We have an important job in producing the release notes for Fedora Core. My idea for doing this is to breakdown the relnotes into journalistic beats. In journalism, a beat is a certain area that a writer is in charge of writing about. For example, the local City Council would be a beat. The writer in charge of that beat would attend the Council meetings, meet with the members of the Council, research the issues, and write about the Council with all the background necessary. This writer becomes associated with the City Council beat. Doing this with the release notes makes it possible for a volunteer group to manage a complex task. If we think of the relnotes like a newspaper, then each beat reporter is only responsible for writing one or two columns to get the issue out the door. That is a much easier task than writing the entire newspaper yourself. Here are the categories that I have come up with so far. * Kernel * Desktop * Printing * Server Configuration Tools * File Systems * File Servers * Web Servers * GCC/Development Tools * Security * Java * System Daemons (cron, etc.) * Sound and Video * X Window System (xorg) * Status of all Packages What is missing or should be changed about these? Are these attractive beats that will give you the chance to write about what you are interested in? Is there a developer team you want to be closely involved with? Is there a beat that connects with the work that you currently do or want to do? Should some of these be handled by a beat team? This is idea is fairly simple, which is the key to its success. If you are interested in covering one or more beats, please choose your favorites and let's get this started. For more of an overview of the process, including ideas for engaging and interacting with developers, this Wiki page is the current work-in- progress: http://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/ReleaseNotes/Process - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, RHCE * Sr. Tech Writer * http://people.redhat.com/kwade/ gpg fingerprint: 2680 DBFD D968 3141 0115 5F1B D992 0E06 AD0E 0C41 Red Hat SELinux Guide http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/selinux-guide/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: This is a digitally signed message part
-- fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list
