Re: Debian for education
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 12:17:01 +0100 (CET)
Andreas Tille <tillea@rki.de> wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Hilaire Fernandes wrote:
>
> > Today I've met Jean-Claude Fernandez who is the boss of the CRI. This orginism
> > has realized Pingoo. About the non-free software, I don't really know, I think
> > the only piece of software depending on non free software is the admistration
> > tool written in Java. But they gonna rewrite it with free software only.
> > It's true that Pingoo is a communication server right now but they are just
> > starting a new project of zero administration workstation based again on Debian.
> > So they may be interested by Debian/Education work.
> I had a talk to the Pingoo-people on the Debian conference in Bordeaux
> last year. I tried to convince them to *include* their project into
> Debian instead of branching from Debian. In my opinion it would have
> many advantages if they would do so because they would only have to handle
> their own packages and would not have to manage a hole distribution.
> May be they would do so in the future ...
> This would enable also Debian-Jr to include their stuff.
>
If I *remember well*, one of the things they need with the package is to
be installed automaticly so very few human-computer interaction is needed
during the install, this is also the reason they need to repackage
all the original package.
> By the way: Is there anybody in Bordeaux this year 4.-8. July. We could
> try to do some Debian-Jr discussion or (more prefered) development.
Personnaly I don't know yet if I could join the event.
Hilaire
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