[K12OSN] Re: Beta Fl_TeacherTool 0.71 for K12Linux (LTSP5)

[Robert Arkiletian]

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Rex Dieter <rdieter at math.unl.edu> wrote:
> Robert Arkiletian wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Okay it's done. At least I hope it's done.
>>>
>>> I have developed this on F9,  it may need a tiny tweak for F11. I have
>>> not done extensive testing so there may be some bugs. I know screen
>>> blanking (lock) does not work but that is a general LTSP issue.
>>>
>>> The install procedure is long. I think this may be a barrier to entry
>>> for some. If someone is interested to create a script for the install
>>> (or an rpm) I think that would be much appreciated by many.
>>>
>>> BTW this new version does *not* have the security vulnerability that
>>> the old version for ltsp 4.x did :)
>>>
>>> Download
>>> http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/download.html
>>
>> Good news.
>> Here is an i386 RPM for F9 or F10 prepared by Barry Cisna. Incredibly,
>> it also takes care of the entire installation process except for
>> adding persons who will run Fl_TeacherTool to the teachers group. I
>> have *not* tested this RPM so please report any problems to this list.
>>
>>  http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/download.html
>
> Anyone interested in helping get this package reviewed and included in
> fedora proper?  I'm offerring to help with reviewing, and potentially
> comaintaining it.
>

Hi Rex,

Since I am the developer one would expect me to be the obvious choice
for this position. However, I am no longer using LTSP. I have switched
to DRBL. I will be porting my software to that platform soon (as I
need it for myself). However, I am committed to maintaining
Fl_TeacherTool for LTSP in terms of  bug fixes and ensuring it works
in the future but I probably won't be adding any new features. Except
maybe one: shutdown class (LTSP5 makes this now possible)  As I
understand it, being a maintainer involves testing it out in every new
release of Fedora. What I propose is that I continue to maintain the
code but that another person who is using ltsp be the package
maintainer. I would of course work in co-operation with this person to
ensure things work smoothly.

On a side note: now that x11vnc is in the Fedora repo, this only
leaves one package which Fl_TeacherTool needs that is not in the
repos. It's vncsnapshot.
http://vncsnapshot.sourceforge.net/

-- 
Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada