[K12OSN] test childsplay packages

[Eric Harrison]

I just uploaded a bug fix, you might want to wait an hour before
installing these packages... (or not, it is an easily fixed bug)

I'll include the details in a seperate post when the repositories
finish building and have been pushed to the mirrors.

-Eric

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Kevin Verheyen wrote:

> I'll try to give it a spin asap,
>
> Thanx for the quick start!
>
> Kevin
>
>
> Op 21-jun-05, om 03:27 heeft Eric Harrison het volgende geschreven:
>
>> 
>> I build childsplay packages for K12LTSP 4.2 & the 4.4 beta.
>> 
>> "yum install childsplay" should install it and its dependancies.
>> 
>> I played around with it for a little while on a 4.4 beta server,
>> it feels faster and more stable than gcompris. Sound worked well
>> on a terminal to boot.
>> 
>> I don't have access to a k12LTSP 4.2.1 server at the moment. I'd
>> appreciate if someone can try it out and let me know if it works
>> or not.
>> 
>> The current package does not include a menu entry. You have to
>> fire up a terminal and type "childsplay" to get it to run. I'll
>> fix that shortly.
>> 
>> The pygame libraries that childsplay is built on also supports
>> some nifty games that could pass as being education-ish. I played
>> a few rounds of Pathological ;-) http://pathological.sourceforge.net/
>> Ran smooth as silk on my terminal and is trivial to package...
>> 
>> -Eric
>>