On Tue, May 16, 2000 at 02:19:24PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would very much like to volunteer some time and effort towards the > Debian documenation project. > > So, my first question is: what needs doing? What tasks have been > identified as the most necessary?
The most necessary is to document Hurd libraries for Debian GNU/Hurd, but I am very biased at this point, and this is probably not what you wanted to hear ;-). > Secondly: what background research do I need to do to get started? What > markup language are you using? (I'm most familiar with Docbook) > > Anything else I should know? > > Just to introduce myself somewhat: I've been a Debian user for a few > years, but haven't been involved in Debian development before. I've got > a pile of writing and documentation behind me, including a series of > training materials for Perl programming and introductory Unix. I you could, please pack them, current perl tutors have completely broken licence imho. > I'm currently working as the pointy-haired-boss for Netizen but have > recently resigned due to stress and poor health and all the other things > that come along with doing too much paper-pushing and not enough work on > the open source projects I'd much rather be working on. I'll be > spending at least the next three months relaxing and putting some time > into whatever projects can use my help. That's why I'm sending this > email. <biased> Join Debian GNU/Hurd </biased>
