Hi Gennaro, > > interested to join? I think I will start composing it time > > permitting... > I would like to partecipate to this initiative. > How can I help?
Difficult to answer since I am not sure what you would be interested in working on, so let me outline possible lines of work we could pursue here: NB Repository at spare moments I have just started dumping random thoughts and trying to layout possible flow (via section headings) of the possible paper. repository is http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=debian-science/papers.git so you should be just git clone git://anonscm.debian.org/debian-science/papers.git sudo apt-get install latex-make away from being able to compile it. * Paper structuring/message clearly nothing is settled yet with the structure, what should be the message(s) we thread through the paper, and how to make this paper an interesting and informative read. Clearly we should exercise topics of - community - technical excellence - addressing research specific problems + availability + sustainability (of software and a system as a whole) + reproducibility - ... as the ones others are seeking for (see those references for NSF etc in the draft) and which Debian has been delivering already The trailer/conclusion part I think should be where we guide/invite the reader into "Debian ecosystem" as a user/contributor/... by announcing upcoming wheezy release, describing that even trying the system and reporting the problems is a valuable contribution so that Debian becomes THEIR system not only as of the choice but also really of being part of something bigger and better ;) So ideas on how to deliver above, or what should be the structure, or what is wrong with proposed one -- everything is welcome. I am yet not sure what should be the best format/venue for such discussions (here on the list, or straight in the manuscript)... * Think about visualization(s) Good visualizations are indispensable. We will need one (or two) and we should decide on what aspects they should demonstrate - Debian release suites/flow and their fit for particular user groups, e.g. some lightweight version of Claudio's Debian infographics http://claudiocomputing.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/infographic_debian_history-ptbr-v09.png NB unfortunately it is under somewhat restrictive license as is and I did no even see the sources - growth plots of scientific apps coverage in different fields might be tricky to collect the information, but should be feasible based on debian-science task pages and historical popcon data, or ... ? but imho we need some plot with a historical perspective to show the growth (which I do not doubt there) and in particular connection to scientific research - illustration of "Debian ecosystem" and where particular software projects/developers and users fit. In our NeuroDebian life-time we came up with few attempts to depict such e.g. * really basic "from scientists to scientists" message in top portion of http://neuro.debian.net/_files/NeuroDebian_SfN2010.png * workflow and support channels between upstream/debian/users (sorry -- could not find where if we had it publicly, but here it comes from Michael Hanke: http://www.onerussian.com/tmp/distro-dev.png ) - more ideas? * write a script to gather bib references from http://wiki.debian.org/CategoryPublication into a .bib file we will need those, so that is a little project for someone ;) * somewhat related: as far as I see, Debian Science "project" has no logo and having one might be at least cool, and otherwise useful for promotion of the scientific nature of debian so I would encourage someone with design/artistic skills ;) uff -- enough for a start but if you see more -- please chime in. -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
