23:00:07 #startmeeting Docs Project Meeting - Agenda: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_meetings 23:00:07 Meeting started Wed Oct 27 23:00:07 2010 UTC. The chair is Sparks. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 23:00:07 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #halp #info #idea #link #topic. 23:00:07 #meetingname Fedora Docs 23:00:07 The meeting name has been set to 'fedora_docs' 23:00:07 #topic Roll Call 23:00:29 * Sparks is here 23:00:30 * laubersm here 23:00:36 * jjmcd 23:00:56 * bcotton is here 23:00:59 * jhradilek is here as well 23:01:22 here 23:02:25 * nb 23:02:32 * sgordon lurking 23:02:58 * Sparks is happy to see so many people here tonight. 23:03:10 #chair jjmcd 23:03:10 Current chairs: Sparks jjmcd 23:03:31 jjmcd: Giving you backup control as there is a TOR watch for my area 23:03:45 goodie - we did that yesterday 23:04:17 Okay, lets get started. 23:04:27 #topic Follow up on last week's action items 23:04:45 * Sparks notes GadgetWisdomGuru is absent 23:04:55 #action GadgetWisdomGuru to assist rbergeron with the Release Announcement 23:05:00 I see rbergeron on the left tho 23:05:08 #action GadgetWisdomGuru to send a message to the Docs list regarding the "Fedora Library" and fixing FBReader 23:05:20 jjmcd to document the process of translating non-English source guides 23:05:26 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_workflow_-_translations 23:05:26 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_workflow_-_translations 23:05:31 #undo 23:05:31 Removing item from minutes: 23:05:34 Could use eyes 23:05:37 jjmcd: So that's awesome 23:05:41 But I think it's soup 23:05:49 * Sparks will check it out later 23:05:58 rbergeron: You here tonight? 23:06:22 #action rbergeron to work with GadgetWisdomGuru on the Release Announcement 23:06:50 Actually anyone that would like to help out rbergeron (Robin) on the announcement, I'm sure she'd appreciate some help 23:07:26 If I recall, the F13 announcement wasn't as colorful ass some of the earlier releases 23:07:40 Be nice to get back to the fun ones 23:08:05 Yes 23:08:17 * Sparks gave it some love earlier but now can't find the link! 23:08:48 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_14_announcement 23:09:10 So I'd encourage everyone to go over and take a look. It's a wiki so be bold! 23:09:34 Okay, moving on 23:09:38 #topic Doc's announcement 23:09:47 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project_14_Release_Announcement 23:09:56 #info Will be posted to the Docs Project blog and will go public at 10:00AM on 02 November 23:10:24 I assume more guides will follow 23:10:26 Sparks, I should have the UG published to plan on adding it to the list - but I will ping you when it really happens.... 23:10:27 This is just an informational blog post that will go out to the Planet at release time 23:10:43 laubersm: Okay. That's cool 23:10:54 jjmcd: I hope so. That was just the list of what's on the website now. 23:11:04 Which I'll address in a bit. 23:11:46 This announcement also needs some love so feel free to make changes/additions/subtractions. I'd like to have it ready to go by Sunday evening. 23:11:59 Questions/comments? 23:12:17 * rudi_ sneaks in the back of the meeting 23:12:46 rudi_: Welcome! 23:12:54 Dang! Sprung :) 23:13:08 Heh 23:13:12 Okay, moving on 23:13:13 * jhradilek is reading the final announcement template... 23:13:22 #topic Release Notes 23:13:27 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Release_Notes_schedule 23:13:34 jjmcd: Tell me a story 23:13:41 Not much to tell 23:13:50 We have a few bugs to correct, ETA Friday 23:14:02 Then make a push to doc.fp.o and 23:14:08 new POTs on Tue 23:14:23 Then, a week for translations, new RPM, another web push 23:14:37 RNs made it to the release 23:14:44 7 languages if I recall 23:14:53 23:14:56 * tezcatl cheers meeting 23:15:02 Okay. Can you make notes on all the RN bugs and/or close them on Friday? 23:15:09 That is the plan 23:15:25 Usually when someone takes the time to post a bug 23:15:35 they have a clear description of the problem 23:15:46 so it tends to be an easy fix. Not always, but usually 23:16:27 ANd of course 23:16:34 Koji closes them for us 23:16:57 That's true. 23:17:04 It's like magic 23:17:12 magic is cool 23:17:16 Probably better to let Koji handle the closures as long as you tell Koji about it. 23:17:32 Yeah, and better to tell koji cuz then everyone knows 23:17:38 Yep 23:17:44 Okay, anything else? 23:17:53 Not from here unless questions 23:18:01 Anyone have any questions? 23:18:22 Okay, moving on 23:18:30 #topic Guide Status 23:19:06 If you are releasing a guide for F14 please go ahead and publish it to docs.fp.o 23:19:23 and publish the completed translations as well. 23:19:35 Moreover, please publish it straight to F14, not to Draft 23:19:42 +1 23:20:11 I'd hate to think of the collisions that could happen if everyone tries to publish on Monday 23:20:41 Yeah, our current process is a little fragile :) 23:20:44 but Monday is the last day to get these docs published so we can make sure everything is working right 23:21:05 Also, anyone publishing -- please make sure to update to the latest publican and publican-fedora 23:21:07 Tuesday morning at 1500 UTC is the release time 23:21:54 #info All Docs should be published no later than Monday at 23:59 UTC. 23:22:11 #info update to Publican 2.3 and Publican-Fedora 2.0 before publishing 23:22:17 ? 23:22:28 #action Sparks to broadcast that All Docs should be published no later than Monday at 23:59 UTC. 23:22:33 #undo 23:22:33 Removing item from minutes: 23:22:39 #action Sparks to broadcast that All Docs should be published no later than Monday at 23:59 UTC via email 23:22:53 tezcatl: Go ahead with your question 23:22:58 thanks 23:23:30 every guide on docs.fp.o has a component on bugzilla in order to reporting bugs? 23:23:31 eof 23:23:51 tezcatl: Yes 23:23:52 tezcatl -- yes, or at least it should 23:24:02 And if you find one that doesn't please let me know! 23:24:14 Something that might be worth mentioning to the newer folks ... 23:24:18 Sparks, thats handled by owners.list in the old /cvs/docs isn't it? 23:24:29 we need to update to bugzilla sync script to use git. 23:24:32 rudi_: Did the updated feedback.xml page get pushed in the new brand? 23:24:41 nb: Yes 23:24:52 Sparks -- no; it would have been too disruptive 23:24:54 nb: And I haven't even thought about messing with it recently 23:25:00 Would have broken every translation 23:25:03 rudi_: Okay... F15, then? 23:25:03 Sparks, can you action that I'm going to look at moving it into git? 23:25:07 F15 for sure 23:25:11 We don't see bugs as necessarily a bad thing. These are our to-do list, and when someone takes the time to report in BZ, it makes our job a lot easier. 23:25:34 #action nb to get the Bugzilla owners.list sync script fixed to use git. 23:25:37 We can probably implement that a few weeks after GA when Guide translations die down a bit 23:25:40 nb: Is that on git, now? 23:25:48 Sparks, it isn't, its still in cvsdocs 23:25:57 but i'd like to move it to git 23:26:03 nb: Do it! :) 23:26:14 #action rudi to add "get a bugzilla component" to the "Creating a new Guide" page http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Creating_a_new_guide 23:26:19 cvs knowledge is disappearing fast 23:26:28 ok, thanks for the answers, so i'll write to the list for assistance if i get stuck with reporting bugs 23:26:34 rudi_, i dont think it'll let you if you aren't a chair 23:26:37 but i am not sure 23:26:39 Ah :) 23:26:47 #action rudi to add "get a bugzilla component" to the "Creating a new Guide" page http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Creating_a_new_guide 23:26:47 .addchair freenode #fedora-meeting rudi_ 23:26:47 Sorry to jump the gun :) 23:26:50 nb: Error: '#fedora-meeting' is not a valid nick. 23:26:58 oops, i fail at syntax 23:27:05 tezcatl: Yeah, feel free to ask there or in #fedora-docs if someone is around. The list does get more eyes, though, and may have a better chance for response. 23:27:06 lol 23:27:20 :) 23:27:29 .chair rudi_ 23:27:34 #chair rudi_ 23:27:34 Current chairs: Sparks jjmcd rudi_ 23:27:40 Gees, I fail too! 23:27:55 nb is trying to lead you astray 23:28:00 * Sparks thinks that you don't have to be chaired to do action and info and links to zodbot 23:28:30 #agreed we should all learn how to use the bot 23:28:30 I guess we'll find out if rudi_'s action item is in there twice 23:28:34 heh 23:28:39 Sparks, true, i think only #agreed is chair 23:28:51 jjmcd, lol actually .addchair is . 23:28:54 * tezcatl knows anyone can do action info and even agreed commands 23:28:58 tezcatl, oh 23:29:07 Okay, does anyone have any questions/comments on the guides? 23:29:18 #info nb does not know much about meetbot and who can do what :) 23:29:32 lol 23:29:36 :-) 23:30:06 * jjmcd is thrilled that we have more help with ARG 23:30:07 Okay... let's move along 23:30:22 jjmcd: Yeah, I'm extremely happy to have someone else working on that. 23:30:42 rudi_: Did publican and publican-fedora get pushed to stable? 23:30:53 Sparks -- still awaiting karma :) 23:31:02 Oh -- let me check 23:31:10 I think they did. 23:31:21 not in 12 23:31:50 rudi_: I think they had >3 karma 23:31:51 Oh sorry -- yes for F13, not for F12 or F14 yet 23:31:55 Okay 23:32:01 * nb will try to test them later 23:32:05 You may just want to go ahead and push... :) 23:32:05 and issue karma 23:32:24 Thanks nb :) 23:32:35 not in yum yet for 13 either 23:32:54 jjmcd -- yeah, should be in next push 23:33:32 Okay, moving on 23:34:04 #topic Outstanding BZ Tickets 23:34:11 #link http://tinyurl.com/lbrq84 23:34:32 #info 96 Open Bugs 23:35:07 #info 40 New Bugs 23:35:40 If you have some time and are looking for something to do, going through these New bugs and seeing if you can develop a patch would be a great way to get some practice. 23:36:35 If you develop a patch ask that it be reviewed by the reporter and see if they agree. 23:36:43 Questions/comments? 23:37:29 can i take at any bug i fell able to fix? 23:37:53 tezcatl, sure 23:38:06 tezcatl, of course. But it would be nice to tell the guide owner that you did it so he can deal with the changelog 23:38:31 And make sure that you only make changes in the *master* branch of the doc 23:38:36 tezcatl: If you provide a patch the guide owner can easily approve it and put it in the guide 23:39:18 tezcatl, and if you just have some text or idea of direction, that can get added to the bug to help the guide owner complete the fix 23:39:21 ok, so i'll try to be polite :) 23:39:41 heh 23:39:59 * laubersm wonders what polite is like... hmmm 23:40:12 :) 23:40:36 Okay, anything else before we move on? 23:40:37 * laubersm thinks bold is better than polite 23:41:11 laubersm: A little of both is good... :) 23:41:16 heh 23:41:18 but being bold is what Fedora is all about! 23:41:26 show me the patch 23:41:39 patches are good! 23:41:44 * laubersm slinks to the back again 23:41:46 heh 23:41:49 Okay, anyone else? 23:42:58 #topic Open floor discussion 23:43:01 nb: ping 23:43:10 oh 23:43:15 Does anyone have anything they want to discuss? 23:43:26 Hey, if you change owners.list please let me know, i'm going to be working on moving it to git 23:43:37 so go ahead and change it in cvs, but send me a mail or ping me on here and make sure i know 23:43:50 or else your changes might not get put in the new git repo 23:43:51 EOF 23:43:55 Cool 23:43:58 Anyone else? 23:43:59 * rudi_ has two things 23:44:04 rudi_: Go 23:44:11 1. update on automation 23:44:22 rudi_, oh, you have publictest7 to use 23:44:27 its rhel6 beta 23:44:28 iirc 23:44:43 Yesterday, the final EPEL5 dep for Publican went stable 23:44:59 https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Automating_publishing 23:45:25 #link https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Automating_publishing 23:45:29 So I can now start building packages for the infra repo; nb I might need your help tagging some of that when I've built it 23:45:55 So, although the F14 horse has bolted, we're getting in early for F15! :) 23:46:22 rudi_, see -docs after the meeting 23:46:47 2. Publican now supports "product" and "version" splash pages -- we should start using these! :) 23:47:07 Basically, we could have a F14 page that briefly describes the release 23:47:29 Cool 23:47:29 Even better if we can grab text that's already translated elsewhere :) 23:47:47 So ideas and guidance very welcome 23:47:50 * tezcatl wonders if that could be copied from One page release notes 23:48:27 We can also have "Product" pages to describe the content under Fedora Core, Drafts, and Contributor Docs as well 23:49:14 That's it from me :) 23:49:34 ! 23:49:37 Awesome. Thanks rudi_ 23:49:40 tezcatl: yes 23:50:00 i have the mission for #fedora-latam to ask you how do you organize your workflow 23:50:20 using task lists (bugzilla, trac, whatever) 23:50:32 tezcatl: Everything goes through BZ 23:50:35 And the wiki 23:50:52 Bugzilla is our main tracking tool 23:50:59 We have a couple of task lists on the wiki but they should probably be put on BZ for better tracking 23:51:30 so, are not the trac instance really useful? 23:51:55 tezcatl: It's confusing. BZ allows us to have a single repository for everything 23:52:31 hmmm yes, i suppose is better to having all in just one place 23:52:39 That said, some people have used Trac to very good effect 23:52:47 tezcatl: Perhaps we could talk more after the meeting in -docs? 23:52:51 For example, Crantila (who wrote the Fedora Musicians' Guide) 23:52:51 trac works great from some groups but since we already trac bugs for docs in bugzilla it is easier to keep all in one place. 23:53:04 ok 23:53:13 Trac is probably most useful for developing new docs, rather than maintaining existing ones 23:53:16 rudi_: Yes, except that no one in Docs knows if anyone has filed any tickets that we could help with 23:53:24 rudi_: Yes 23:53:38 Okay, anyone else 23:53:40 ? 23:53:45 is there any documentation that describes how to use publican and git as they relate to the fedora docs project? Trying to get the most out of both of those tools and also learn more about the workflow (start to finish). 23:54:06 kecalli -- quite a bit -- what you looking for? 23:54:22 just trying to learn more about contributing. A lot of new stuff :) 23:54:27 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Publishing_a_document_with_Publican 23:54:44 http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Branching_a_document_in_git 23:55:31 thanks. Will take a look 23:55:33 And of course, the Publican Users' Guide itself 23:57:19 oh the publican users' guide is really cool, maybe some examples of use exposed on wiki or so would be great too 23:58:04 sounds good 23:58:14 #action Sparks to add creating and publishing links to the Docs wiki page 23:58:44 Okay, anything else before we close? 23:59:35 Okay. Thanks everyone for coming out tonight. 00:00:13 Since this is the last meeting before the release I'd like to remind everyone to keep an eye out on the Docs list for happenings 00:00:31 #endmeeting