[K12OSN] repository for K12LTSP 4.2.1 pre-release #1

Eric Harrison eharrison at mail.mesd.k12.or.us
Thu Mar 24 20:18:10 UTC 2005


Petre Scheie wrote:
> This is rather after-the-fact I suppose, but I consider the support for
> Mac/PPC clients to a MAJOR enhancement--MANY thanks to Jim, Chuck, Jim,
> et al--especially considering this is a project focused on schools where
> Macs are more common. That being so, perhaps this release should be
> numbered 4.3 rather than 4.2.1.  I'm thinking about this in the context
> of conversations with school people that involve recommending they
> checkout K12LTSP so they can make better use of their old Macs; I think
> it will be easier to say "Get version 4.3" and have them remember it
> than 4.2.1.  OTOH, since this is the first run at incoporating the PPC
> support, and will therefore probably have a few bugs, perhaps we should
> save 4.3 for a 'stable' version, even though it presently sounds pretty
> solid.  Just some food for thought.
>
> Petre

PPC support is indeed a major enhancement, but it really is a minor
change from a distribution perspective.

When I merge in the 4.2.1 changes into the 4.2.x repository, the PPC
support will be available to those who currently have 4.2.0 installed.

-Eric
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