This is a great reminder to take time off! This is supposed to be fun. When it's not, please warn people you are taking a holiday, like Scarlett did, and recharge your batteries!
And don't let me or anybody else guilt you into burnout. Valorie On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 2:12 PM, Scarlett Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <[email protected]> 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 >> >> Kubuntu Romania Representative >> >> Kubuntu Council Member -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
