Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-28 Thread Ash Charles
Hello, Part of the problem seems to be that we may not do a good job of passing on the knowledge and understanding necessary to allow users to help themselves. I don't know if you want user feedback on this thread but here goes... I started playing with Linaro about a year ago coming from an

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-28 Thread Anca Emanuel
For now Linaro is focused on Ubuntu and Android. Why not get some people from Gentoo, Arch, and Fedora/redhat to get something generic ? And some LAVA for all ? ___ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Tom Gall
I think this would be worthwhile session. Coming from Gentoo, one thing we always put time into was our documentation. It was/is generally goal based and smoke tested. As an example, it's a worthwhile exercise to bring someone into the picture who is completely unfamiliar with your area. Give

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Fathi Boudra
On 27 September 2011 20:42, Tom Gall tom.g...@linaro.org wrote: It's too bad our wiki pages don't have a feedback mechanism to allow people to comment on the quality of the information there, and post problems/issues/questions left unanswered that they need. You can fill bugs on

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Andy Doan
On 09/27/2011 01:19 PM, Fathi Boudra wrote: On 27 September 2011 20:42, Tom Gall tom.g...@linaro.org wrote: It's too bad our wiki pages don't have a feedback mechanism to allow people to comment on the quality of the information there, and post problems/issues/questions left unanswered that

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Andy Doan
On 09/27/2011 11:57 AM, Dave Martin wrote: Hi all, Over recent months I've had a steady stream of comments from external people trying to use the Linaro deliverables about the difficulty of getting started, understanding what Linaro produces and how to use it. My experience with