Hi James On Tuesday 19 December 2006 05:32, James Tremblay wrote (shortened):
I'd like to turn those two "channels" into the most trusted education software sites in the world!
I think we should decide between: - "build service" channels (containing always the "bleeding edge" software) and - "installation" channels (containing well tested software for endusers). Pointing endusers to channels with sometime broken packages doesn't make sense to me. Yes: the buildservice should provide an additional "Administration Frontend" for Repository Administrators, so they can decide when a (new) package will get in an external installation repository for endusers, but at this time this Frontend is not there... So my current personal "Roadmap" looks like: 1) Find out what we need: + test the current software packages we have on the distro => file bugreports if there is something we can do better + test other software packages (like new ones available in the build service or completely different ones) 2) Bring it together: + come up with some lists on en.opensuse.org/Education which contain recommendations classified by childrens age or "subject" resp. "area of interest". So parents and children get a first contact point to look for available (and perhaps missing) linux education-software. + develop some special education patterns (a list of packages, marked for installation during the installation-phase of the new distribution) for installation sources. They can be splittet in the same categories like the ones in the wiki. So a first set of patterns can perhaps be placed on the next openSUSE 10.3 and endusers can just select a pattern like "educational software for children from 4-10 years" and get all software which is described in the wiki. (We can create some tables in the wiki and place links to a more detailed description (and perhaps even a curriculum) of every package there.) 3) Enhance it: + With the patterns and a hughe amount of good packages, we can start an own "Edu-CD" like edubuntu - if this is necessary. But I think this should be something at the end of a long way. If we create a good starting point for new customers, who can get 1. information (which software should I install for my children) 2. packages ("just one click away") 3. useful instructions for "the first time" they try the packages and all of these looking like a charm - I think we can do a very good job - and we need only a few packagers. What we need most are some "Beta-Testers" who test the available packages and write articles about them in the wiki. Thats just my two cents worth - what do you think? Lars -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-edu+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-edu+help@opensuse.org