Edubuntu plans for Precise

Registered by Stéphane Graber

Just a brain dump of some of the ideas we discussed so far:
 - LTS release
 - Improve LTSP live
 - Re-base installer step on current LTSP live
 - Fix package selection to work with all locales
 - Add directory integration step
 - Refresh artwork
 - Switch away from iTalc
 - Get Wubi working
 - Upgrade website to Drupal 7
 - Migrating to dh_python2 for everything on the DVD

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
Jono Bacon
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Stéphane Graber
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Edubuntu Developers
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for precise
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

Related branches

Sprints

Whiteboard

=== LTS ===
* We want to be an LTS, EC voted with quorum at UDS session
* Get rid of iTalc in favour of Epoptes
* We need to apply as an LTS release for the next TB meeting
* Everything on the DVD should be migrated to dh_python2 since we don't want to support any old python stuff for 5 years
* Try to reduce the number of dependencies from universe to the bare minimal we actually need (potentially porting in-house tools to newer supported libraries)
* We're not going to support point releases for KDE, at best going to manage KDE security updates where necessary.

=== Arm support ===
* Arm is really big, going to happen
* We'll wait for 14.04 (or 13.x) for an Edubuntu ARM version

=== Edubuntu Specific ===
LTSP Live:
* LTSP Live is re-written, modify ubiquity plugin to use edubuntu-live code
* Feedback on installation/setup progress

Package selection during install time:
* Cherry-picking the installed packages broke when selecting a package which description has UTF-8 characters.
Slideshow:
* We'll aim to have the slideshow ready for alpha 2, or alpha 3 so that there's plenty enough time for translations

Authentication:
* Integrate SSD in Edubuntu...
* Authenticate against AD, LDAP, edirectory
* For 14.04 we can aim for the server part as well (FreeIPA, etc)

=== Edubuntu Planning ===
* Put together an Edubuntu product roadmap for the next few development phases so that people know what we're planning

=== Artwork ===
* New wallpaper, we don't want to touch much else
* Bitesize bugs for Unity educational lenses would be awesome

=== LTSP ===
* Chroot upgrades: revisit for 12.10, too big to tackle for this release.

Work items for precise-alpha-1:
[jonathan] Set up Edubuntu Council Elections (next week): DONE
[stgraber] Prepare Ubiquity Slideshow: DONE
[jonathan] Apply for LTS status for 12.04 with TB: DONE
[stgraber] Move edubuntu-fonts from being a standalone meta-package to edubuntu-meta: DONE
[jonathan] Speak to Oli about ARM community and whether we could build on that for the Edubuntu ARM plans: DONE
[jonathan] Blog about over 100000 weblive sessions milestone (this week some time): DONE
[alkisg] Implement OpenSSL and dh_python2 in Epoptes and get it to Debian + Ubuntu archives: DONE
[stgraber] Fix ubiquity LTSP step to use a similar approach as LTSP live's code: DONE
[stgraber] Fix ubiquity package selection to work with any locale: DONE
[stgraber] List of packages not using dh_python2: DONE
[stgraber] List of universe packages for Edubuntu and list of the ones we should get rid of: DONE

Work items for precise-alpha-2:
[stgraber] Improve LTSP-live to give better feedback to the user: DONE
[stgraber] Get Edubuntu support into Wubi: DONE
[cjwatson] Get Wubi added to the Edubuntu DVD: DONE
[jonathan] New wallpaper for 12.04: DONE
[jonathan] Check with RocketTheme for Drupal 7 compatible version of Edubuntu website theme: DONE
[stgraber] Get us rid of python-central and python-support: DONE

Work items for ubuntu-12.04-beta-1:
[stgraber] Write SSSD plugin for ubiquity: POSTPONED
[jonathan] Set up some bitesize bugs for Unity lenses to get more community involvement there: TODO
[jonathan] Update Ubiquity Slideshow to match theming: DONE
[stgraber] Get permissions on Edubuntu web server sorted out with IS: DONE
[stgraber] Migrate website to Drupal 7:POSTPONED
[jonathan] Put together an Edubuntu product roadmap for the next few development phases: POSTPONED
[jonathan] Contact IS so that wiki.edubuntu.org requests forward to wiki.ubuntu.com: DONE

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Work Items

Dependency tree

* Blueprints in grey have been implemented.