise those topics? I really admit that I expected MUCH more about this here on this list and I always w

Re: Drop xplanet from astronomy task?

2010-03-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 01:49:12PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: >> If we decide to keep it, we should ask the maintainer to add a desktop >> file for it, to make sure it show up next to celestia and others in >> the KDE menu. > > Beware that OpenGL applications like Celestia often work _very_ slo

Blends work meeting in Coru ña, Spain

2010-03-10 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I just created a wiki page about a potential Blends work meeting in Coruña from 9. to 11. of April. If you are interested to work on issues regarding your specific Blend or Blends stuff in general, just have a look at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPureBlends/Coruna2010 Feel free to add yo

Another Debian based school distro in Germany or just rebranded Debian Edu?

2010-02-24 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, does anybody know more about "u...@school" http://www.pro-linux.de/NB3/news/1/15346/ucsschool-23-veroeffentlicht.html (sorry, only German link) I really hope that there is some connection to these people and not YADBSD (Yet another Debian Based School Distro) ... Cooperation makes sen

Back from International Developer Meeting 19. - 21.2.2010

2010-02-22 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, I would just like to thank you for the invitation to join the meeting. I intended to import the extra SkoleLinux packages into UDD and finished this in the meeting. My optional plan to start actually using this UDD information however was delayed by the need to fix some other things first and

Re: Please translate press statement

2010-02-10 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:20:14AM +0100, Knut Yrvin wrote: > Tirsdag 9. februar 2010, skrev Andreas Tille: > > Question: Are your target users people who are just using Skolelinux or > > those who have never heard about it but might be potentially > > interested? > >

Re: Please translate press statement

2010-02-09 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi all, I'm writing this not so lengthy answer as a further response of just another more or less external Debian Edu / Skolelinux observer. While I just ansered Alexander in privat because I regarded his critics and suggestions for enhancement as *very* well thought and really knowledged about p

Re: Money for International Developer Meeting 19. - 21.2.2010

2010-01-29 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:10:00AM +0100, Kurt Gramlich wrote: > > Best (next) train station from Zweibrücken is Bad Homburg (Saar). bahn.de knows only *one* Bad Homburg (close to Frankfurt / Main) and it also knows Zweibrücken Hbf. Could you please verify the train station? Kind regards

Re: International Developer Meeting 19. - 21.2.2010

2010-01-28 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:19:21PM +0100, Kurt Gramlich wrote: > * Andreas Tille [100127 13:25]: > > you have an account since Nafplion ;-) ... so since nearly 5 years ago and I never used it. Luckily enough I was remembering the password correctly - but it would have been much bett

Re: International Developer Meeting 19. - 21.2.2010

2010-01-27 Thread Andreas Tille
nly German content): Teilnehmer/-in / Participant: Andreas Tille Anreise/ Arrival: 19.2. Abreise/ Departure: 21.2. Bemerkung (ich arbeite an ...) / Remark (I'm working an ...): UDD integration of SkoleLinux repository,

Re: getting involved

2009-12-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:18:17PM +0100, Andreas B. Mundt wrote: > To introduce myself: From my professional background I am a physicist, Physicists are always welcome. :) Kind regards Andreas (physicist). -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.de

Re: Missing parts of bash_completion in Debian-Edu/Skolelinux

2009-12-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 10:58:19PM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > I had a look, and the bash-completion package is not installed by > default in Debian Edu. Perhaps it should be? If you ask me it defintely should be. Kind regards Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Your School's Tux on Openstreetmap: Browse Skolelinux schools on free world map

2009-11-23 Thread Andreas Tille
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 12:37:00PM +0100, RalfGesellensetter wrote: > Wiki pages like > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/ReferenceSchools > > forward to the correct page: > http://skolelinux.no/slschools/editschool.php?lang=en Just a technical OSM related question: How can I put any information o

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-11-02 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:34:42PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > I think foolproofness is more important today, given that almost all > developers have broadband. Hmmm, Deutsche Telekom calls my 385kBit "DSL/2" broadband. Do you agree with them? :-(( (OK, except regarding bandwidth it is a very

Re: I will not be able to participate in the developer gathering October 30th to November 1st

2009-10-30 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 10:32:20AM +0100, Kurt Gramlich wrote: > * Daniel Hess [091030 06:33]: > > > I had planned to leave to the airport by now. But unfortunately I got > > sick (again) last night. Get well soon! In my case it is as announced formerly: I'm bound to some real life stuff. But

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 08:47:48PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: > i set it up as hard depends to remove a list of hard-coded packages to > install from the debian-edu specific ltsp-build-client plugins, which would > fail if the appropriate packages weren't available. so having them as depends >

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:21:06PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > I though "make dist" always (re)creates debian/control, regardless of the > timestamp/existance of debian/control and the timestamp of > debian/control.stub. Finally it is using make and the debian/rules file says: get-orig-sour

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 12:22:53PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > Arg. Thanks for making me see. You are welcome. ;-) > And much less I understand why there are three binary packages, who come > directly (and exclusively??) from control.stub, while the rest is > autogenerated? I would prefer a

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 01:06:16PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Andreas Tille] > > As I said previosely: It is not a good idea to keep debian/control > > in SVN. > > Having debian/control and the tasksel file in SVN have been a very > valuable tool in the past

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
hese tools nothing has to be cleaned in build process Closes: #468346 -- Andreas Tille Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:23:33 +0100 I think we discussed exactly this in an Extremadura meeting ... > Subversion (and similar VCSes) are used in packaging _development_, > whereas the

Re: debian-edu build process, once more

2009-10-22 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:11:40AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > What I dont understand is why the education-thin-client package has usplash > as > a depends - can someone explain? task/common is the only place usplash is > refered to in the debian-edu package. There is no file tasks/thin-clien

Re: debian-edu build process, once again...

2009-10-14 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:35:57PM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: > after syncing all packages from lenny-test to (our) lenny there were some > reports on IRC that the lenny images behave differently. I wonder if this is > due to us using "lenny-test" in the distribution field of the debian-edu > p

Yes, I will participate in the Developer Gathering October 30.10. - 01.11.2009

2009-09-07 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 09:11:39AM +0200, Alf Tonny Bätz wrote: > Subject: Yes, I will participate in the developer gathering Body: > o Your name Andreas Tille > o Your travel expenses (if you are or plan to be an active About 200 Euro > o Which

Re: developer gathering in october

2009-08-19 Thread Andreas Tille
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 01:37:00PM +0200, Alf Tonny Bätz wrote: > Go here and put in your name on date: > http://friprogramvareiskolen.no/Gathering/2009-10-Oslo?action=show I'd be somehow interested and have not yet plans for October. So every option (with exception of the first one is fine for me

Go play^Wscreenshoting

2009-06-22 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi, for those who know goplay I would like you to notice that there is a new service which prints exactly Debian Edu specific screenshots: The tasks pages - or at least the current testing pages at http://blends.debian.net/edu/tasks/ are now featuring screenshots from screenshots.d.n. Or rat

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