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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 13:58:38 -0000
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Subject: Holger Levsen: 20161221-debian-edu-sprint-in-oslo
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URL: http://layer-acht.org/thinking/blog/20161221-debian-edu-sprint-in-oslo/
# What we did at the Debian Edu / Skolelinux gathering in November 2016 in Oslo
From November 25 to 27 some people met in the hackerspace
[bitraf](https://bitraf.no) in downtown Oslo. On Saturday and Sunday we met in
the morning and hacked and translated all day until we went for dinners in the
evening. Despite the short time I think we managed to get a lot done and had
good fun, so I'm hoping we'll have another gathering in 2017!
Debian Edu / Skolelinux is currently in [better shape regarding the upcoming
Debian release](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Stretch) than we ever
have been, which is pretty awesome. Today, on December 21st, all our changes
are in Stretch, except for debian-edu-artwork.git, which awaits a desktop-base
upload to unstable… the only thing missing is being able to install Debian Edu
using our profiles from official media… releasing Debian Edu Stretch on the
same day as Debian Stretch would be a huge success though!
These are the notes taken in a pad (thanks [riseup](https://pad.riseup.net)!)
during the meeting:
Phil Hands worked on
* improving automated tests of d-i and Debian Edu installations using jenkins.debian.net:
* Managed to get the Main Server install to the point where it should be runnable regularly on jenkins
* Worked around the current breakage in plymouth. Confirmed that the Standalone install is currently
* sabotaged by KDE, despite it supposedly being MATE (this took quite a while).
* Meanwhile, made some small steps towards making the Cucumber setup more flexible when adding new scenarios.
Knut Yrvin worked on
* testing Debian Edu Stretch installations
Ingrid Yrvin worked on
* reviewing translations to Norwegian
Ole-Erik Yrvin worked on
* translating the Debian Edu manual to Norwegian
* translating the Debian Edu Administrators Handbook (ITIL) to Norwegian
Wolfgang Schweer worked on
* fixing PXE installations from installed Debian Edu servers
* fixing desktop entries for our Mate desktop (Xfce benefits as well)
* updating https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Stretch
* testing sitesummary server/client with patch provided by Petter
* testing if MATE functionalities (caja, atril, some mimetypes) are improved compared to jessie (they are)
* filed bug [#845997](https://bugs.debian.org/845997) about wrong mate-session priority.
* discussed pros and cons of various DEs and the choice of DE to install
* tested menu integration/translation for Xfce, LXQt, Plasma and MATE
* gave assistance to install the Debian Edu combi server (workaround plymouth the issue in d-i environment)
Petter Reinholdtsen worked on
* [#832342](https://bugs.debian.org/832342) sitesummary: SiteSummary.pm fails to extract information w/ recent stretch linux-images
* Assisted norwegian translators.
Dominik George worked on
* xrdp
* xrdp upload to unstable: new upstream version with some fixes, closing four bugs.
* thus prepare xrdp for the 0.9.1 release that upstream will do, in cooperation with Debian, before the freeze.
* preparing uploads of guacamole-(client|server) to unstable
* guacamole
* Ported guacamole-server code to OpenSSL 1.1.
* Did a guacamole-server license/copyright review.
* Java help needed: https://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2016/11/msg00061.html
* shared some nice/horrible experiences from school IT realities in Germany
* gave a talk/initiated a discussion about Skolelinux Cloud / Skolelinux as a Service / evilly fighting Google Apps for Education 
* fixed [#834065](https://bugs.debian.org/834065) (gosa-plugin-sudo: sudoHost does not allow '.' in GOsa, host.domain is not possible to be entered)
* had an online meeting with the Teckids kids who need to teach Debian to their fellows tomorrow because I am in Oslo 
* set up some things for the pkg-remote team, which is the new umbrella for greate Debian remote desktop experience, needed by Debian Edu among others
Holger Levsen worked on
* this report
* getting icinga2 back into stretch
* filed [#845765](https://bugs.debian.org/845765) RM: nagios3 -- ROM; unfixed security uploads, no maintainer upload since 2 years
* mentoring people
* discussed some unexplained changes in src:debian-edu and made sure we get a useful debian/changelog entry
* filed [#845760](https://bugs.debian.org/845760) and [#845762](https://bugs.debian.org/845762) against src:blends-dev
* update wiki status pages
* create sitesummary.git pkg testing job
* uploaded sitesummary 0.1.26
* uploaded debian-edu 1.915
* filed [#846002](https://bugs.debian.org/846002) "blends-tasks must be priority:standard and not make a mess out of tasksel menu"
* filed [#846003](https://bugs.debian.org/846003) "debian-cd: please provide different flavor/spins of netinst images"
* filed [#846005](https://bugs.debian.org/846005) "debian-cd: please provide flavor/spin netinst image with blends-tasks installed"
* filed [#846006](https://bugs.debian.org/846006) "debian-cd: please provide flavor/spin netinst image for Debian Edu"
* retitled and updated [#474745](https://bugs.debian.org/474746): "debian-edu-config: please dont enable non-free by default"
* retitled [#588510](https://bugs.debian.org/588510) rename thin-client-server profile to ltsp-server-profile (=found the name…!)
* finally, uploaded debian-edu-doc 1.912~20161129
Mike Gabriel was sick and couldnt come to Oslo and worked at home instead:
* smarty3 3.1.30-1 -> unstable
* smarty-gettext 1.5.0-1 -> unstable, split up the plugin from tsmarty2c script. This avoids php-cli being pulled in when the plugin is needed only
* smarty-lexer 3.1.30+dfsg1-1 -> unstable
* argonaut 0.9.8-1 -> unstable (not so much Edu related)
* fusiondirectory 1.0.17-1 -> unstable (not so much Edu related)
* atril 1.16.1-1 -> unstable
* mate-themes 3.22.4-1 -> unstable
Thanks to the [Debian sprints programm](https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/) and
our sponsors for supporting the travel of Wolfgang, Dominik, Phil and myself!
Mike opted out from reimbursement as he couldn't travel due to sickness.
URL: http://layer-acht.org/thinking/blog/20161221-debian-edu-sprint-in-oslo/
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cheers,
Holger
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