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[Tom Hoffman <tom.hoffman@xxxxxxxxx>]

As of about two weeks ago I was starting to feel like I'd gotten this
whole "distributed open source project management" thing down.  Right
now, not so much.

We've now got SchoolTool 1.2 packages for Karmic in our PPA.  However,
it is apparent that we started the final integration/packaging/testing
process about three weeks later than we should have.  This was our
first release without Ignas or Brian Sutherland playing active roles
in release management, and the complexity of the process snuck up on
first-timers Justas and Gedminas.

They've done an excellent job, aside from overoptimism about the
timeline.  I've also been spoiled by my long relationship with Ignas
and Brian, who did not hesitate to tell me "NO" when I'd try to jam in
more features than we had time for, and I was complacent about the
schedule.

So... at this point, there are a few outstanding issues, which
probably will be resolved in a couple days, and when no further crop
up, we will officially "release" the new version of SchoolTool on
Karmic.

In the meantime, for those currently running Karmic, if you want to
check out the bleeding edge packages, there is one additional task
beyond those enumerated at:

http://book.schooltool.org/htmlhelp/install.html

In addition to the above, you must create a new file at
/etc/apt/preferences; e.g., 'sudo gedit /etc/apt/preferences' and add
the following:

Explanation: prefer packages from SchoolTool PPA
Package: *
Pin: release o=LP-PPA-schooltool-owners
Pin-Priority: 1001

And then 'sudo apt-get upgrade'

This will warn you that it is downgrading the versions of several Zope
packages, and your SchoolTool should work then.

Apologies for the delays.

--Tom