| Guest3 | Hey guys! I'm interested in contributing documentation to Lubuntu. Where would I start to do that? | 01:07 |
|---|---|---|
| Guest3 | I know Markdown, I've made man pages by hand, I have a working knowledge of HTML, and I know how to use LibreOffice. | 01:11 |
| lubot_ | [telegram] <lynorian> well sadly the manual is actually written in restructed text which is like mardown but different | 01:13 |
| Guest3 | OK! I've learned multiple programming languages, so a new documentation language shouldn't be that hard. | 01:14 |
| Guest3 | Looking at RST on Wikipedia, looks easy enough. I've found the documentation and the online editor, so I can learn it. | 01:16 |
| Guest3 | OK, that'll give me something to work on. Once I've gotten RST down, what's an area that needs some documentation written for it? Are there any TODOs that I can fill in? | 01:23 |
| guiverc | Guest3, rather than wait for replies on IRC, putting a request on the Lubuntu discourse/forum may allow people to respond, suggest as they have some. Note we've just released our latest, so currently where's in a quiet/rest period before we start working on the next cycle (Lubuntu 22.10) | 02:17 |
| guiverc | s/where's in/we're in/ ^ | 02:18 |
| Guest3 | Thank you very much! I'll look into Discourse. | 02:18 |
| guiverc | https://discourse.lubuntu.me/ | 02:18 |
| guiverc | We also have a documentation section on the discourse; usually small pieces (rarely needed, interest on a few or other), or stuff that isn't good enough for the manual | 02:20 |
| Guest3 | Nice. If it's OK for me to ask while you're right here, what accounts should I get so that I can contribute documentation (other than the Discourse account, of course)? Or do I just send patches to the development mailing list, or something? | 02:21 |
| guiverc | I'd likely recommend a phab account ; it's where we track much development work - https://phab.lubuntu.me/ | 02:22 |
| guiverc | ps: I like to know when people request access; so I know who is requesting.. https://discourse.lubuntu.me/t/requesting-a-phab-account-be-created/2680 | 02:23 |
| guiverc | you can PM your email you'll use, send me PM via discourse, even public (here, discourse) and I'll approve it when I see it; do whatever works for you. | 02:24 |
| Guest3 | OK. So, like, I send you my email, and you're able to give me the required lubuntu.me email or whatever so that I can make the Phabricator account? (Sorry if these are silly questions - I have no idea what I'm doing as far as contributing to an open-source project...) | 02:26 |
| guiverc | Lubuntu membership gets you a @lubuntu.me email; ie. as recognition of "significant and sustained contributions to Lubuntu" ; https://phab.lubuntu.me/w/membership/ | 02:27 |
| guiverc | I was referring to what email you'll use to request phab access.. so I recognize it & can 'approve' it. | 02:27 |
| guiverc | The reason I suggest giving me the email is most requests are from spammers wanting access for their spam activities; if I know what email is legitimate because of conversations like this I can approve quickly; instead of having to verify details given (which usually are very minimal) | 02:29 |
| guiverc | you can use a github SSO to login/register on phab if you have one if easier | 02:35 |
| Guest3 | OK, that makes sense. | 02:36 |
| === Guest3 is now known as ArrayBolt3 | ||
| lubot_ | [telegram] <Leokolb> Kinetic Kudo - https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/kinetic-kudu-release-notes/27976 | 18:09 |
| === ChanServ changed the topic of #lubuntu-devel to: Lubuntu Development | Current dev version: Kinetic Kudu (22.10) | Schedule: https://ubottu.com/y/kk | Testing: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker | Support: #lubuntu | Offtopic: #lubuntu-offtopic | Telegram: https://telegram.lubuntu.me/development | ||
| kgiii | @leokolb Thanks! | 22:57 |
Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!