| koolkat | hello? | 03:20 |
|---|---|---|
| koolkat | I NEED TO TALK TO SOMEONE | 03:20 |
| koolkat | How do I become a Documentation Member? | 03:21 |
| nixternal | if you would have stayed a minute longer, I would have told him | 03:24 |
| nixternal | man, I talked to him yesterday about MOTU, this guy really wants to help | 03:24 |
| Flannel | He's still around, query him | 03:25 |
| nixternal | ya, talking to him in #ubuntu-devel | 03:26 |
| nixternal | he is coming now | 03:26 |
| nixternal | right now! | 03:26 |
| nixternal | now! | 03:26 |
| nixternal | and | 03:26 |
| nixternal | now! | 03:26 |
| nixternal | ...... | 03:26 |
| nixternal | now! | 03:26 |
| nixternal | now! | 03:26 |
| nixternal | man, I stink | 03:26 |
| koolkat | Hello | 03:26 |
| nixternal | damn, 3 seconds off :) | 03:26 |
| nixternal | koolkat: you use Ubuntu or Kubuntu? | 03:27 |
| koolkat | Ubuntu | 03:27 |
| nixternal | familiar with DocBook/XML? | 03:27 |
| nixternal | familiar with Bazaar? | 03:27 |
| koolkat | uhhh....no | 03:27 |
| nixternal | OK, can you do HTML? | 03:27 |
| koolkat | no(again) | 03:27 |
| koolkat | Yes | 03:27 |
| koolkat | Some | 03:27 |
| nixternal | great, so DocBook/XML should be easy to pick up | 03:27 |
| * koolkat wonders what your talking about | 03:28 | |
| koolkat | why? | 03:28 |
| nixternal | Bazaar is similar to Subversion | 03:28 |
| koolkat | So...that are you talking about :-? | 03:28 |
| nixternal | well, we code all of our documentation in DocBook/XML, and all of our code lies within a Bazaar repository on Launchpad | 03:28 |
| nixternal | https://wiki.kubuntu.org/DocumentationTeam | 03:28 |
| koolkat | Oh...I know how to do the Doc stuff | 03:28 |
| nixternal | that has some good information on how to get involved | 03:29 |
| koolkat | I already did like 20 today | 03:29 |
| nixternal | groovy | 03:29 |
| koolkat | so .....how do they make me a member? | 03:29 |
| nixternal | sign up on the documentation team mailing list at https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-doc | 03:30 |
| koolkat | are you a member? | 03:30 |
| koolkat | Ok | 03:30 |
| nixternal | well, you have to contribute for a while before you become a member | 03:30 |
| nixternal | yes, myself and jjesse who isn't around maintain all of the Kubuntu and KDE documentation | 03:30 |
| koolkat | you want to slip in a few good word for me.....wink wink | 03:31 |
| nixternal | the head people for the Ubuntu side are mdke, who is obviously sleeping right now, and Phil Bull, who I don't see on IRC much, but he is all over the mailing list | 03:31 |
| nixternal | well, gotta see your work first | 03:31 |
| nixternal | there are student memberships available, and if you ask about it on the mailing list, Phil will probably fill you in on that team info | 03:32 |
| koolkat | my work.....I am doing a lot in the applications list...and | 03:32 |
| koolkat | i cant remember | 03:32 |
| koolkat | what i wasgoing to say | 03:33 |
| nixternal | well, if it is Gnome related, there is a 99.9% chance I will rarely see your work | 03:33 |
| nixternal | and Phil should have a list of jobs available either now or fairly soon for Ubuntu 8.04 documentation | 03:34 |
| koolkat | nixternal: i subscribed to the mailing list | 03:36 |
| nixternal | groovy | 03:37 |
| nixternal | it isn't all that high traffic, so it is easy to keep up with | 03:37 |
| koolkat | anything else that i should do? | 03:37 |
| nixternal | familiarize yourself with docbook, bazaar, and some of the things mentioned on the wiki page and you should be good to go | 03:38 |
| nixternal | https://wiki.kubuntu.org/HardyReleaseSchedule | 03:38 |
| nixternal | always good to know the release schedule for this cycle as well | 03:38 |
| koolkat | So how do I get notice by mdke or Phill Bull? | 03:39 |
| nixternal | contribute patches to the mailing list for any projects they may have | 03:40 |
| koolkat | my username on the doc stuff is aakashpatel | 03:40 |
| koolkat | i dont know why just said that | 03:41 |
| koolkat | but there you go | 03:41 |
| nixternal | hehe, no prob, thanks | 03:42 |
| koolkat | how does this look? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompositeManager/Xgl/simple | 03:42 |
| nixternal | nice, clean, and simple..just the way we like it :) | 03:43 |
| koolkat | good....:-) | 03:44 |
| koolkat | Is this the page to list all of the software availibe for ubuntu? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Software | 03:45 |
| koolkat | Becase i just added like 8 programs | 03:46 |
| nixternal | I guess so | 03:46 |
| nixternal | first I have noticed that page before honestly | 03:47 |
| koolkat | have or havent? | 03:47 |
| nixternal | I haven't seen it before | 03:48 |
| koolkat | ok | 03:48 |
| koolkat | so what do you write in | 03:49 |
| koolkat | what sections? | 03:49 |
| nixternal | I haven't been on the community wiki in a while actually | 03:49 |
| koolkat | but isnt that where Im supposed to start? | 03:50 |
| nixternal | I have been spending a lot of time with Kubuntu and KDE development that documentation has been on a back burner for me here lately...gotta change that though | 03:50 |
| nixternal | koolkat: yes | 03:50 |
| koolkat | where should "I" start? | 03:50 |
| koolkat | in ubuntu | 03:51 |
| nixternal | I always say "scratch your itch"...fix things that relate to you, work on things that relate to you..therefore making it easier on you | 03:51 |
| koolkat | Ok | 03:52 |
| nixternal | there are so many places to start in Ubuntu....documentation, user support in #ubuntu, bug triage, packaging, there is even some marketing and LoCo team stuff as well | 03:52 |
| koolkat | what does LoCo do? | 03:55 |
| nixternal | Local Community Team...they do advocation for Ubuntu and other types of work locally within your home community | 03:59 |
| koolkat | do you have a linksys router? | 04:02 |
| nixternal | Cisco | 04:03 |
| koolkat | I thought they only make those expensive ones. | 04:04 |
| nixternal | I tend to stay away from the consumer products, plus I got my PIX 501 for free | 04:04 |
| koolkat | how? | 04:04 |
| nixternal | a friend of mine | 04:05 |
| koolkat | oh | 04:06 |
| koolkat | i got to go | 04:10 |
| mdke | morning all | 07:56 |
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| Lhademmor | hi | 11:47 |
| Lhademmor | HI! | 12:16 |
| Lhademmor | arh, screw this | 12:25 |
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