[17:29] hey all ! [17:31] Hi John. [17:41] Hi All! [17:43] Hi Sylvie! [17:44] * JimConnett waves at everyone! [17:44] Hi Jim! [17:44] * JimConnett appreciates others who arrive a few minutes early to a meeting! [17:45] :-) [17:52] Hi Mario! [17:54] One bad thing about not using IRC as much as I need to is my inability to convert a nick of "LaughingPsychoClown" to Bob Smith. [17:54] * JimConnett will catch on soon :) [17:55] But if I would just look in the FQDN string, I'd see CrustyBarnacle is actually Mario! So, greetings Mario! [17:55] ...not rocket-science. [17:56] Howdy! all [17:57] I've been using Crusty for a while for my online interactions :-) [17:57] brb [17:57] Hi. Hopefully phillw and yorvyk will join us here soon too [17:58] Well, I think we will wait some minutes until everyone has joined. [18:00] hi mario, sylvie, carsten, jim, kevin, john [18:01] Hi Hannie! [18:01] hi hannie! [18:01] sorry, I was in #ubuntu-meeting! [18:01] Hola! Buenos dias :-) Hannie [18:01] phillw, you're not too late ;) [18:01] buenos dias amigo [18:02] que tal? [18:02] Let's wait for Kevin, ok? [18:03] I have pasted some notes here: http://pastebin.com/Cw5KU51h [18:04] working on using Espanol mas [18:04] Might be good to repost that link after #startmeeting so it gets into the minutes [18:04] ok, will do that [18:06] Donde esta Kevin? [18:07] Ah, if only we knew. I give him 4 more minutes.... [18:07] * JimConnett thinks I need to open Google Translate in another tab...my Spanish is a bit rusty (so far, so good...but later? eh.) [18:08] Having a good conversation in Spanish would be a real challenge [18:09] I'm trying to use it more at home so my little boy learns it :-p... it was my first language, just don't use it much anymore. [18:09] as for Kevin.. quein sabe [18:10] CrustyBarnacle, I will wait until 20:10 [18:10] El español es una lengua fácil. Pruébelo! [18:10] Muy fácil, si [18:10] (translation) Who knows! [18:10] Mira estos. Hablan como que si saben ;-) [18:10] (translation) Spanish is an easy language. Try it! [18:10] Ok, I suggest we begin and see if Kevin joins us later. Do you all agree? [18:11] +1 [18:11] +1 [18:11] +1 [18:11] (translation) Very easy, yes. [18:11] ...end of translations. Let's get started! [18:11] +1 [18:11] #startmeeting [18:11] Meeting started Sat Jun 8 18:11:44 2013 UTC. The chair is hannie. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/meetingology. [18:11] Available commands: #accept #accepted #action #agree #agreed #chair #commands #endmeeting #endvote #halp #help #idea #info #link #lurk #meetingname #meetingtopic #nick #progress #rejected #replay #restrictlogs #save #startmeeting #subtopic #topic #unchair #undo #unlurk #vote #voters #votesrequired [18:11] Do you want me to be chair for the moment? [18:12] Yes [18:12] ok, lets see who is attending, please give a sign [18:12] o/ [18:12] hi! [18:12] o/ [18:12] hi [18:12] o/ [18:12] Greetings from the Pacific Northwest! [18:13] Here is the link once more: http://pastebin.com/Cw5KU51h [18:13] howdy [18:13] o/ [18:13] Before we start, are there any newcomers? Could you introduce yourself? [18:14] hi, I'm phillw lubuntu QA / Testing Team Lead. [18:14] I'm noew to ubuntu-manual. A minor developer of Lubuntu. Some past LaTex experience. Interested in the proposed Lubuntu Manual work. [18:14] hi there! i'm ibere and i'm starting to help on lubuntu support team as a contributor. i'm active mainly on facebook lubuntu channel. [18:15] ah, phillw welcome to the club! [18:15] Howdy y'all :-) [18:15] welcome ibere_SP another lubuntu enthousiast :) [18:15] Hi, I'm the idiot that proposed the Lubuntu version of the manual [18:15] KEVIN! [18:15] (secretly using Lubuntu on his lappy....) [18:16] sry for that [18:16] ...maybe... [18:16] Yorvyk, we will talk about that later, ok? [18:16] Yep [18:16] * JimConnett is installing Lubuntu on a VERY old laptop even as we speak. [18:16] Ok, lets start with the first item on the agenda [18:17] #topic Evaluating Raring [18:17] I want to start with the authors phase. c7p could you tell something about that, please? [18:18] sure [18:19] author phase proceed with with some problems related to lack of authors [18:19] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApS28NMLnYJXdEdGQjRtUWtaOUZxREVzUldSOU5kc2c#gid=0 [18:19] i think that was very vivid during editor phase where editors had to fill some gaps [18:20] yes, sometimes the line between autoring and editing becomes very thin [18:20] after this we gained 2 new authors if my memory preserves me right, something that's very important [18:20] c7p, I am sure you did everything to get as many authors aboard as you could [18:20] Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late. I lost track of time. [18:21] hey godbyk we just started the meeting. [18:21] one thing that was missing was communication between authors, but i think i'm to blame for that [18:21] hi kevin! [18:21] Hi Kevin! [18:21] * godbyk will read the backlog and get caught up. [18:22] godbyk, here is the link to the agenda items: http://pastebin.com/Cw5KU51h [18:22] c7p, communication via the mailing list or private emails? [18:23] If I could append to c7p's report... [18:23] both and live sessions too [18:23] So here is a point of improvement that Jim will handle [18:23] to all, jim is our new authors coordinator [18:23] yea maybe [18:23] The google docs spreadsheet just posted by hannie has a complete accounting of our current authors for 13.10 [18:24] I felt disconnected from the other Authors/Editors... but, my own communication/reaching out could improve too. [18:24] Every author from 13.04 has been emailed, and every author replied (except for one, I think). [18:24] CrustyBarnacle, that is an important piece of information [18:24] We lost two in the process, so the spreadsheet clearly shows where we are ok, and where we are weak. [18:24] JimConnett, will you see to it that communication gets better? [18:25] Maybe authors could have a monthly IRC meeting, or similar, so they feel more like a community? [18:25] My goal is to connect the authors to the editors. I think this is an important piece to the puzzle we are missing. [18:25] jmarsden, good idea. Will you coordinate that? [18:25] i think live sessions would be ideal [18:25] +1 jim [18:25] We also have to recruit. I've already contacted OMG! Ubuntu! for some type of interaction as they have helped us before. No reply yet. [18:26] jmarsden, sorry, I meant JimConnett [18:26] hannie: Well, I expect to me more of an editor than author for Lubuntu related work... but if no one else volunteers, sure. [18:26] hannie: Ah, good :) [18:26] I can certainly explore an IRC meeting every month up to the due date [18:27] But right now, we only have a handful of authors, and I think our efforts should be equally focused between connecting existing authors and acquiring new authors. [18:27] any thoughts on using Google+/hangouts for live sessions? [18:27] JimConnett: For recruiting in the past, we've posted a list of 'job' openings on our website and then written a little press release about it that we send out to OMG! and others. [18:28] JimConnett: We can also post it on our Facebook page. We've gotten decent use out of that when we're looking for proofreaders, etc. [18:28] #action JimConnett will see to it that authors meet on irc once a month [18:28] ACTION: JimConnett will see to it that authors meet on irc once a month [18:28] #idea any thoughts on using Google+/hangouts for live sessions? [18:28] i think that we should contact translation teams to for new members [18:29] many of us are contributing ubuntu manual, because we learnt the project through translations [18:29] Aren't the translation teams part of the mailing list already? [18:29] what i mean is that translation teams are more close to project than the rest of community [18:30] CrustyBarnacle, we could use hangouts too [18:30] If they are, surely, they would have seen the need and stepped up as appropriate! [18:30] c7p, we will talk about translations later [18:30] JimConnett: Sometimes a person just likes to be asked. ;-) [18:31] not talking about translations but for new member recruits [18:31] but it's next on agenda so leave it for later [18:32] right. recruiting. don't we do that already using the mailing list? Everyone who needs help can find us on irc or the mailing list [18:32] Alright...so, for this part of our agenda....we have a proper accounting of authors for 13.10 [18:33] The proposed schedule looks good as well. [18:33] ok, I suggest we go to the editors phase evaluation: [18:33] For Raring every chapter/section had an editor. Like we said before, the work for editors was sometimes more difficult [18:33] * JimConnett wonders if THIS time the developer teams will hold to their feature freeze commitment. [18:34] I would like to see more cooperation between the author(s) and editor(s) of a chapter/section [18:35] How chould we improve that? [18:35] *could [18:36] Again, I think this comes down to communication. Everytime an author commits, we should immediately connect them with the editor. [18:36] Have Editor/s per section, instead of throughout the manual? That is, limit to a section? [18:36] CrustyBarnacle: Currently editors are assigned to specific chapters/sections just as the authors are. [18:36] CrustyBarnacle, some editors edit more than one chapter/section. That is necessary because we do not have enough editors [18:37] OK... [18:37] i think that meetings could help and also we could add a week between author and editing phase, where editor and author would have to cooperate [18:37] JimConnett, agreed. Better communication between author/editor [18:37] Evaluation final phase: was that phase ok? [18:37] it may sound silly, but it maybe a way to formalize that editor and author have to be in contact with each other [18:37] JimConnett: can bzr send email to the relevant editor when a commit is made to a given chapter? Some sort of bzr hook script? [18:37] I think editors and authors should be cooperating from the beginning [18:38] +1 bzr email [18:38] jmarsden: Possibly. I'm not too familiar with bzr hooks, but I'll look into it. [18:38] ok, I suggest one of us will put this on the mailing list [18:38] * godbyk has used svn hooks before, but not bzr or git hooks yet. [18:39] that sounds good [18:39] Are there any downsides to "reassigning" editors? [18:39] Early meeting of editor/author sounds like a good idea to help get started [18:39] godbyk, I get messages from LP as soon as a commit is done [18:39] JimConnett: To get notified about commits, I think every author and editor should be subscribed in the code branch to get an email from LP [18:39] #action hannie will send an email to the list about better cooperation author/editor [18:39] ACTION: hannie will send an email to the list about better cooperation author/editor [18:40] jmarsden: Yes, you have to subscribe you here: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual/ubuntu-manual/saucy [18:40] Are there still any questions about evaluation of raring? [18:40] hannie: So do I. But I get message as soon as anyone pushes to the branch. Can we make it so editors see commits only from their authors? [18:41] Maybe we can set the manual team here to get emails about commits [18:41] i 've spoken for authors, authors that are here can express themselves too [18:42] At the moment the team gets no emails... [18:42] CarstenG: That might get pretty noisy on the mailing list. [18:42] about how they evaluate the previous sereis [18:42] godbyk: I suspect you can if someone writes an appropriate hook script, but I am no expert on that. [18:42] Well, you can use filters to sort out such email in a special folder. [18:43] While I think the authors need to be writing NOW...authoring is a double edged sword [18:43] I guess every email program can do this. [18:43] For the moment I would say: if everyone gets a message when something is pushed he/she can see if it concerns his/her chapter and take action if necessary [18:43] If you author NOW, then features can (and will) change all the way to feature freeze, requiring re-authoring. [18:43] If you are going to mae everyone see all commits, I'd suggest doing it as a separate mailing list ubuntu-mainual-commits or similar [18:43] If you author a few days before the deadline, we're scrambling, and it puts editors in a difficult position. [18:44] +1 separate mailing list for commits (I just subscribed to saucy branch on launchpad) [18:44] JimConnett: Yeah, I think that's the crux of it. [18:44] I do not mind receiving a private message when things are pushed to LP [18:44] jmarsden: Well as I told, the usage of filters is very helpful here. [18:45] I say we start authoring, and editors are responsible for last-minute changes in feature/ui (making sure they are documented correctly). [18:45] Conclusion: we will have to find out if we can personalize the LP messages [18:45] Hannie: You ar not yet subscribed to the saucy branch... [18:45] Hello everyone! I'm sorry I am late. === Thomas is now known as Guest70970 [18:45] CarstenG, oh, I will look into it later [18:45] CarstenG: Agreed but it's traditional to have a separate list for that stuff, and it avoids putting off newcomers to the mailing list who don't understand why they are seeing all these "wierd" messages :) [18:45] +1 [18:46] If there are no more questions on this subject I want to move to the next item [18:46] Hello. I hope I didn't miss everything... [18:46] Guest70970, perhaps you can introduce yourself to us? [18:46] ok, if we can manage it to push these mails to another list... [18:47] #action CarstenG will look into this matter ;) [18:47] ACTION: CarstenG will look into this matter ;) [18:47] Yes hannie. I am Thomas Corwin. [18:47] ah, welcome thomas [18:47] #topic 2: How to get more contributors [18:48] I personally am not very good at this. Are there any suggestions? [18:48] hi TonyP [18:48] Hi TonyP [18:48] Sorry I'm late as usual [18:49] Hi Thomas and TonyP [18:49] Have we done enough in the past to get contributors, and what more can we do? [18:49] Good questions. [18:49] It's interesting that the idea of an Lubuntu version has got you at least 3 or 4 people here today... have you thought of a KDE version, an Xubuntu version, etc? Would thatr get you more folks from those flavours? [18:49] I'll be connecting with Kevin via email for the contact information, the whats, and the hows, with past avenues to put out a call for new authors/editors. [18:49] In the past, I think we've just posted on Facebook, tried to get a post on OMG!, and tried to get a post on Ubuntu Planet. [18:49] Then hope that people show up looking to help. [18:50] LUGs... anyone attend regularly to announce locally? [18:50] I'm typing this from a LUG :) [18:50] I joined following a message on the Ubuntu-uk loco list [18:51] #action JimConnett and godbyk will look into the matter of getting more contributors [18:51] ACTION: JimConnett and godbyk will look into the matter of getting more contributors [18:51] jmarsden: We've thought about that before, but weren't sure we'd get enough people to work on those spin-off manuals. [18:51] The translations teams would be also a good source of new contributors, or? [18:51] Could I add something to the agenda if there is time, hannie? [18:51] jmarsden, good suggestion to see if we can get people from other flavors willing to work for the manual [18:51] Guest70970, sure, go ahead [18:51] CarstenG: Yeah, we have quite a few translators who have stuck around to help with the English manual (hannie, c7p, cqfd93, etc.). [18:52] we 've to look on who will coordinate these spin-off manuals, not sure if we can make it [18:52] Anyone worried about resource dilution? [18:53] sorry huys, feeding time here, I'll read the scroll back later :( [18:53] JimConnett: I am. :) [18:53] s/h/g/ [18:53] phillw: No problem. Thanks for coming! [18:53] see you, phillw [18:53] We're already inviting authors/editors to one project...now we have Lubuntu, which is great, but is there really THAT much crossover? [18:53] Example...screenshots from Ubuntu are unusable. [18:53] ...unusable in Lubuntu. [18:54] Sory. I disconnected on accident... [18:54] sorry) [18:54] JimConnett, people from other flavors can help with the ubuntu manual as well: e.g. proofreading [18:55] Hopefully once people gain the basic skillset they can use it for multiple flavors... only way to know is to try, I think. [18:55] I'd be interested in how much of Troubleshooting can crossover the different flavors [18:56] I will do Wine for the different flavours. [18:56] And an editor for Ubuntu would need to have an installation of Lubuntu if the editor is going to properly fulfill their commitment. I have about 7 different VMs installed on my machine, so I can handle it, but others> [18:56] We need to do some research first to see if there are a great many differences between the flavors [18:56] There are. Just installed Lubuntu during this session. DVD/CD burning, Office applications (I could go on and on) are different. [18:57] let's put the talk on a foundation [18:57] hannie, i myself can say i learned a lot of Lubuntu reading Ubuntu manual. [18:57] ibere_SP, that is good to hear [18:58] same people will handle both manuals ? [18:58] or there would be "different" teams [18:58] That's a later topic, I think :) [18:58] After we are done with the important topics, i have a question.. [18:59] So, about this topic: will JimConnett and godbyk see to this? [18:59] The topic was: how do we get more contributors? [18:59] I'm already taking on a lot. Recruitment is my number one goal. I'd prefer someone else look into this. [18:59] If there are no more questions, I want to go to item 3 [18:59] ...someone else look into the feasibility of crossover between Ubuntu and Lubuntu for authors/editors. [19:00] hannie: I can explain what we've done in the past and help brainstorm ideas for the future, sure. [19:00] JimConnett: I think hannie was talking about getting more contributors there. [19:00] Ok, I suggest we continue this via the mailing list (getting more contributors) [19:00] hannie: Sounds good. [19:00] JimConnett: I can do that in the next couple days, if thats alright. [19:00] Anyone who has an idea, please send it to the list [19:01] I'll start a mailing list thread on this topic after the meeting. [19:01] #topic 3: Release schedule Saucy [19:01] Have you all seen the schedule I proposed? [19:02] Is there a link to it? [19:02] #action godbyk starts a mailing list thread on how we can get more contributors [19:02] ACTION: godbyk starts a mailing list thread on how we can get more contributors [19:02] TonyP: http://pastebin.com/Cw5KU51h [19:02] Thanks [19:02] ....gives us authors ~ 3 months. That's good. Authors? Are ya'll good with that? See any issues> [19:03] Can't editors edit during the authoring phase, as soon as an author commits something?? [19:03] 3 months sound like a good amount of time. [19:03] JimConnett: That's true.. but usually most of their work has to happen toward the end of that time as they have to wait for the developers to finish uploading their latest work. [19:03] The strict separating in time seems unnecessary [19:03] JimConnett, if the stretch is too long there is a danger of postponing work to the last minute [19:03] the amount of time isn't a real factor to tell, i agree with Kevin [19:04] jmarsden: They could as long as they avoid bzr conflicts and the like. (No one likes merging conflicts.) [19:04] Sure. Iwas thinking it would help the author/ewditor collaboration if they work together... [19:04] i think that there should be given one more week for authors (talking as past author coordinator), in previous series one more week was vital [19:05] There is no exclusivity in the schedule. We have to have a drop-dead date to keep the project on target. [19:05] I think authors and editors can start by rereading raring and see if it needs to be improved [19:05] jmarsden: Absolutely! If authors and editors are working together closely then there shouldn't be an problems with having both of them working at the same time. [19:05] agreed [19:06] c7p: So would we reduce the editing phase to just 1 week? Or is there something else that would need to be adjusted in the schedule to compensate? [19:06] i cant talk for editors, but i think we can amend the release date, no big deal [19:07] can we just list it as Writing Finishes / Editing Begins (both in the same week)>? [19:07] I was thinking that 2 weeks editing was little enough [19:07] c7p, so you agree with the schedule? [19:07] As an editor, a one week is too short. [19:07] I had a lot of problems with both the lasy two relaeases [19:07] c7p: Do you mean release the manual a week after Ubuntu has been released? [19:08] yep [19:08] The editors phase is 2 weeks now [19:08] hannie: Perhaps you should talk about the changes you made to this schedule. How does it differ from the raring schedule? [19:08] I'd like to keep those 2 weeks [19:08] that would go so if editors think that they need more time [19:08] The schedule does not differ too much from the raring schedule [19:09] There is only a slight overlap between the editing phase and the indexing phase due to [19:09] * JimConnett thinks we've tried SO HARD to coordinate software and manual release...that it would be a step back to propose any other release plan. [19:09] the ubuntu release schedule [19:09] * JimConnett has to leave in 21 minutes. [19:10] So, does the schedule needs any adjustment? [19:10] My vote is 'no'. [19:10] no [19:10] no [19:10] no [19:10] Ok, next: [19:11] #topic 4 screenshots [19:11] CarstenG, cqfd93 could you say anything about this? [19:12] I have a great experience in screenshotting [19:12] Well, I would do them again :-) [19:12] me too [19:12] Did you encounter any problems in the raring version? [19:12] Sounds like we have a screenshot team! ;-) [19:12] How automated is that process, and can it be made to work in Lubuntu too? [19:13] jmarsden: At the moment, the process isn't automated at all. [19:13] no problems [19:13] Right, CarstenG and cqfd93 will look after the screenshots [19:13] One bad thing was the Feature Freeze exeption with some icons... [19:13] jmarsden: You have to manually take each screenshot. [19:13] ah. I thought I saw something about a python tool to automate things...? [19:13] I REALLY like the fact that we have a dedicated team for screenshots. Keeps our shots uniform. [19:13] jmarsden: We had one once upon a time (Quickshot) but we haven't had any developers for it in eons, so it no longer works. [19:13] jmarsden: You mean Quickshot? [19:14] That does not work anymore... [19:14] CarstenG: Probably :) [19:14] jmarsden: I still think it'd be great if Quickshot could be revived as I think it did simplify things quite a bit. But that's just my opinion. [19:14] We would need a developer to update it to 13.10. [19:14] Otherwise Lubuntu could double the workload for the screenshot team... are they willing to tolerate that? [19:14] JimConnett: I agree. [19:15] So...Carsten and Sylvie, can we officially commit you both to the screenshots for 13.10? [19:15] jmardsen: no commitment has been made to Lubuntu yet.. separate topic/project [19:15] Well, the Lubuntu team should find a own screenshot team :-) [19:15] I could TRY to make a new version of Quickshot... I can't promise anything. [19:15] for ubuntu, yes [19:15] As long as there are no devolopers to adjust quickshot we will not use it [19:15] for Lubuntu, I don't know [19:15] CarstenG and cqfd93, are there any issues you encountered with screenshots? Anything we can do to make your lives easier there? [19:15] hannie: How badly broken is it? I could take a quick look, but I'm not volunteering tens of hours for fixing it... [19:16] ThomasC, it would be great if you want to give it a try [19:16] hannie, alright. I will work on it when i can. [19:16] jmarsden, it is outdated and needs a lot of rewriting [19:16] godbyk, I don't remember of any serious problems [19:16] Well, I had no big problems, only the grub screen I had to do in a VM... [19:16] #action ThomasC will try to revive quickshot [19:16] ACTION: ThomasC will try to revive quickshot [19:17] cqfd93: Great! [19:17] Great [19:17] CarstenG: Yeah, the GRUB screenshot is always a pain. [19:17] No more question about screenshots? [19:17] We have a new screenshot team: CarstenG and sylvie [19:17] ;-) [19:17] * JimConnett has documented Carsten and Sylvie as our highly-capable, super-intelligent screenshot team for Ubuntu 13.10. [19:17] one point ... [19:17] #topic translations [19:18] * JimConnett ...in the google docs spreadsheet [19:18] ah, CarstenG go ahead [19:18] If authors want to have new screenshots, they should do a first draft for them self. [19:18] +1 [19:18] +1 [19:18] Then we can make them right. [19:18] +1 [19:18] +1 [19:18] +1 [19:19] CarstenG, I suggest authors can get help using the mailing list if they get stuck [19:19] Sure. [19:19] hannie, quick question [19:19] Next: translations [19:19] ThomasC, go ahead [19:19] One of the ideas I had the other day was to document the responsibilities and processes for each type of contributor (author, editor, translator, etc.) so that these things (e.g., 'you must take a draft screenshot') are more clear. [19:20] I'll try to work on that soon and get it added to the style guide. [19:20] * JimConnett has to leave in 10 minutes. [19:20] What features did Quickshot have, i am not familiar with it, but i am a novice developer. [19:20] godbyk, very good idea! [19:20] ThomasC: I'll email you some links and info about Quickshot after the meeting. [19:20] ThomasC: Suggest running it in a VM on the last version it works on, to see how it used to work? [19:21] ThomasC, I suggest we continue about quickshot using the mailing list [19:21] Thanks. I will after the meeting. [19:21] ThomasC: Maybe you can install a 10.04 in a VM an test it there? then you get a feeling of it... [19:21] Translations? [19:22] #action godbyk will document responsibilities and processes for each type of contributor [19:22] ACTION: godbyk will document responsibilities and processes for each type of contributor [19:22] Ok, now to item 5: Translations [19:22] I have to go... will catch up and send ideas/comments to mailing list... bye All [19:23] Are we happy about how translations work at the moment? [19:23] CrustyBarnacle, thanks a lot for attending. see you soon [19:23] See you Mario [19:23] For the French translation, yes! :-) [19:23] hasta luego [19:23] bye! [19:23] (Aside from my tardiness in getting them published? ;-)) [19:24] * godbyk promises to work on the French and Slovenian translations this weekend! [19:24] Dutch translations, only LTS [19:24] great! [19:24] Well, we have 3 languages on 100 % only some days after release of raring! Thats great. [19:24] CarstenG: Yeah, I think these translators are getting *too good* at their work! :-) [19:25] No more questions on translations? [19:25] For 13.04, both the French and Slovenian translations are about ready to be published. [19:25] So I have the idea to open the translation some time earlier. [19:25] How about the Spanish translation? [19:25] CarstenG: ? [19:25] So we can publish also translations in time with the release. [19:26] hannie: I haven't heard from the Spanish translation team yet. [19:26] Next: [19:26] CarstenG: Ah. Well, to do that we have to either fix Launchpad or stop writing/editing early enough for the translators to start their work. [19:26] #topic 6: bug handling [19:27] Well, in the last period of editing we mostly do fix typos, so the translators can handle this, too... [19:27] Do we have to assign bug fixing to members of our team? [19:28] At this moment some of us look at bug reports occasionally (I think) [19:28] hannie: How does our bug handling look at the moment? [19:28] I volunteer to help for bug fixing [19:28] Do we have a lot of bugs that need to be dealt with? [19:29] I would like to see more structure in the way we fix bugs. [19:29] I know I haven't been very studious about dealing with them lately. [19:29] Well, I think who is interested in bug fixing, should join the group https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual-bugs [19:29] Can you get an automated summary of open bugs emailed to the mailing list, monthly or even weekly? To provide visibility to the team on what needs fixing? [19:29] I am in favor of letting authors/editors take care a bugs that affect their chapter [19:29] *car of [19:30] * care of (oops) [19:30] Alright...I need to leave. Thanks for all the ideas and everyone's participation today. Look to the mail list in the next week for information about recruitment and author-editor coordination. Great to be a part of this project. [19:30] If you are subscribed there, you get emails about all bugs... [19:30] JimConnett, thank you for being with us. see you [19:30] jmarsden: Good idea. I'll have to look into that, too. [19:30] jmarsden, good idea [19:30] ...also, my new email address is jim@jimconnett.com. Both old and new email addresses work, but I'm going to be moving to the new address for this project. Have a great day. [19:31] I suggest we continue discussion on bug fixing using the mailing list [19:31] see you [19:31] hannie: Sounds good. [19:31] #action hannie will start discussion on bug fixing on the mailing list [19:31] ACTION: hannie will start discussion on bug fixing on the mailing list [19:32] Last topic: [19:32] #topic lubuntu [19:32] finally we get at lubuntu ;) [19:32] Did we scare off all the Lubuntu guys yet? ;-) [19:32] hannie: can i add a topic? it would help me greatly... [19:32] * jmarsden is still here :) [19:32] And i want to help with Lubuntu! :) [19:32] godbyk, I think your explanation on the different possibilities was great [19:33] o/ [19:33] so, we have 3 lubuntu people here [19:33] Thanks for sticking with us, guys. Sorry it took so long to get to this topic. [19:33] Yorvyk, what do you think of the suggestions godbyk wrote on the mailing list? [19:34] One moment, see if I can open that email.... [19:35] Basically he confirmed what I'd thought [19:35] sry dc [19:35] https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-manual/msg04133.html [19:36] * phillw is back [19:36] Sorry I'm in a pub and I'm going to have to move to another area. BRB [19:36] phillw: Just in time! :) [19:36] So are you interested in going with the PDF-only route? [19:37] Could other flavors make manuals under the umbrella of the Ubuntu Manual Project? [19:37] hannie: I don't have any problems with that. [19:37] godbyk: does the pdf version retain links? [19:37] phillw: Yes. [19:38] that would kill two birds with one stone and reduce our workload for a small team! [19:38] excellent :D [19:38] Currently, the Ubuntu Manual project uses LaTeX for our work. [19:38] With LaTeX, we generate PDFs. [19:38] In addition to the free PDFs, we also offer printed editions of the manual that we currently publish through CreateSpace. [19:39] is there any move to doodle planned? [19:39] I would stick with PDFs, unless there is demand for something else [19:39] I think there is enough interest in a Ubuntu Manual-derived Lubuntu Manual that we should figure out how to make it happen -- do we do it as a fork of the Ubuntu Manual bzr repository, or as a sudirectory of it, or even with #ifdef like handling of the chunks of the LaTeX that need to differ between the two? [19:39] We do not currently offer other ebook formats though this is something I'd like to try to do in the future. [19:39] sticking to pdf makes things easier I think [19:39] hannie: +1 [19:40] jmarsden: I would probably just have a lubuntu-manual bzr repository and you can pull across the existing framework and files that you're interested in sharing. [19:40] phillw: doodle? [19:41] godbyk: ubuntu-doc are evidently going to be using it. [19:41] godbyk, phillw, Yorvyk may I suggest we work out a plan of close cooperation and publish lubuntu under the umbrella of the ubuntu Manual Project? [19:41] phillw: Ah, I haven't heard anything about it. Do you have a link? ubuntu-doc is using Mallard at the moment. [19:41] hannie: I think that sounds like a good idea. [19:41] godbyk: I'll dig the links out for you l8er :) [19:41] That is what I was hopping for, with out placing too much burdon on you. [19:42] phillw: No problem. Thanks! [19:42] Yorvyk: We have a little bit of downtime between releases, so it's a good time to sort this out. :) [19:43] godbyk: OK. I can probably set the bzr stuff up if no one else beats me to it :) Maybe we can have a "vendor" subtree with the ubuntu manual sources in that we can sync from the Ubuntu Manual bzr tree from time to time, or something like that. [19:43] phillw, Yorvyk does your lubuntu team have a mailing list or irc channel? [19:43] Yorvyk: I think it would it would be better for us go the manual route, and drop doodle. That means we just have wiki and lubuntu-manual to concentrate on. [19:43] hannie: #lubuntu and #lubuntu-offtopic here on Freenode [19:43] jmarsden, I should address you too, sorry [19:44] phillw: +1 [19:44] hannie: And the lubuntu-users mailing list [19:44] ok [19:44] there is a lubuntu-wiki-docs team at https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-wiki-docs [19:45] hannie: Would you prefer we use ubuntu-manual mailing list for discussion as Lubuntu Manual ramps up, or use other channels so we don't add "noise" for those doing the Ubuntu Manual?? [19:46] jmarsden: For now, let's use the ubuntu-manual mailing list. [19:46] Ok with me. phillw, does that work for you? [19:46] jmarsden: If it gets to be too much then we can look into a new mailing list. [19:46] OK with me. [19:46] jmarsden, yes, that would be very convenient [19:46] The ubuntu-manual mailing list and IRC channel are fairly low-traffic, so I don't think it'll be a problem. [19:46] jmarsden: we can use the lubuntu-wiki-docs one for getting the ideas across [19:47] sending a copy to our mailing list is fine [19:47] OK. [19:47] but If the ubuntu-manual team are happy with us using their good offices, that's great :) [19:47] I mean, i know its not my part to do so, but i can make a channel named #lubuntu-manual for now, and someone else can set it up eventually. [19:48] So, shall we continue our discussion on cooperation through our mailing list? [19:48] BTW I downloaded the Ubuntu Manual bzr tree and installed tools and built the PDF last night, just as a starting point... [19:48] ThomasC: I think we're okay using #ubuntu-manual for now. [19:48] jmarsden, that is great [19:48] jmarsden: Ah, cool. Did you encounter any problems? [19:48] we do similar with lubuntu-quality, where a lot gets cc'd to ubuntu-quality, but we can still discuss pure lubuntu things amongst ourselves and not clutter up peoples' inboxes. [19:48] I'd rather stick with ubuntu-manual for now so people don't get isolated in to too many small groups [19:49] godbyk: The script seems a little odd in places but I worked through it. The info on your web site assumes using a non-packaged version of texlibe, I';d prefer update it to recommend using packages now that they do in fact work. [19:49] *texlive [19:49] Are there still any questions before I close this meeting? [19:49] hannie: I have a few [19:49] jmarsden: I'd love to heard your feedback. I think we encountered problems with the Ubuntu packages when it came to translations. [19:50] godbyk: Ok, will post to the ubuntu-manual mailing list which I just subscribed to. [19:50] ThomasC, go ahead [19:50] jmarsden: Thanks! [19:50] godbyk: Apparently someone needs to approve me :) [19:50] jmarsden: I just did [19:51] Thanks. [19:51] godbyk: ditto :) [19:51] I was going to propose a possible full chapter about Wine on ubuntu. I wanted to add explanations about adding prerequisites, as well as have compatability issues that are common listed there, with some trouleshooting. [19:52] phillw: Approved. :) [19:52] thnx [19:52] ThomasC, we should not make the wine section too comprehensive (that is just my opinion) but [19:52] ThomasC: Having an entire chapter on Wine might be a bit much. We'd like to keep it a 'getting started' guide so it doesn't get too large. [19:53] you must write what is necessary for the users to understand how wine works [19:53] Alright. Another idea i had (if this one was blew out of the water) was create a tiny "enhanced" manual that would contain Wine on Ubuntu, LuBuntu, and Kubuntu. [19:54] I can create it an compile it off-bzr locally. [19:54] ThomasC: So a short, self-contained guide for Wine? [19:54] ThomasC, of course you can always publish a manual on Wine yourself [19:54] That is correct. But we could leave the basics in the manual, possibly. [19:55] "Getting started with Wine in Ubuntu 13.10" - sounds workable to me, but I'd suggest you keep the sources and tools within the Ubuntu Manual project, just create a separate PDF. [19:55] Yes, the basics in the manual are fine [19:55] ThomasC: That's a possibility. [19:55] Ill make an entirely new folder then. [19:55] and put it up in a revision [19:56] At one point we'd discussed having spin-off guides. For example, an installation guide, a Wine guide, and so forth. [19:56] I think it is a completely different story to start publishing separate manuals on special subjects [19:56] But we've never gotten around to actually doing it. [19:56] hannie: I agree. [19:57] I think that each guide would need to have its own authors, editors, etc. [19:57] Shall we leave this for later? I think we have discussed enough for the moment [19:57] I mean, you don't have to publish it with the Ubuntu manual, its just a proposition of an idea. [19:58] and yes. [19:58] If there are no more questions, I will close the meeting [19:58] I'm done. [19:58] #endmeeting [19:58] Meeting ended Sat Jun 8 19:57:53 2013 UTC. [19:58] Minutes (wiki): http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-manual/2013/ubuntu-manual.2013-06-08-18.11.moin.txt [19:58] Minutes (html): http://ubottu.com/meetingology/logs/ubuntu-manual/2013/ubuntu-manual.2013-06-08-18.11.html [19:59] Ok guys, thank you all for being here. You may continue chatting here as long as you wish [19:59] Thanks for running the meeting, hannie. You did a great job! [19:59] +1 [19:59] you're welcome ;) [19:59] Yeah, thanks to Hannie! [19:59] +1 [19:59] +1 [19:59] +1 [19:59] Hope to talk to you all on irc or the list about all the great things we are going to do in the near future :) [20:00] I hope so too. [20:00] I have a small question. How do you make a separate PDF in bzr? [20:00] * godbyk is going to find some lunch and will be back soon. [20:00] ThomasC, I think you have to package it and send it to your personal PPA (which you can create first) [20:01] ThomasC: A new chunk in the Makefile, I would expect. So make produces the main manual, but a new target say ubuntu-wine-manual produces the Wine mini-manual PDF instead. [20:01] gj [20:02] Wll, i don't want to mess anything up in the Makefile... thats the last thing i want to do. [20:02] So you can do either make, or make ubuntu-wine-manual, depending on which one you want to generate... [20:02] well) [20:02] ThomasC: OK, then create a separate Makefile in your own subdirectory that generates your minimanual [20:02] But don't forget bzr exists so you can revert mistakes :) [20:03] I wil try to do that tonight, once i get VirtualBox running with 10.04 for Quickshot [20:03] g2g cu all [20:04] good night [20:04] Goodbye c7p [20:04] good night! [20:04] see you John [20:04] g'nite c7p [20:04] And i can't find an .iso for Lucid 10.04 Desktop Edition... [20:04] Cool. I need to go home and eat, then will try doing another install of the texlive stuff needed for Ubuntu Manual and document what I did for others in Lubuntu. Hopefully I can do it using all packages, I dislike the use of the tarball... [20:06] Wow, they removed the 10.04 ISOs now they are unsupported... [20:06] Must be on an archive machine somewhere... [20:06] I have it on my desktop machine at home, I am pretty sure, worst case :) [20:06] ThomasC: lafibre may still have them https://launchpad.net/~lubuntu-wiki-docs [20:07] well it is outdated. So it will not be on the official cd mirrors [20:07] soz... c + P fail! [20:07] ThomasC: http://ubuntu.lafibre.info/10.04/ [20:07] But some time ago I saw a server with all the previous versions... [20:07] ah, great phillw [20:07] phillw: i was just there. Its not there. [20:07] just looked, they only have server :/ [20:09] ThomasC: Try http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/ [20:09] ThomasC: Seems to be on the old-releases one to me... [20:09] http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-desktop-i386.iso [20:09] http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/lucid/ubuntu-10.04.4-desktop-amd64.iso [20:10] http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/releases/ [20:10] Here we are. [20:11] CarstenG: I just got there. haha. It is there still. [20:12] CarstenG: drat, beeten me to it :P [20:12] old ISO's don't die.... they just smell that way :) [20:12] jmarsden: I am downloading it now. :) Thank you all for your help. I will do my best o revive Quickshot (even though I may not be adding ALL of its original features at first) [20:12] Thomas, thanks for digging into Quickshot. [20:13] No problem. I need to close up this room (still at LUG location) and go home and eat... will email to the mailing list more about adventures installing texlive etc, hopefully in a few hours. [20:13] I would like to see it working. [20:13] But now it’s time to leave. [20:13] See you all. [20:13] Good night. [20:13] good night CarstenG! [20:13] g'nite CarstenG [20:13] Goodnight CarstenG! and no problem. [20:29] godbyk: sorry, my misreading of the email(s), they were having 'fun' with doodle being able to schedule up a meeting as a follow on from vUDS. The meeting will be held at #ubuntu-doc on Monday 10 June 2013 22:00 UTC [21:27] phillw: Ah, gotcha. Not a problem. Though you did have me worried there for a bit.. :) [21:28] godbyk: the -doc team have discussed that many different applications to use, I have completely lost track of them all! [21:29] phillw: I know! [21:29] I'm glad that they have finally decided on one and will attend! [21:29] Hopefully we'll get things sorted out during our meeting on Monday. [21:32] Yup, I've held back simply because there was no final decision of what to use and why to have different systems that require the repetition of content across different (in compatible) systems. [21:34] AFAIK we're sticking with Mallard for the Ubuntu docs. [21:34] The server guide is using Docbook, I think. [21:34] And the other *buntu flavors are using Docbook or Mallard as they see fit. (I think most are still using Docbook, but I may be wrong there.)