Oh for gosh darn sakes, can I not have a break and not get messages like these to make me feel guilty? I am seriously on the verge of burnout. Holidays is all I asked for. It is not too much for an unpaid volunteer to ask for. Really. Scarlett
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN <ovidiu....@gmail.com > wrote: > În ziua de Sunday 27 December 2015, la 22:46:59, Valorie Zimmerman a scris: > > > Hello folks, I know it's the holidays. Still, we need some forward > > > movement. It seem that it is the duty of your Council to help out. > > > > > > Recently I've noticed rather often in #kubuntu people asking why the > > > only news on the website is Jon leaving. I've explained that he's not > > > leaving, merely stepping back from his positiuon as release manager, > > > but the questions continue. Clivejo recently point this out in > > > #kubuntu-devel, and said: "I do think the KCC need to take the lead :P > > > " > > > > > > Continuing, "if someone shows an interest, net them quickly and get > > > them communicating with the people who can help develop the skills > > > <clivejo> people look at the website and see no activity since Jon > > > "stood" down. New people just see that as a community falling apart > > > :( " > > > > > > I agree, and we all need to take the lead. As I see it, our first > > > priority is to get those packaging docs in order. When new people > > > volunteer, we need something to point them to, when there is no > > > developer around to take their hand directly. And whenever they have > > > time, they can use the docs for review, or learn about a different > > > task, or even improve on what we have. I believe that a group is > > > coalescing to begin this work. How can the KC help? > > > > > > Caydoh asked, "Is there a way to post an article announcement for the > > > last plasma release we had, or announcing kubuntu podcast epsisodes? > > > Surely there is some things we can post on the site to show something > > > is going on without having to explain and/or apologize for delays." > > > > > > I agree. We need to get some news on the site weekly, at least. Even > > > just a few sentences pointing to a Dot story. Who does this now, and > > > how can the KC help? > > > > > > Caydoh also asks "With the very short turnarounds in plasma version > > > releases, let alone Frameworks and Applications, how should we manage > > > those?" > > > > > > I would love to see us start off the new year in a positive way. What > > > are some steps we can take to begin? > > > > > > Valorie > > > > > > > > > > I just went through the documentation we have for packaging: > https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu#Packaging and I'm sad to say that (I > think) we don't have packaging documentation. We can barely call that an > outline. Barely! > > If there's some docs elsewhere, please let me know, so we may try to merge > them. > > > > I've talked with Philip, Clive, and Aaron to have a sprint in 28-30 Dec. > 2015 and clean this up. > > So far we've made this: > https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SoO83PepBkU_kkbLL2eIeVDYYDzv6OEA1npVoCp7wHo > > It's just a crude overview of how things interact with each other. Please > provide feedback. > > > > From here we plan to make other diagrams and texts that explain each > section in more detail. But... > > > > The biggest problem is... time and resources. I mean, it's the holidays, > and (from what I can understand) only Philip and Scarlett know what's > actually going on here. Me and Clive are desperatly trying to understand > how things are going and work on something but we need help. > > > > This situation is getting very frustating to all of us. I recommend that > we have a meeting as soon as possible with the KC and some devs/packagers > and talk about how we can sort this out best. > > I'd love to do this before the new year's eve, so we may progress with > work, so we have some good/great news on the podcast in the 6th of January. > > > -- > > Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan > > GeekAliens.com <http://ovidiu.geekaliens.com> > > Kubuntu Romania Representative <http://kubuntu.org> > > Kubuntu Council Member <http://kubuntu.org> > > -- > kubuntu-devel mailing list > kubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel > >
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