Debian Edu Wheezy
Wheezy is frozen and maybe we can just do a status quo release of Debian Edu Wheezy now?!
Known problems
- During an Debian Edu installation sometimes (depending on language and moon phase settings) there is a debconf question from dictionaries-common about setting the default dictionary.
- This is related to #566912. It is also related to the old #277410.
The question can be supressed by preseeding like this:
dictionaries-common dictionaries-common/default-wordlist Manual symlinks setting
Status of netinst testing CD
Logs are available at: http://layer-acht.org/debian-edu-wheezy/
- selecting profile standalone results in an error free install, but the education-standalone package is not installed (nor any other education* package
- same with workstation profile
- maybe this is because recommends are not installed?
- grub logo is the new Joy theme logo. we should try to get Joy+edu theme.
- apt-get update fetches translation updates for several languages despite I just want German
there is still some squeeze in sources.lists...
Ideas
Mostly stuff for Jessie (the release after Wheezy)
- make it easier to use another, already existing, directory server, be it LDAP or AD.
make it easier to use a different IP network (done for Squeeze already)
no mandatory login (into KDE) as root (done for Squeeze already)
- Include FAI to easily install customized machines (Skolelinux RLP and Musterösung BW use Images (why?), can we do something comparable with FAI?
- Make the installer more flexible. Make it possible to choose KDE/GNOME/all educational packages/Debian default. (Waiting several hours installing Tjener+LTSP seems to scare away testers and developers).
- Continue cleanup. What is left back in our d-e-packages that's not needed anymore? Strip down things to the necessary, we are not able to maintain more. What can and should be addressed in Debian?
- Preconfigured LXDE by default as Thin-Client?
- Preconfigured educational desktop (if chosen in the installer).