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#teachingopensource Meeting
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Meeting started by mchua at 12:20:24 UTC. The full logs are available at
http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/teachingopensource/2010-06-15/posse_rit_tuesday.2010-06-15-12.20.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* LINK: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/POSSE_RIT#Tuesday
  (mchua, 12:20:46)
* LINK: http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/Planet   (mchua,
  12:50:09)
* LINK: http://planet.fedoraproject.org/ # Fedora Planet  (ctyler,
  12:54:53)
* LINK:
  http://betterexplained.com/articles/a-visual-guide-to-version-control/
  (posse_projector, 13:04:50)
* LINK:
  http://betterexplained.com/articles/intro-to-distributed-version-control-illustrated/
  (posse_projector, 13:05:05)
* LINK: http://righteouspictures.com/web/   (ganderson, 13:06:04)
* OLPC impact video  (mchua, 13:08:31)
  * LINK: http://righteouspictures.com/web/   (mchua, 13:08:58)
  * We're watching the trailer right now, as a scene-setting thing for
    why we're doing what we're doing here.  (mchua, 13:09:14)

* Fun With Publican  (mchua, 13:24:07)
  * LINK:
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP#Viewing_the_Documentation
    (mchua, 13:29:51)
  * LINK:
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP
    (ctyler, 13:33:23)
  * Step 1: Start the Fedora environment and log in  (ctyler, 13:38:48)
  * Step 2: Start a terminal by selecting the menu option:
    Applications>System Tools>Terminal  (ctyler, 13:39:33)
  * Step 3: Type this command: git clone
    git://git.sugarlabs.org/soas-docs/mainline.git soas-docs  (ctyler,
    13:40:33)
  * LINK:
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP
    (mchua, 13:44:11)
  * Step 4: type "ls" (list files) -- you should see a list of folders,
    including one named "soas-docs" (alternately, you can use the
    "liveuser's Home" icon on the desktop to browse the soas-docs
    directory)  (ctyler, 13:47:00)
  * Step  5: If you want to take a look at the files, you can open one
    of the XML files by clicking on it in the graphical viewer, or
    opening an editor from the command line  (ctyler, 13:48:20)
  * LINK:
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP
    (ctyler, 13:49:51)
  * In the graphical view, you may need to right-click and open it with
    GEdit  (ctyler, 13:50:25)
  * Step 6: In the terminal, change into the directory containing the
    document we want to build: cd "soas-docs/Creation Kit"  (ctyler,
    13:52:26)
  * Step 7: build the PDF of the US English version of the
    documentation: publican build --format=pdf --lang=en-US  (ctyler,
    13:54:18)
  * LINK:
    http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Documentation_SOP
    (mchua, 13:58:37)
  * Step 7: find and open the pdf: evince tmp/en-US/*pdf     -- or use
    the graphical viewer  (ctyler, 14:00:16)
  * Step 7: CORRECTION: find and open the pdf: evince tmp/en-US/pdf/*pdf
    -- or use the graphical viewer  (ctyler, 14:02:55)
  * Step 8: you can create a "patch" containing your changes: git diff
    >creation-kit-patch.patch  (ctyler, 14:05:21)
  * Step 9: exchange patches with a partner  (ctyler, 14:19:11)
  * Step 10: apply your partner's patch: patch -p0 <nameOfPatchFile
    (ctyler, 14:20:26)
  * Karsten's on the phone!  (mchua, 14:46:53)
  * LINK: http://translate.fedoraproject.org   (quaid, 15:12:27)
  * LINK: http://transifex.net   (quaid, 15:12:33)
  * Chris is now demoing Sugar  (mchua, 15:30:41)
  * LINK: http://activities.sugarlabs.org   (mchua, 15:42:40)

* Teaching moment: getting Bao to ask for help  (mchua, 17:04:06)
  * LINK:
    https://sites.google.com/a/lv5.org/bvworks/home/working-with-sugarlabs/journalimplementationtoxoirc
    (mchua, 17:05:05)
  * LINK: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/581#comment:3   (mchua,
    17:05:22)
  * LINK: http://sync.in/ep/pad/view/tEc56sE3Uv/latest
    (posse_projector, 17:05:43)
  * LINK:
    http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/sugar-devel/2010-June/024716.html
    (posse_projector, 17:05:53)
  * Bao is a high school student in Virginia trying to work on Sugar
    Activities this month, for a co-op like program that his high school
    has.  (mchua, 17:06:19)
  * He found a ticket to tackle - and then got stuck. I'm going to go
    through how we got him unstuck. (I should point out here that I
    actually did *not* know how to write the code he needed - what I was
    teaching him here was how to ask for help... the community skills
    you're all learning this week.)  (mchua, 17:07:04)
  * Dave asks whether there's a guide on how to write those sorts of
    emails, mchua suggests that someone at POSSE RIT try drafting what
    they think one might look like for their blog post tonight ;)
    (mchua, 17:35:06)
  * (if it hits Planet, multiple professors who've guided students in
    this way before will see it, and they'll likely comment and improve
    it)  (mchua, 17:35:22)
  * (same process by which Bao wrote code and got help with code - you
    can do the same thing to get help writing these sorts of guides)
    (mchua, 17:35:41)
  * Chris talks about spins and the release cycle  (mchua, 17:37:57)
  * step 1: get the code.  (posse_projector, 18:08:33)
  * LINK: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/abacus   (posse_projector,
    18:09:16)
  * LINK: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Abacus
    (posse_projector, 18:10:53)
  * LINK: http://git.sugarlabs.org/projects/abacus/repos/posse-mainline
    (posse_projector, 18:11:54)
  * In Terminal: cd Activities  (posse_projector, 18:13:17)
  * You're now in the activities directory. Get the code:
    git://git.sugarlabs.org/abacus/mainline.git  (ctyler, 18:14:48)
  * in terminal: git clone
    git://git.sugarlabs.org/abacus/posse-mainline.git Abacus.activity
    (mchua, 18:15:06)
  * If there is no Activities directory, you can create it (in your home
    directory)  (ctyler, 18:15:43)
  * Ctyler explaining ssh keys  (mchua, 18:40:11)
  * LINK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography   (mchua,
    18:40:14)
  * To create an ssh key, the command is "ssh-keygen"  (mchua, 18:46:13)
  * Default values for everything will work  (mchua, 18:46:22)
  * LINK:
    http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=Measure&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component
    (posse_projector, 18:57:43)
  * LINK: http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query   (posse_projector, 18:57:55)
  * LINK: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/SoaS_Activity_Criteria
    (posse_projector, 18:58:58)
  * Project idea 1: RIT Remix (and remix documentation/process cleanup)
    (mchua, 19:07:05)
  * Project idea 2: Measure hacking (the only coding project we've got,
    actually)  (mchua, 19:07:21)
  * Project idea 3: Get a Sugar Activity through the SoaS
    inclusion/feature process (release management, documentation)
    (mchua, 19:07:49)
  * Question: What do you do if you're starting a FOSS project from
    scratch?  (mchua, 19:08:37)
  * Answer: Read Karl Fogel's book.  (mchua, 19:10:18)
  * LINK: http://producingoss.com/   (mchua, 19:10:22)
  * End of the day, thanks all!  (posse_projector, 19:14:03)

Meeting ended at 19:14:05 UTC.




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