Hey guys, Firstly I won't be able to make the meeting because it's at 4am my time, so I've jotted down what I think i the pad (http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/baZkHCQiMu) and I'll say some more things here.
I've made an infographic / timeline thing: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1887929/dev-infographic.png <http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1887929/dev-infographic.png>Basically, I don't really think we need to get our knickers in a twist just yet. Unfortunately we're always going to get this lull where it's too early to start making changes in case they're not final and then beta lands with a tonne of new things and all of a sudden we have to try and cram in screenshotting, writing, editing and translation in just over a month. I've been running Maverick for a while and it doesn't look like there are that many changes, it should only take us a couple of weeks to fix up the sections that have changed. The work on USLC etc we can postpone till summer, I have a three month break from uni so I can work hard on that. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 7:46 PM, Kevin Godby <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. > > I'm planning on attending the meeting (assuming nothing else arises > between now and then, and assuming I don't sleep through it). But I > in case I miss it, here are my thoughts on the current agenda items: > > 1. Lucid - Second edition > > Since 10.04 is an long-term support release, it'd be nice if we had a > corresponding manual that was accurate and bug-free. I think that > most of the work required for the second edition is fairly simple and > could be done in parallel with work on the Maverick edition (though > given the timelines, there shouldn't be too much overlap). > > The original deadline of 29 July has come and gone. The release of > Ubuntu 10.04.1 is set for 12 August. That deadline may be a little > close, depending on what we hope to achieve with a second edition > release. > > I would like to see all of the bugs targeted to the lucid-e2 milestone > to be fixed before the release, if possible. (I would also love to > see the index and glossary expanded, but this may have to wait for the > Maverick edition.) > > What outstanding work needs to be completed before we release the > second edition? > > 2. Collaboration with the Docs and Learning teams > > I don't think we need to wait for collaboration on the manual (if > that's what you're referring to). > > 3. Documenting the Release Process and Translations > > I'm all for this. One reason for the lack of documentation in this > area is that we've only had one release and we've been making it up as > we go along. > > With regard to the release of translated editions, the checklist (and > work involved) for that will be reduced considerably in the next > release (Maverick). > > If anyone is willing to help document the release process or if there > are any specific questions I can answer about it, please let me know. > > 4. Website > > I'm not sure what all this means, so I don't have any thoughts on it > at the moment. :-) > > 5. Regular meetings > > I think that having regular meetings is a good idea. We shouldn't > have them too frequently or people will get bored and stop showing up. > But we've had too long of a lull between meetings of late and they're > a good way to keep people on course (and help establish that course). > > I'd recommend meeting, say, every other week. I think the meeting > time we had used in the past was Saturdays at 2000 UTC. That seemed > to work well for most folks, though if we have a lot of new people > wanting to attend, we can reassess the meeting time so that it's > convenient for as many team members as possible. > > 6. Additional thoughts > > I think it would be a good idea to reestablish some roles within the > project so that individuals have a known set of responsibilities. > Documenting our processes, procedures, and the responsibilities of > each role will help keep things flowing. > > --Kevin Godby > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Benjamin Humphrey interesting.co.nz ohso.co
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