[05:59] <Burgundavia> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2007/06/14/why-do-people-write-free-documentation-results-of-a-survey.html
[05:59] <Burgundavia> mdke_: ^
[03:05] <shirish> hi all, anybody around?
[03:13] <nixternal> hello!
[03:14] <shirish> guys I want to write some documentation & need help, if anybody can
[03:15] <shirish> hi nixternal good you are around
[03:15] <shirish> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs
[03:15] <shirish> this is the document I'm in the process of editing, I wanna add the bit about reporting bugs upstream & one of the tools for it.
[03:16] <nixternal> yup, that would bdmurray's baby there. when it has to do with bug reporting he is DA MAN!
[03:16] <nixternal> that looks like it would be a good addition truthfully
[03:16] <shirish> nixternal: it would be great if he was around, unfortunately he is not, so I just wanna know for e.g. what the correct title & stuff
[03:16] <nixternal> what tool are you referring to?
[03:16] <shirish> reportbug
[03:17] <shirish> & the newer reportbug-ng
[03:17] <shirish> it's the tool used by debian to do stuff
[03:17] <shirish> to report bugs
[03:17] <nixternal> hrmm, I thought there was a reportbug doc somewhere..but I might be thinking of Debian
[03:18] <nixternal> I don't use reportbug anymore, I have a couple of Debian templates now in KMail that I use, much quicker
[03:18] <shirish> nixternal: there is no doc. atleast in the community space with the name reportbug
[03:18] <nixternal> also, the reportbug in Ubuntu sends to Ubuntu and not Debian I believe
[03:18] <shirish> with the title reportbug
[03:19] <shirish> nixternal: the one in gutsy sends to debian using ubuntu as SMTP server, maybe drop a copy there.
[03:19] <shirish> meaning a copy would go upstream and one would go to ubuntu, so I believe
[03:20] <nixternal> shirish: I would create a reportbug page, and then add a link to the "ReportingBugs" page maybe
[03:20] <nixternal> ahh, the one in Feisty sent it to Ubuntu I believe
[03:21] <shirish> nixternal: that would be the best way I guess, but I need to know how it really works, we wouldn't want people to have wrong documentation
[03:21] <shirish> perhaps I put the question on ubuntu-devel & they can have some correct answers.
[03:21] <nixternal> there or ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com
[03:22] <nixternal> definitely would be a great doc to have...I would also look at creating a page on wiki.ubuntu.com maybe that would refresh to help.ubuntu.com...but that doesn't have to be done now...MOTU can link to it in one of their pages
[03:24] <shirish> nixternal: I could join ubuntu-motu@lists.ubuntu.com but don't think I can give much help there besides this one thing
[03:25] <nixternal> shirish: you should be able to send an email to the list, and at the bottom ask them to CC you since you aren't a member on that list
[03:25] <shirish> ah, that would be nice
[03:25] <nixternal> then again, everyone on -motu is also on -devel-discuss as well
[03:25] <nixternal> -bugsquad is another list as well :)
[03:28] <shirish> that's true, I just signed up for bugsquad today so that should also be not an issue
[03:29] <shirish> signed up as in the mailing list
[03:29] <shirish> :)
[04:15] <shirish> nixternal: I have started on the doc, atleast till I know, the rest can follow later
[08:09] <ssam> i'd like to clean up the powerpc information on the wiki. what is the best way to organise it? should i have a PowerPC page that links to things like PowerPC/FAQ PowerPC/Downloads PowerPC/Installation etc?
[09:29] <shirish> nixternal: you up m8?
[10:35] <GoRedhat> hi
[11:15] <jjesse> hi