Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2020 18:16:26 +0000 From: Pau Amma <pauamma@gundo.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RFD: proposed new (likely virtual) category, education Message-ID: <9fbe1a5e070d76e2cc581321c21bb608@gundo.com> In-Reply-To: <adc23bd4-1b26-db0b-3f2e-0770f8756888@gmail.com> References: <342ff706e1eb34f7283e24107fd03ded@gundo.com> <91dc3ebd-56a4-5779-84d1-09ae7a820791@heuristicsystems.com.au> <6cab9a5f37fdd3df47252165cb2b19fa@gundo.com> <adc23bd4-1b26-db0b-3f2e-0770f8756888@gmail.com>
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On 2020-07-18 15:41, Don Wilde wrote: > On 7/18/20 5:21 AM, Pau Amma wrote: >> On 2020-07-18 06:22, Dewayne Geraghty wrote: >>> On 18/07/2020 1:09 pm, Pau Amma wrote: >>>> This category would comprise ports that are mainly educational in >>>> nature >>>> or purpose, such as: >>>> - course-writing or course-delivery applications, >>>> - classroom or school management applications (eg, scheduling >>>> classes), >>>> - applications, utilities, or games primarily or substantially >>>> designed >>>> to help the user learn a specific topic or study in general, like >>>> typing >>>> tutors, flashcard applications, or educational games. >>> ... >>> >>> Great idea Pau! >>> >>> You might like to add www/sakai though its quite dated (ports is >>> 10.2; >>> current version 20.1) >> >> Indeed. Not sure how I missed it, thanks. I'll wait a few more days >> before filing a PR, in case I missed something else or there's an >> objection. > > I, too, love the idea. I would suggest that a sub-category of > "suggested learning path" programs might be an asset as well, > including useful languages to examine. Can you give me examples of which ports would go into that 4th subcategory? > We might also consider > resurrecting Knuth's code+language concepts and tools. I'd wait until that category gets off the ground to consider that. > Assuming this category is accepted, I would then suggest an > announcement post to the FreeBSD-advocacy@ and FreeBSD-women@ lists, > and perhaps notification to the KDE and EduBuntu core lists. :D I'm not sure why FreeBSD-women. Can you elaborate?
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