On Thu, 2008-08-07 at 15:32 -0400, John J. McDonough wrote: > My name is John McDonough and I am a retired computer professional living in > Midland, Michigan. I write ocasionally, have an online tutorial on PIC > microcontrollers, the occasional amateur radio magazine article, and even a > Six Sigma article. I have used Fedora since FC1, although I don't always > keep up with every release. > > I feel a certain obligation to contribute, but although I program from time > to time I can't really see myself being able to commit the time nor > intensity needed to develop. However, I believe I have a better than > average command of the English language, and when first Paul Frields and > then Karsten Wade mentioned the need for beat writers, it seemed to me that > this might be a way I could give something back. Great, John, thanks. Your interest and expertise is most welcome. > Looking at the list of open slots, it seems as if I could add something in > the gcc arena or possibly Development Tools. I use gcc regularly, mostly C > or C++, but I'm not above writing the occasional line of Fortran or Ada. At > this point, though, it isn't entirely clear how a writer learns what is > going on for subjects that don't have a PoC. Wade through subversion > comments maybe? Not that bad. Try these: * Put your name next to the beat on the wiki. * Subscribe to fedora-devel-list and scan recent archives for gcc related content. * Same for reading the Fedora planet (http://planet.fedoraproject.org) * Feel free to drop an email to that list and let them know you are covering this for the release notes. * Look in https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features for information on planned and proposed features for Fedora 10 that impact gcc et al. * New work and interest seems to be happening in gdb, as some folks appear to have given up on Frysk; changes here would be news for Fedora 10 most likely; look at Tom Tromey's blog posts to see what he is doing there: http://tromey.com/blog/ One thing that is fortunate -- Uli Drepper is one of the most consistent developers when it comes to sending us release notes content related to gcc. That would point you in more research directions. > Hmmm ... the SelfIntroduction page says you might want to know more about > me. Well, although I programmed for many moons, my real interest has been > the software process. After retiring I did a little consulting on Six Sigma > as applied to software development at some very large firms on three > continents. Prior to retiring my role was to provide the technical guidance > on large (>1MM USD) software projects. I was (thankfully) insulated from > many of the administrative burdens, although I did play a major role in our > software process. Do you think of the open source methodology as a new/different approach? Just curious, rather off-topic but an interest of mine. :) > On the personal side, I am an amateur radio operator, in fact, Radio Officer > for the state of Michigan, which means I spend a lot of time with the state > police. I like grody technical stuff, build radios, play with > microcontrollers, all that geeky stuff. Still, if one looks at my history, > both at work and at play, the people skills are not entirely absent. +1 to hams, open source seems to attract our fair share. > With David Nalley's help I got signed up to FAS, did the CLA thing, now it > looks like I have a heck of a lot to read! Either ask questions here or come visit us on IRC to work through anything that comes up. - Karsten -- Karsten Wade, Sr. Developer Community Mgr. Dev Fu : http://developer.redhatmagazine.com Fedora : http://quaid.fedorapeople.org gpg key : AD0E0C41
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