There is a feature, already at the wishlist, I'd like to be discussed. That is installing OpenSuSE without configuring the BIOS on a windows box (easying the installation process). That is the purpose of a project I am involved called "instlux (http://instlux.sourceforge.net)" and I think it is mature enough to start discussing about it at the opensuse comunity.
Also, I have some experience programming YaST modules, so I could help on the YaST clean up UI thing. greetings, jordi ----------------------------------------------- Jordi Massaguer Pla openTrends Solucions i Sistemes phone: +34 93 320 84 14 fax: +34 93 300 35 27 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Missatge original ----- > Assumpte: [opensuse] Get Involved! openSUSE community meeting 2006-12-16 18:00GMT > De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Per: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Data: 06-12-2006 23:28 > > > Details: > Date: Saturday - 2006-12-16 > Time: 18:00 GMT > Location: irc.freenode.net #opensuse-community > > Explanation: > > This meeting is primarily organised for, and run by openSUSE community > members who are not employed by Novell/SUSE. > This meeting is not a status meeting, Status meetings are primarily > communication to and from @suse.de folk. > > The aims of the meeting are to: > > - Inform (of existing community participation.) > - Encourage (further community involvements through practical suggestions.) > - Enable (said involvement with further meetings & connecting > resources.) > > The meeting is planned for a Saturday as this seems to be the best day to > allow as many people as possible who do not work for Novell/SUSE to > attend. > > A core group of people have already agreed to attend. It would be great to > have as many people as possible attend. Whether you have any interest in > participating in the project in any capacity, or are simply interested in > what others are doing. > > It would be good to feedback on the results of this meeting at the status > meeting on 2006-12-20. However, most of those involved with organising > this meeting are unable to attend status meetings due to timing. > > Agenda below: > > --- > Agenda: > > - Introduction/Purpose of meeting. > - Overview of a selection of existing projects with opensuse community > involvement, and how others can get involved. > > - opensuseupdater (Narayan Newton) > - Translation (Martin Schlander) > - Packaging (Pascal Bleser) > - Build Service clients (Jonathan Arsenault) > - Package Search (Benjamin Weber) > - Perhaps more, time permitting. If you want to talk about a project you > are involved with let me know, or reply to this thread. > > - Brainstorming session to concoct achievable projects that would directly > benefit openSUSE. Please come with ideas if you have any. Aim for projects > requiring varying skillsets. Results can be populated on > http://en.opensuse.org/Tasks . Some ideas to kick off discussion: > > - Some ideas on http://en.opensuse.org/Tasks and > http://en.opensuse.org/Feature_Wishlist already. > - Extensions to pre-existing projects mentioned in the first part of the > meeting. > - YaST module UI cleanup [1] > - FAQ [2] > - One click repository adding + Package install [3] > - Hopefully many more to be gathered before and during meeting. > > - Organisation > - Exchange names/contact details with any who are interested in helping > with a particular suggestion. > - Plan dates for subsequent specialized meetings to persue any projects > with significant interest. > - Set preliminary date for next community meeting. > - Assign task of writing minutes. > - Assign task of updating wiki tasks/projects page with results of this > meeting. > - Assign task of giving feedback on the results of this meeting at the > next status meeting. > > -AOB > > --- > > [1] Certain modules in YaST are in need of user interface improvements to > make their core functionality accessable to inexperienced users, This > breaks down into several tasks for those with varying abilities/time. > > - Gather feedback about current modules, Identify core use-cases for > modules. > - Design/Mockup improved UI to better enable these core use-cases. > - Gather feedback on suggested changes. > - Make suggested changes. > > Requires: Users, Designers/Artists, Developers > > [2] There are innumerable existing howtos, tutorials, and support articles > all over the place, on opensuse.org and in other places. Some superb, > others less good. > > Many of the very most frequently asked questions touch areas of > questionable legality and cannot be hosted on opensuse.org. > > It would be very beneficial to have a FAQ covering a few of the very most > frequently asked questions and a "Best practice" consistent answer to each > of the top n questions. They would cover not the easiest way for the > support person to fix the issue with an obscure command, but the very > easiest way for the user to accomplish their goal (& how they might > discover it on their own). Illustrated with appropriate media, > Text,Screenshots,Screencasts etc as appropriate. > > This is a lot more work than it might sound, but it is something that many > people would be capable of helping with. > > Entails: Discussion & Planning to come up with the top questions & easiest > way to solve each question. High level of maintenance to keep current (See > constant changes in best way to install nvidia driver etc) > > Requires: People experienced with support in Real Life/Forum/IRC etc; Good > language skills; Translators > > [3] I blogged about this after this meeting was planned > (http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/bweber/entry/next_generation_package/). > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
