[schooltool-dev] [Cando] Fwd: Re: cando and schooltool

[Tom Hoffman]

What if I just email him the checkout, or something?

--Tom

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Dudley Butt <dudleygb at gmail.com> wrote:
> ok, should i just keep trying then?
>
> thanx
> dudley
>
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Jason Straw <jason.straw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Yep, just a network latency timeout... happens somewhat frequently to us.
>>
>> Jason
>>
>> Tom Hoffman wrote:
>> > Is this just timing out from network latency or something else?
>> >
>> > --Tom
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > From: Dudley Butt <dudleygb at gmail.com>
>> > Date: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 4:58 AM
>> > Subject: Re: Re: cando and schooltool
>> > To: Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Tom,
>> >
>> > Perhaps a connectivity issue, I get the following:
>> >
>> > svn: PROPFIND request failed on
>> > '/cando/branches/competency-model-refactoring-6'
>> > svn: PROPFIND of '/cando/branches/competency-model-refactoring-6':
>> > could not connect to server (https://svn.schooltool.org)
>> >
>> > regards
>> > dudley
>> >
>> >
>> > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Dudley Butt <dudleygb at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi Tom,
>> >>
>> >> Yup, I am still in South Africa, no longer working for Thawte though, I
>> >> left last year December to pursue new meadows. I am currently on contract at
>> >> Standard Bank of South Africa, doing J2EE systems here. Enjoying it all
>> >> quite a bit. :)
>> >>
>> >> Thats excellent thank you for the assistance, I will give that a try. I
>> >> see theres also a cando-2008/ ? I will try both and let u know..thanks again
>> >>
>> >> regards
>> >> dudley
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 6:03 PM, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Dudley,
>> >>>
>> >>> Are you still in South Africa?
>> >>>
>> >>> Getting the CanDo source isn't actually that hard... I just forgot
>> >>> where it was.  They've moved it a few times.  This'll get you the
>> >>> active development branch.
>> >>>
>> >>> Just do (you need subversion):
>> >>>
>> >>> svn co
>> >>> https://svn.schooltool.org/cando/branches/competency-model-refactoring-6
>> >>>
>> >>> and then cd into the competency-model-refactoring-6 directory and do
>> >>>
>> >>> make ubuntu-environment
>> >>> make run
>> >>>
>> >>> That should work.  Let me know if it doesn't.
>> >>>
>> >>> For further questions, I think cando at schooltool.org is the best place
>> >>> to ask.  Also #schooltool on freenode.net IRC.
>> >>>
>> >>> --Tom
>> >>>
>> >>> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:50 AM, Dudley Butt <dudleygb at gmail.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> Hi Tom,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thank you for your response. Sounds like the best option for me right
>> >>>> now,
>> >>>> is to chat to one of the developers to see if i can get hold of an
>> >>>> older
>> >>>> version of schooltool and cando, or you say the development version
>> >>>> should
>> >>>> work?.....thats great. Can you please put me in touch with someone.
>> >>>> Its
>> >>>> weird how things come around though, I worked for Shuttleworths old
>> >>>> company..Thawte, down in Cape Town, where it all started. I wasnt
>> >>>> amongst
>> >>>> the founding members but it was good to learn the history. He's done
>> >>>> a lot
>> >>>> for the open source community, hopefully he will spin some support
>> >>>> for this
>> >>>> project :) Its a great idea. And with a little tweaking I think
>> >>>> schooltool
>> >>>> can be adapted to most eductional organisations.
>> >>>> Anyhow, thanx again for the pointers, look forward to getting
>> >>>> something
>> >>>> going. Appreciate it.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> regards
>> >>>> dudley
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman at gmail.com>
>> >>>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hi Dudley,
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Jeffrey Elkner <jeff at elkner.net>
>> >>>>> wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I stumbled on schooltool the other day, then I saw cando. Its
>> >>>>>>>> really
>> >>>>>>>> cando
>> >>>>>>>> that makes schooltool cool :)
>> >>>>>>>> After a little more research, I see you guys are collaborating
>> >>>>>>>> and a
>> >>>>>>>> new
>> >>>>>>>> development stream is active for schooltool 2008. I would love
>> >>>>>>>> the
>> >>>>>>>> cando
>> >>>>>>>> module though, its really got the functions I am looking for. I
>> >>>>>>>> installed
>> >>>>>>>> schooltool 2008 onto ubuntu hardy, but the cando dapper install
>> >>>>>>>> guide
>> >>>>>>>> isnt
>> >>>>>>>> working. Seems the repo has moved. Please advise the best
>> >>>>>>>> possible
>> >>>>>>>> route
>> >>>>>>>> so
>> >>>>>>>> I can get a working copy of schooltool and cando? Even if its an
>> >>>>>>>> older
>> >>>>>>>> version, thats fine.
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>> I think we need a CanDo developer to answer that one.  It should be
>> >>>>> fairly easy to get the current development code running, though.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>>>> I see schooltool beta is due for release in Oct 2008. Will cando
>> >>>>>>>> now
>> >>>>>>>> be
>> >>>>>>>> included with schooltool, or the other way around?
>> >>>>>>>>
>> >>>>> We haven't decided exactly how it is going to work.  Probably a
>> >>>>> CanDo
>> >>>>> release will be available in April.  The immediate priority for
>> >>>>> SchoolTool is getting our beta then 1.0 out, and the immediate
>> >>>>> priority for CanDo is scaling up a multi-school production
>> >>>>> deployment,
>> >>>>> pretty much right now, so packaging CanDo for external use will have
>> >>>>> to wait a bit.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --Tom
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Jason Straw
>> Project Manager -- CanDo Competency Tracking System
>> jstraw at ibiblio.org
>>
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