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

[Brian Sutherland]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 10:37:59AM -0400, Tom Hoffman wrote:
> Is this just timing out from network latency or something else?

Seems like it, it works for me.

I can't see anything else it could be...

> 
> --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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