Sorry team; Right time, wrong date. The meeting will be this Saturday, September 17, 2011
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=September+Meeting+%232&iso=20110917T21 On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Rick Fosburgh <[email protected]>wrote: > Team, > > During yesterday's September Ubuntu Manual meeting, (transcript: > http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/09/10/%23ubuntu-manual.html), there was > discussion around our current status, the upcoming release of 11.10, and > the 11.04 Natty manual. In general, the question was raised as to *whether > we should continue with a manual release schedule that continually puts us 1 > to 1.5 releases behind the current version.* > > We also discussed some general topics about what might be done, outside of > more active participants, to speed up delivery. > > > Since there was no quorum of members present, the members on the call asked > that we schedule another meeting with the single agenda item of: *Should > we skip the 11.04 Natty release and begin immediately with 11.10?* > > > If you read the transcript, you will see that there was agreement that > skipping Natty would allow us to focus on the upcoming release, however, > there was genuine concern that doing so would, inevitably lead us to a > similar outcomes in future releases unless some refining of our current > methods takes place. > > We discussed that some new method of writing and editing needed to be > devised: a wiki-like system, that allowed for moderated 'drive by' authoring > and editing that would solicit input from the broader Ubuntu team. > > There was also discussion that, while the current process produced a > beautiful PDF file suitable for printing (via lulu.com), the current > process made it difficult for our translations coordinates to do their work > in a timely manner. In fact, the Dutch team has had to pass on Natty due to > the late time frame. > > *What is needed?* > > We are asking that all interested attend a meeting next weekend to discuss > the following topics > > - Should the Natty release continue? > - If so, what resources are needed to complete the process? > - Set new release dates > - Should the Ubuntu Manual process be halted, restructured, and > retooled? > - Clearly define the function and scope of our 'Manual' > - How should it differ from > https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/index.html ? > - Set up new tools to allow us to meet shorter release cycles > - Provide for a wide appeal to casual 'bug fixes' with immediate > updates (via moderation, i.e., editors) > > > As always, please select your best meeting times from the poll here: > http://www.doodle.com/auumezsmkw4fhx9e > And, the agenda is here: http://pad.ubuntu-uk.org/tXtRXeYMKv > > If you are not able to attend, please feel free to respond with your > comments. > > I look forward to hearing from you. > >
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