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

[Rex Dieter]

Robert Arkiletian wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Robert Arkiletian <robark at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>> 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/
> 
> Actually there is tightvnc also. But I only need two files from that
> package. From my install docs:
> 
> cp vncviewer binary to /usr/bin but rename it to teachertool-vncviewer
> cp vncpasswd binary to /usr/bin but rename it to teachertool-vncpasswd

Could fedora tigervnc's vncviewer and vncpasswd suffice here?

-- Rex