[Fwd: Re: [K12OSN] K12LTSP 4.2.4EL planning... how stable?]

[Daniel Button]

Eric,

   I am running K12LTSP 4.2.x now.  I would love to see the new LTSP 
4.2 software.  I looking to upgrade clients.  They would need to have 
better USB support for the CD/Floppy (storage stuff) as well as sound.  
My vote would be to upgrade or give me a way to upgrade to it.

   Fl_TeacherTool looks interesting.  I need to check it out and try it!

Thanks for your work!!!

Dan


   Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2006 09:04:47 -0700
   From: Eric Harrison <eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us>
   Subject: [K12OSN] K12LTSP 4.2.4EL planning... how stable?
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   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