Re: [seul-edu] Packaging seul-edu apps?

[RRPotratz <rpotratz@vbe.com>]

	I've been mostly lurking on the list for a few weeks now, and I think making
some packages would be a great idea.  I've downloaded lots of the applications
I've seen on the list but have hesitated to install many because of 2 reasons:
1)  For just trying an application to see if it is appropriate without a
package is not all that conveniant and 2) I did not have a second linux machine
to just try things out on with out fear of something going wrong.
	If you guys want to build the packages I'd be glad to test them out.
Right now I have a Mandrake 6.1 system, a Redhat 6.0 and will have a Debian
potatoe one to try out probably some time next week.  
	I'm just a guy who likes computers.  Loves linux and the ideas behind
it, and happens to have three kids in the 4-10 yr age range who we homeshool
and I wish could use Linux for education as much as windows. 

	Thanks for your work,
	RRPotratz




On Thu, 24 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> I've been asking various groups for a few months now if they could grab
> the seul-edu applications and build rpms and debs out of them.
> 
> It suddenly occurred to me that lately we've had two distributions (Mandrake
> and Debian) coming to us thinking that linux in education is wonderful and
> is there anything they can do to help.
> 
> We've got a bunch of applications on our projects page and elsewhere. Many
> of them are just tarballs. I bet they'd get a lot more use (and thus a lot
> more testers -> more feedback -> faster development) if there were pretty
> packages available for the popular distribs out there.
> 
> Any interest, now that we've got a few distribs watching this list?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Roger
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