On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 17:40 -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote: > Hi gang, > > It has become apparent over the last few months that having only a > couple of people with DocBook XML and CVS skills is a bit of a hampering > factor for the Docs Project. This is completely independent of Wiki > use, and whether we have wiki docs or not, we will *always* need some > people with these skills, more than we have right now for sure. I > raised this issue in Tuesday's meeting and wanted to follow up with a > proposal. > > We need at least four volunteers to step up to learn these technologies, > only to the extent needed to accomplish the following goals: > > 1. Understand how to check out document modules from our source code > management (SCM) system -- currently CVS. > > 2. Build documents that are already written and edited, and report > problems fully if unsuccessful. > > 3. Understand how to make changes as directed and commit them to the > SCM. > > 4. Understand how to publish documents to the web site. (Currently this > is fedora.redhat.com/docs, but we will track changes as needed.) > I've spent some time learning about this stuff, but then dropped off... I am definitely up for this. Sam > We need to agree on a way to train in these technologies. I think IRC > meetings would suffice, but we will need to agree on a date and time. > We can use other technologies on an "as needed" basis, such as gobby. > > I can promise people that the training will be virtually painless and > will require *NO prior experience* with any markup language, shell > scripting or programming language, although if you've ever hit "View > Source" in your Firefox browser, that's a plus. (You don't have to > understand what you saw, but the fact that you cared shows a lot of > promise.) :-) > > I can also promise you that anyone can learn this stuff, especially > anyone who already knows how to install and use Fedora. In fact, I > didn't know any of it until I got here in 2003. (And some would > probably say that I only know enough to be dangerous now.) > > Please step up -- we need YOU! > > -- > fedora-docs-list mailing list > fedora-docs-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list -- Sam Folk-Williams, RHCE Technical Account Manager Red Hat (919) 754-4558
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