Skolelinux roadmap

The goal for the DebianEdu project is to release Skolelinux at the same time as Debian. In general Debian is released every 18-24 month with security updates over a period of about 36 months after the release. Our experience is that the schools don't have the manpower to upgrade every year. A lifespan of 2-3 years is more suited for the system admins with scarce resources.

Skolelinux is a enterprise distro tailormade for maintenance from a central operation centre. Many municipalities run their Skolelinux servers centrally for many schools. The system can also be maintained localy at a school or small or medium business.

Lenny roadmap

Here we will collect items for our roadmap to lenny. Do not just edit this list. Contact h01ger via debian-edu@lists.debian.org before doing so. (The dev-meeting in October in Extremadura decided that h01ger is responsible for maintaining the roadmap.) Thanks. Exception: feel free to add yourself to "who plans to work on it" :-)

area

description

priority

who plans to work on it

general

consider our etch as frozen after the release of r1 (except if major bugs show up)

high

everybody

dak

dak should be upgraded (to support new features like ~ in versions)

high

h01ger, white

dak

we need to create new suites (lenny, sid, maybe lenny-test later)

high

h01ger, white

cd build

modify builder to build etch and lenny images (debian-cd cannot do this)

high

ronny

general

311188 needs to be fixed so that we can be a real CDD and be part of lenny

high

h01ger will track this, but needs help with fixing the blockers for it

linex

points from DebianEdu/LinEx2DebianEdu-Roadmap need to be included

high

linex

make it possible to choose between kde and gnome

high

linex

use different network addresses than 10.0.x.y and domain name

high

linex

keep in mind: there will be a frozen lenny deployment in summer of 2008 by ?LinEx

high

admintool

enhance lwat (csv-import for hosts/netgroups, configuring dhcpd), or switch/also support mds and/or ebox

high

desktop

polish desktop: improve menu structure in debian, also translated menus

high

desktop

polish desktop: wallpapers etc

high

documentation

improve documentation

high

documentation

translated documentation

high

desktop

free + distributable [DebianEdu/JavaInDebianEdu java] and [DebianEdu/FlashInDebianEdu flash]

high

general

Change the task installation framework to handle language specific list of packages to install

high

general

improve scalability of libnss-ldap (perhaps by replacing it with libnss-ldapd)

medium

general

enable ssl-cert-checking for any service

medium

ltsp

load-balancing + high availability for LTSP clients mille

medium

print

print quota handling

medium

print

print groups

medium

general

Update the network-manager packages to use a backport from unstable to fix some console user access issues. (And only install it in standalone and not workstation+laptops installs) 426462 - it only work in standalone installs, because a workstation uses pam_group to grant group membership, and that does not work with hal and network-manager.

medium

admintool

nice to have: dhcp and bind configuration from ldap (see 215968 for dhcpd)

low

administration

nice to have: fai + puppet to configure (and install) systems

low

administration

nice to have: make it easier to change the LDAP base name

low

administration

easy LDAP base name change, step 1: document what is needed

low

general

Include a windows installer on the CDs and DVD

low

general

Include on the DVD some Windows install packages for useful Windows software (odt plugin for word, OOo, Firefox, etc)

low

general

firewall profile to be able to setup a debian based router for the network

low

Bugs which look fixable for r2

Note: it is expected that our development efforts shift to the upcoming version, Lenny, scheduled to be released at the second half of 2008. So if you want to see these bugs fixed in a Etch based 3.0r2, it is likely you need to supply the fix yourself :-)

bug

short summary

status

#1292

even expert doesn't ask for proxy

#1293

Should not add "dns-search intern" to loopback interface on dhcp-clients

fixed in debian-edu-install in svn, testing needed, not uploaded to etch-test yet

#1294

swedish doesn't work

dutch doesnt work for belgian

fixed in localisation-config in svn

#1298

iceweasel is not preconfigured to use webcache:3128 as proxy

Changes done for release 3.0r1

This were the planed changes for the r1 point release of the 3.0 version of Skolelinux.

effects

Description

Who

Status

normal usage

#1234 Can't read data-cd on "lowfat-client"

Daniel

(./) in etch

installation

#1254 dpt_i2o of installation-kernel vs i2o_block of installed 2.6.18

Petter/Werner

(./) in

cd build

Upgrade the debian-cd build framework to the latest svn version

Ronny Aasen

(./) - upgraded to 1491

libpam-foreground

Update libpam-foreground to a clean backport from sid/lenny instead of our home patched version

Petter

(./)

documentation

Update the documentation

all, look for FIXME

16 FIXMEs left to fix

documentation

$svn/src/debian-edu-doc/todo

h01ger

(./)

bugfixing

check bugzilla for remaining p2 bugs and either fix or downgrade them

h01ger (needs help with fixing!)

0 unfixed p2 bugs:

bugfixing

important p3 bugs

#1270 - effects upgrades and user created groups

PR work

the day we release r1, we should also have a press release ready to announce it. bonus points for screenshots and other fancy stuff

draft page created

Already achieved (and missed) functions in release 3.0r0

If you feel one of the missed pints should be handled in 3.0r1, please copy it upwards.

Function

Description

Status

Laptop profile

With the power management working. And scripts to set up a nomad coupling that connects the laptop to the Skolelinux network when it recognise that, and the home net when that is nearby (wifi-radar support etc.).

Full support for decoders

Decoders for for Windows Media, DVD encryption, mp3, mov, mpg etc. has to be easy to install

USB out of the box

This is turned on by ?InOut an others by manual configuration. It's fixed out of the box in Debian Etch. USB support will also be pressent out of the box on half thich clients (diskless workstations) and thin clients (if the clients are not to old, and have USB version > 1.0)

(./)

FEIDE out of the box

FEIDE is a ministry driven authentification system for pupils and teachers in Norwegian schools).

Install more pedagogic software

Tailor this to a easy to use menu edeting system tailored for different grades

(./)

Links to pedagogic content

Use of Open Content is increasing. The Norwegian Ministry of Education uses 6,3 million EURO to digital teaching content in 2006.

Turn swap on with thin client and diskless workstations

Swap has to be default on client machins

(./)

Slick desktop with eye candy

A lot of people don't care about the installed programs or the architecture. Eye-candy is everything. Lets us give them that

(./)

Suggestions

Earlier releases

Version

Minor

Based on

First released

Skolelinux 3.0

r1

Debian Etch

September++ 2007

Skolelinux 3.0

r0

Debian Etch

July 22th 2007

Skolelinux 2.0

r0

Debian Sarge

March 14th 2006

Skolelinux 1.0

r1

Debian Wody

Juni 20th 2004