The Debian-Edu/Skolelinux Archive on administrator.skolelinux.no (aka ftp.skolelinux.org) has been upgraded and now uses an up to date version from Debian's master archive on ftp-master.debian.org. Special thanks go to James Troup and Anthony Towns as the main developers of dak and Petter Reinholdtsen for his advice on sql stuff. Uploads to the archive are now possible again. The same rules as described in the archive policy (http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/ArchivePolicy) still apply. Packages for the new development of lenny can now be uploaded. The new dak version also supports version numbers including "~". The policy will be updated shortly to reflect the use of "~" in the version string. If there are any problems with the archive, you are encouraged to fill bugreports against the "archive" component on bugs.skolelinux.org . Due to a missconfiguration in the apt.conf file, the bug #1295 was caused and temporarily left the Packages.gz files empty. I apologize for any inconvenience it may have caused. Once, new things are ready, which are relevant for the developers, one of the ftpmasters will inform the rest via mail. TODO: --------- - Work on the dak and database permissions to allow the role of a ftp-assistant, who can do NEW processing and syncing packages to stable pools. - Documenting the new dak commands for the ftpmaster-howto. - Setup a copy of the database on user.skolelinux.org to let all developers use the dak commands to gain information from the database. DDs will be familiar with the setup from merkel.debian.org . - Put some of the dak stuff under a VCS. - Contact the buildd admins to add the new suites to their system and check the scripts, which are run after dinstall (they generate the package overview page and trigger wanna-build). Boring details ------------------ For those interested in what has mainly been done: - The dak package was debianized and put into a working package, which will be available from our lenny-test pool shortly. - The configuration files for dak (mainly dak.conf and apt.conf) were adjusted for the new dak version. - The postgresql database was adjusted and missing tables were added, which are needed by the new dak version. Once, the postgresql database is available on user.skolelinux.org, every developer can have a look at it. - The cron jobs, aka cron.unchecked and cron.dinstall were adjusted for the Debian-Edu/Skolelinux Archive (and will be put into the dak package shortly so that everyone can have a look at them). - The following suites were added for now "lenny, lenny-test, sid", but it will be left to the project, which ones will be used and which ones won't. - The debian-edu specific scripts, formely known as "sabine" and "katha" and now known as "new-account" and "package-sync" were ported to the new dak version. They are used for managing new keys for the keyring and syncing packages from testing pools to the stable pools. - Testing all sorts of stuff Cheers Steffen
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