package: debian-edu
severity: wishlist

Hi,

it would be awesome if it would be possible to install a package on a normal
Debian system (=not installed with the Debian Edu installation medium) and
activate (and de-activate) the Debian Edu profile(s) _after installation_.

Probably this will be easier for some profiles (e.g. kde-, gnome-,
sugar-workstation, ltsp server, gateway) than for others, especially the main
server.


cheers,
	Holger

[Holger Levsen 2010-02-08]

A variation of this is possible using the debian-edu-bless script in
debian-edu-config (not included in the binary, so far only in the source
package).

It allow one to take basic / simple Debian system and transform it into
a Debian Edu system.  It is expected to work if the packages configured
by Debian Edu during installation are not installed before the
debian-edu-bless script is executed.  There is no way to roll back (aka
de-activate) this transformation, thought.

Hi,

if this is expected, the script should check this and fail+complain if this
requirement is not met.

warn the user appropriatly, ask and default to "no". Either via debconf (which
then is translatable) or via a "--really-run-this" option (probably better
named though :)


cheers,
	Holger