Christopher Curran wrote:
Christopher Curran wrote:
Karl Larsen wrote:
The instructions to join this group are old and out of date. I
have spent enough time trying to get the gpg and ssh things right
but your web page says it is all wrong!
I have spent 4 days on this and that is too much. I quit.
Sorry to hear that :(
I'll do some QE on it and see if it can be fixed. This is the sort of
feedback we need though, we need to know when things don't work.
Documentation is an endless hurdle with testing and assurance. This
sort of feedback is helpful and much appreciated.
Chris Curran
I hope I assisted with this issue. I hit many of the same problems
(and a few others myself). There are certainly problems with the
guide. The main issues are:
* gpg isn't straight forward nor presented in a step by step manor,
some steps are missing.
* some people (including myself) did not have ssh access configured
before starting.
* The wiki editing process is not documented. Tooltips from within the
wiki itself are nether helpful nor practical. We need a separate
section within the original Join information describing the steps to
get connected and editing on the wiki.
In all honesty the process is too long. I've been a community
contributer to a number of projects before fedora and none of them too
this long or involved so many loops. It probably means we are losing
the few how do not have the patience nor the troubleshooting skills to
persevere through such a process. Can we automate it :D
Chris
Probably not. The problem is, there is not a place where it says
this is how you fill out registration form. And it IS complex. As I keep
saying I do not understand the pgp system even with it's good man page.
The step of sending the pgp you made to MIT is not working as shown.
It just errors out and you cannot register if that is not working. This
is a MAJOR problem.
I will send my pgp information and ssh information for you to see.
--
Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
Linux User
#450462 http://counter.li.org.
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