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

[Kevin Verheyen]

Speaking for belgian users (speaking for me offcourse ;-)  an update  
for openoffice to 2.X would be wonderfull too, as the belgian  
governement has adopted ODF as standard documentation format.

Kevin

Op 2-sep-06, om 17:49 heeft Peter Hartmann het volgende geschreven:

> I'd like the new features but wouldn't mind being able to boot and use
> the old tree if things didn't work out right off the bat client-side.
>  But I don't know if that would be complicated to automate.
>
> Thanks Eric
>
>
> -Peter
>
> On 9/1/06, Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us> 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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