On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Benj. Mako Hill wrote: > I will personally move forward with this as soon as I get access to > CVS. Thanks. This would be much appreciated.
> Andreas, perhaps you missed this message: > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2003/debian-devel-announce-200309/msg00011.html Definitely not because I'm very happy about it. > Skolelinux took over for/merged with Debian-Edu in September. Through > Debian-Edu, they *are* listed and linked from the page you mention. Yes and you might remember that exactly this was the hint I gave in Oslo in the discussion of my talk. > More importantly, Skolelinux has done more than almost any CDD in > terms of contributing back to Debian in both code and in > methodology. Their method of submitting wishlist bug reports with low > priority debconf questions is IMHO the most important way that CDDs > can integreate their work into Debian proper and that CDDs can Definitely! That's why I feeled obliged to add the remark that I greatly appreciate the work of the SkoleLinux people and that they probably did more for Debian than any CDD is out of any question. > actually use to become pure Debian and earn their name. ^^^^^^ This is the keyword why I think that SkoleLinux is not yet a CDD. They do not have a webpage under www.d.o, no mailing list under lists.d.o (which is not the most important criterium). IMHO the key feature is that SkoleLinux is not yet visible once you install plain Debian neither in tasksel nor in the form of metapackages (I do not mind whether they adopt edu-* name space or just use their own), etc. Regarding to tasksel there is a an open bug #186085 which definitely needs support by the other CDD-people. Once SkoleLinux is for instance mentioned in tasksel (see #186085) I would call it CDD. To be a CDD or not is no question of honor - its a question of the placement related to Debian. Its really no shame to be no CDD (you might even have reasons to make the work better outside). Kind regards Andreas.
