On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 08:34:49PM -0400, Brian Masinick wrote: > > > Larry Holish wrote: > > >On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 10:35:50AM +0200, Javier Fern?ndez-Sanguino Pe?a > >wrote: > > > > > >>On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:03:17AM -0600, Debian Doc Project CVS Master > >>wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Repository: ddp/manuals.sgml/securing-howto > >>>who: jfs > >>>time: Mon Sep 2 02:03:17 MDT 2002 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> BTW. I will soon ask for reviewers/proof readers since I would like > >> to > >>finish off the document soon (remove all FIXMEs and clear most TODOs). Is > >>anyone > >>interested? > >> Since I have written quite a lot during vacation proof reading would > >> be > >>appreciated (probably many typos out there...) > >> > >> Javi > >> > >> > > > >Yes, I'm interested, but I'm new to this list (and effort). I have > >been a Debian user since slink, and I wanted to give something back to > >the project. I'm a native English speaker/writer and would like to > >donate some time to improving our documentation. Proofreading seems > >like a quick way to get started. > > > >I have browsed through http://www.debian.org/doc/ddp, installed the sarge > >version of debiandoc-sqml, and am reading it's documentation. What's > >my next step? > > > >Larry > > > > > > > I join Larry in that interest. I've been running Debian software since > last fall and GNU/Linux distros since 1995, and UNIX systems since 1982. > I do a lot of technical writing and documentation, and I'd be delighted > to help out in this effort, proof reading, contributing, or whatever > else may be needed. But I could use some suggestions on where to look > and what to do to get started. In terms of the project itself, I am a > newbie. I did, however, attend this summer's Debconf2 in Toronto, so I > have a few ideas... even so, I could use some help and guidance on how I > can dig in and how I can best be of help in this kind of endeavor. > > -- > Brian Masinick > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We would certainly appreciate your help, Brian and Larry. I proofed about 30% of the document last night, and I was really flagging after 3 hours. It is a very long document, and while Javi is a good English-as-second-language speaker, there are still a lot of little things to edit to make it sound good to a native speaker. Would you guys like to split the other two thirds? I ended up at the beginning of <sect id="kernel-patch">, and the two-thirds point would be about <sect id="vpn">. I did check my changes in. To get started, select the download link from http://cvs.debian.org/ddp/manuals.sgml/securing-howto/securing-debian-howto.sgml?rev=1.66&cvsroot=debian-doc&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup That should get you a copy of the current version of the sgml source. Then make another copy of that download before starting, and name it securing-debian-howto.sgml.orig . Use a text editor to edit the downloaded document (not .orig). When you're ready to turn in your changes, run diff -u securing-debian-howto.sgml.orig securing-debian-howto.sgml > securing-debian.patch You can name the patch whatever you want, but then attach it to an email and send it to the list; either Javi or someone else can then apply it. When you want to help out on other docs, you'll want to learn how to check out a cvs tree anonymously, a good reference example doc is http://cvs.debian.org/boot-floppies/README-CVS It's just you don't need to mess with that if you're not already familiar with it, since Javi has everything in one file. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
