[K12OSN] K12LTSP 4.2.4EL planning... how stable?

[Petre Scheie]

I'm not running K12LTSP 4.2EL, but I vote to leave it at LTSP 4.1.  Stability is its 
primary feature, and moving to LTSP 4.2, nifty as it might be, will inevitably introduce 
some problems for some people, and I see that as counter to its role.  If you want/need 
LDA, get version 5.  Eventually, LDA can/will be added to the CentOS base, but 
considering that two updates to LTSP 4.2 were added in just August, I would argue that 
it's too soon to be bolting it onto the 'stable' release for K12LTSP.

And as cool as LDA is, adding fl_teachertool, which is also really cool, will prove more 
useful to most teachers; the kids might argue otherwise, but that just reinforces my 
opinion. ;-)

My two cents.

Petre

Eric Harrison wrote:
> I should also mention that I'm going to add fl_teachertool to 4.2.4EL...
> 
> -Eric
> 
> Eric Harrison wrote:
>> CentOS 4.4 has been released & I've started work on K12LTSP 4.2.4EL.
>>
>> The question is how stable should the stable branch be?
>>
>>
>> There are a half-dozen end-user applications that can be updated. These
>> would be essentially back-ports from FC5 (K12LTSP 5.0). Does anyone
>> using K12LTSP 4.2EL have concerns about bumping up to the
>> latest-and-greatest of any of these packages?
>>
>>
>> Package Name   K12LTSP 4.2.3EL version  Latest version
>> ------------  ------------------------  ---------------------------
>> blender       2.37-2.k12ltsp.4.2.2EL    2.42-6.fc5
>> celestia      1.3.2-3.k12ltsp.4.2.2EL   1.4.1-5.fc5
>> childsplay    0.81.1-2.k12ltsp.4.2.2EL  0.83-1.fc5
>> DansGuardian  2.7.6-7.k12ltsp.0.4.0     2.9.7.1-0.k12ltsp.0.5.0.0
>> gcompris      7.1.1-4.k12ltsp.4.2.2EL   7.4-13.fc5
>> inkscape      0.43-1.k12ltsp.4.2.2EL    0.44-4.fc5
>> tuxmath       0.2001.9.7-0103           0.2005.10.11-0
>>
>>
>>
>> The real big question is whether or not to switch from LTSP 4.1 to LTSP
>> 4.2? This is not an insignificant change, considering that the kernel
>> for the terminals is changed from a 2.4 kernel to a 2.6 kernel.
>>
>> Considering that a "stable" branch should favor stability over shiny new
>> features, I am currently leaning towards leaving K12LTSP 4.2.4EL with
>> the older LTSP 4.1 packages. This is largely a question with upgrades,
>> so I'd like to hear from those of you currently running K12LTSP 4.2.3EL.
>> Are the new features in LTSP 4.2 (largely improved USB/CD/floppy
>> support) worth the risk of potentially breaking some of your terminals?
>>
>>
>> -Eric
>>
>>
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