[K12OSN] K12LTSP 4.2.0 beta build

[Dennis Daniels]

As well, diction and style were left out of 4.1. XPDF for converting pdf 
to text was also missing...both of which are invaluable for the teachers 
who expect students to write on a daily basis :)

dgd

Adam Melancon wrote:
> Don't forget that in 4.1 squidguard was left off of the "web server"
> software menu in the install.
> 
> After installing 4.1, I have to use the "yum install squidguard"
> command to get squidguard installed.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:22:45 -0800 (PST), Eric Harrison
> <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> wrote:
> 
>>On Thu, 11 Nov 2004, Eric Harrison wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I still have several major packages to add/update, but I made significant
>>>progress in completing K12LTSP 4.2.0 today.
>>
>>I'm still not "done", but I'm close enough that I could ship what I have
>>and not have to wear a bag over my head ;-)
>>
>>On my TODO list:
>>
>>  1. Upgrade/enhance teachertool
>>  2. Default printer based on location
>>  3. port the scripts from http://www.vol.org/vol/school/freedom/ltsp_scripts/
>>  4. Full DansGuardian integration
>>
>>If you are familiar/maintain one-of-the-above, please drop me an email.
>>I'm going to get as much of this done as possible this week, whatever
>>I don't get done I'm just going to drop for this release. So the more
>>help I have the better ;-)
>>
>>I have decided not to include NX support within the default install.
>>It simply is not fully baked yet, and since it is easy to add on
>>post-install I don't want to hold up a release for it.
>>
>>If you want to test NX, the packages will be in the K12LTSP 4.2.0
>>repositories. You'll need the nx, freenx, and nx-ltsp packages.
>>
>>
>>>If all continues to go well, I'll have a pre-release build
>>>ready by Sunday.
>>
>>This is *close* to a pre-release. I am only halfway through the
>>testing cycle, but so far everything is working fine. That said...
>>
>>
>>>Standard disclaimer: this is not a finished product. Do not use in a
>>>production environment, yadda, yadda, and so on and so forth.
>>
>>If you have a test environment, I'd love feedback on this build
>>
>>    ftp://k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us/pub/K12LTSP/testing/4.2.0alpha/
>>    rsync -Pav k12linux.mesd.k12.or.us::testing/4.2.0alpha/ .
>>
>>If you already have the K12LTSP 4.2.0alpha installed, the apt/up2date/yum
>>repositories will have the latest-n-greated packages within the
>>hour.
>>
>>-Eric
>>
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