Re: [Fwd: Re: [seul-edu] RE: [why schools don't adopt OSS]]

[William Kendrick <nbs@sonic.net>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 11:41:05AM -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> 
> Two minor picky points:
> 
> 1. this is better done as a Debian project than a separate apt-gettable
> repository

Cool. :)


> 2. task-* has been superceded by the new tasksel system, so it would be more like:
> 
> # tasksel
> ... select "student" or "teacher" from the list ...
> # apt-get upgrade
> 
> (or more typically, tasksel would be run automatically at installation time
> for a new system, and the person doing the install could then use it to
> designate the box as a student or teacher system)

Well, what about those of us who have up-and-running Debian systems were
we wouldn't want to trash what we have, we'd want to be able to install
educational stuff on top?  (And, for example, _both_ "student" and
"teacher" tasks...)


THanks!

-bill!