FDSCo Meeting 2008-01-22 IRC log
by Karsten Wade
13:05 < stickster> <meeting>
13:05 < stickster> here
13:05 * couf
13:06 * EvilBob
13:06 * jsmith is here
13:06 < stickster> great! Quorum :-)
13:06 < EvilBob> sweet
13:06 -!- stickster changed the topic of #fedora-meeting to: Docs Project: F9 docs review
13:07 * Sparks is here somewhere
13:07 < stickster> OK, couf can talk about the AG status
13:07 < couf> OK
13:07 < couf> even DUG actually :-)
13:07 < stickster> Yes indeedy :-)
13:08 < couf> both AG and DUG are targeting release at F9-beta which is beginning of March
13:08 < couf> had a small meeting this weekend with the core group, meeting log and summary posted to the group
13:09 < couf> basic needs are input from KDE-knowlegable people for DUG and some server-fu specialists to check down AG
13:09 < jsmith> I'd be happy to look through the AG
13:09 < couf> both are pretty much on target as it is, so it's shaping up to become good
13:09 < stickster> couf: What recruiting are you and the other writers doing to get KDE people to examine the docs?
13:09 < couf> core group is committed to "get it done" so that's very good
13:10 * stickster has found the only way to get developers focused is by pestering them politely, loudly and repeatedly
13:10 < couf> we've tried to get the KDE-sig on board but they don't have manpower available
13:10 < couf> so we're going to track some people on the fedora-list, and probably try and trick some upstream guys into checking our work
13:10 < stickster> Some blogging might be good...
13:10 < EvilBob> couf: I will see if I can pick anyone out of #fedora that might be willing to step up
13:11 * stickster tries to think up some other ways to attract eyeballs
13:11 < couf> EvilBob: much appreciated
13:11 < stickster> messages to KDE docs team?
13:11 < couf> yep
13:11 * quaid is finally here
13:12 < stickster> I know Fedora has a thriving KDE user community -- *some* of those folks have to be interested in having good KDE docs!
13:12 < couf> blogging might be a good one too
13:12 < couf> indeed
13:12 < stickster> If we can't get KDE love, what's the drop back plan?
13:12 < stickster> Is there one?
13:12 < stickster> Hi quaid!
13:12 * stickster hands over gavel
13:12 < quaid> hola amigos y amigas
13:13 < couf> not really, the idea would be to use the KDE docs itself, but they have different licenses
13:13 < couf> which could be messy
13:13 < quaid> exactly
13:13 < couf> GFDL iirc
13:13 < quaid> that would be the upstreadm suggestion, typically
13:13 < couf> yeah
13:13 < quaid> so ...
13:14 < quaid> we have to pressure within the project
13:14 < quaid> and kindly ask without
13:14 < quaid> +1 to fedora-list asking
13:14 < quaid> is there one person doing this seeking for KDE help?
13:14 < couf> we've got some work on XFCE too, btw (jmbusser is handling that)
13:14 < couf> yeah, marc wiriadisastra is doing that
13:15 < quaid> fallback == beta has GNOME only, work on KDE for beta2?
13:15 * couf hopes he got that name right :-)
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13:15 < stickster> couf: it's right :-)
13:15 < quaid> strikeforce++
13:15 * nirik is happy to answer Xfce questions as well.
13:15 < couf> quaid: possible, yes
13:15 < EvilBob> nirik: thanks
13:15 < couf> the idea was to have both AG and DUG ready so we can tackle IG, relnotes etc after
13:16 < quaid> is there a schedule with milestones from here to beta?
13:16 < couf> not set in stone
13:16 < quaid> we need enough time to convert to XML
13:16 < stickster> For AG/DUG, maybe not -- for relnotes, http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/ has milestones for things like relnotes
13:16 < quaid> with training for new folks, so make it a bit longer
13:16 < stickster> sorry, redundancy
13:16 < quaid> stickster: just an internal schedule so we are on time
13:16 < quaid> that is
13:16 < quaid> don't miss an obvious dependency, etc. :)
13:17 < stickster> poelcat can help us with that if we desire.
13:17 < couf> heh
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13:17 < quaid> couf: do you want final wordsmith and technical edits in Wiki or after in XML?
13:17 < quaid> i.e., where is it easier and does the other writers the most good?
13:17 * quaid thinks maybe wiki, from that ...
13:17 * stickster hopes he is not volunteering poelcat out-fo-turn
13:17 < couf> I think as it is now, we can have the DUG and AG ready by half Feb in wiki terms, which gives us a lot off time
13:18 < couf> quaid: would be best wiki-way, as to help for further versions, if me do them
13:18 < couf> s/me/we
13:18 < quaid> couf: can you make a draft schedule? just working backwards like that
13:18 < couf> sure
13:18 < quaid> include X days (5?) for wiki edit, and similar for conversion to XML
13:18 < quaid> ok, we can get poelcat to add it to the overall docs schedule after that
13:19 < quaid> and jmbuser can use the template for the DUG
13:19 * couf adds to TODO
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13:19 < quaid> yeah, then we can get the schedule to correctly reflect when we do the IG and relnotes work
13:19 < poelcat> just open a ticket at poelcat.hosted ;-)
13:19 < couf> so just want to give a thumbs up to both marc and vladimir, they been doing terrific work
13:19 < quaid> nice!
13:19 < stickster> Who's the man!?!
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13:20 < quaid> couf: +1 to that
13:20 < stickster> couf: amen
13:20 < quaid> I've been trying not to overpraise and stuff, but they are certainly worthy of the Big Fedora Love
13:21 * couf ends DUG-AG status
13:22 < quaid> ok, relnotes prep ...
13:22 < quaid> 1. time to start advertising the Docs/Beats for other contributos
13:22 < quaid> 2. recruit more dedicated help?
13:22 < quaid> we need someone with eyes like mether
13:23 < quaid> s/one/ones/ ?
13:23 < stickster> There have been a number of changes rolling in already
13:23 < quaid> yes
13:23 < quaid> here's the question from me ...
13:23 < quaid> we've tried the regular beat maintainers, and it is hot-or-miss
13:23 < quaid> most of the work comes from a small handful
13:23 < quaid> what is the right thing to do from here?
13:23 < quaid> <discuss>
13:23 < stickster> blog blog blog
13:23 < quaid> s/hot/hit/ :)
13:24 < quaid> ah, nagmail++
13:24 < quaid> blognag
13:24 < stickster> Isn't that a town in Ireland?
13:24 < jsmith> Does it taste like eggnog?
13:24 < quaid> yes and yes
13:24 * stickster apologizes to any residents of the Auld Sod listening in
13:25 < couf> different approach maybe: starting from the features list and working through that to get the people behind them doing some content
13:25 < quaid> isn't there a section in the feature page for relnotes content?
13:26 < couf> d'oh, /me feels sheepish
13:27 < stickster> Ouch, wiki getting pounded today apparently.
13:27 < stickster> Yes, they each have a place for that content
13:27 < stickster> Doesn't appear to be filled in for at least some of them
13:27 * stickster hasn't counted but is not optimistic :-D
13:28 < quaid> couf: no, that is a good point
13:28 < quaid> couf: and another reason to blog, creating more attention :)
13:28 < quaid> poelcat: is completion of release notes/marketing spew required for a feature to be complete?
13:29 < quaid> this is the release we SWORE we would get the overviews synced and from one canonical source ...
13:29 < couf> ah that way it might be interesting
13:29 * EvilBob swears all the time anyhow
13:30 < poelcat> quaid: not exactly
13:30 < quaid> Marketing SIG may still decide to write up a higher level overview, but we can coordinate
13:30 < EvilBob> poelcat: fix that for F10
13:30 < stickster> Yes, we want to draw all OverView from one source
13:30 < poelcat> or at all :-/
13:30 < EvilBob> lol
13:30 < quaid> poelcat: :(
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13:30 < poelcat> the focus is really on "does the functionality work"
13:31 < quaid> well
13:31 < stickster> "If a tree falls in the woods and no one hears it..."
13:31 < quaid> that's more of a focus of a package set :)
13:31 < poelcat> and when a feature is submitted prior to feature freeze a lot of times those things are TBD
13:31 < quaid> a feature needs more than that
13:31 < quaid> well, needs to be completed by some point, not at the start
13:31 < poelcat> sometimes rightfully and other times procrastination? :)
13:32 < quaid> poelcat: would you agree to the concept of "release notes and some attempt at a lousy marketing blurb" as a feature completion requirement? for the future, that is ...
13:32 < poelcat> quaid: i'll let someone else propose to FESCo that features be dropped if the release notes aren't complete ;-)
13:32 < quaid> ok
13:32 < poelcat> quaid: it seems reasonable to me, though I have a hunch the developers/maintainers may not agree
13:32 < quaid> poelcat: as Feature Wrangler, can you kindly ask folks when you interact with them to complete those parts by ...
13:33 < quaid> and we can see how that goes
13:33 < poelcat> quaid: glad to
13:33 < quaid> if there is universal adoption and no need for onerousness, why wrestle with FESCo on it?
13:33 * stickster will raise this with bpepple
13:33 < poelcat> and if there are particular ones you want me to nag, send me mail
13:33 < stickster> At least we should alert him what we're doing
13:34 < quaid> stickster: my point, as I'm sure you know, is that Fedora is more than a bunch of packages that work together :)
13:34 < stickster> Absolutely
13:34 < quaid> k
13:34 < quaid> all: please blog wihin the next 10 days about:
13:34 < quaid> * relnotes beats (Docs/Beats/)
13:34 < quaid> 0r * features content
13:34 < quaid> or * new beat writers
13:35 < quaid> anything else on this topic?
13:35 < couf> what needs to be done for the one-page relnotes?
13:35 * quaid waits for stickster ...
13:35 < stickster> Is there any concern about us now being another RH bureaucratic layer strangling poor, hapless developers who are trying to GTD?
13:36 < quaid> couf: hold that thought one sec ...
13:36 < quaid> stickster: but we are Fedora!!! :)
13:36 < quaid> stickster: for the features request?
13:36 < stickster> And you can too
13:36 < stickster> Right
13:36 < quaid> here's the thing, IMNSHO about features
13:36 < quaid> if you want to call yourself a feature and get the attention
13:36 < quaid> it means more than just completing shit and making it work on time
13:36 < jsmith> stickster: "I am Fedora and You Can Too"?
13:36 < stickster> jsmith: exactly
13:37 < quaid> it means you are willing to be called up to the stage in a conference to talk about it
13:37 < quaid> it means you are willing to be a community leader about it
13:37 < jsmith> stickster: That's the title of your next blog post, btw
13:37 < quaid> it means you are willing to do the marketing, sales, etc.
13:37 < stickster> jsmith: obsolete already I think
13:37 < stickster> quaid: +1, just FYI
13:37 < quaid> if not, then don't ask Fedora to "care" about your feature enough to devote so much time to it
13:37 < quaid> that's my thinking :)
13:37 < couf> +1
13:37 < stickster> We're just making sure that people watching this channel know *why* we're asking for this.
13:37 < jsmith> If it's worth writing, it's worth documenting/marketing/plugging
13:37 < stickster> Exactly.
13:38 < quaid> jsmith +1
13:38 < stickster> So, all you eavesdroppers -- make us care!
13:38 < couf> that's the idea :-)
13:38 < jmtaylor> should that be something that get added to the feature form? a note about expected commitment?
13:38 < quaid> stickster: thanks for the excuse to rant, though :)
13:38 < stickster> quaid: NP, I live to serve.
13:38 < quaid> jmtaylor: good question; not sure if that is part of the feature process or expectation, but I think it should be
13:38 < quaid> ok, now to couf's question ...
13:38 < quaid> the one-sheet
13:39 < quaid> we need content for it, and we can draw that from the existing state of Docs/Beats
13:39 < quaid> so we don't have to recruit for it, but we might want to.
13:40 < quaid> as a reminder of what the one-sheet is ...
13:40 < quaid> this is a single Wiki page that we can link from the alpha, beta ISOs
13:40 < quaid> so we can change it up to the last minute, link updated bug reports from it, etc.
13:41 < quaid> it also is a quick-overview of what is in this alpha, beta that is noteworthy
13:41 < quaid> supposed to be lower-impact work to Docs compared to what we did before, which was a full run from Wiki => XML + translation for each test release
13:41 < quaid> *whew*
13:42 < quaid> so, in many ways, the content "belongs" to release eng (f13), features (poelcat), etc.
13:42 < stickster> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/Test/F8Test2/ReleaseNotes
13:42 < couf> quaid you steal my words
13:42 < couf> but do continue
13:42 < quaid> couf: maybe I should stop talking :)
13:42 < quaid> stickster: F8Test?
13:43 < stickster> That's the last one-sheet we did for the previous cycle
13:43 < quaid> oh, right, sorry
13:43 * quaid is lost in version numbering
13:43 < stickster> Just for reference in case people haven't seen that one
13:43 < stickster> There's a lot of copy/paste material in there.
13:43 < quaid> so we need Releases/9/Alpha/ReleaseNotes
13:44 < poelcat> quaid: good reminder for me to ping the feature owners for a status update
13:44 < couf> yeah, so same counts here: get blogging, news-spreading and let the people behind it create the content :-)
13:44 < stickster> Thank you poelcat: http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-9/f-9-docs-details.html
13:44 * stickster notes the dates are a bit off because of the 1-week Alpha slide
13:45 < poelcat> stickster: i'll fix that
13:45 < stickster> poelcat: Thanks! :-)
13:45 < stickster> Fortunately it hasn't rippled
13:45 < poelcat> that's what I get for lurking on this channel... more action items :)
13:46 < quaid> heh
13:46 < stickster> poor poelcat
13:46 * EvilBob thinks that is how he became FDSCo
13:46 < stickster> Oh my, we're 40 minutes in and haven't covered a few other items
13:47 < quaid> yep, let's move on
13:47 < stickster> quaid and I have to bail in time to make the next meeting :-D
13:47 < quaid> aye
13:47 < quaid> ok, so IG
13:47 < stickster> So... IG. :-)
13:47 < quaid> two approaches:
13:47 < quaid> 1. raw recruit
13:47 < stickster> I can definitely *help*
13:47 < quaid> 2. build on what is working so far
13:48 < quaid> what I mean by 2 is, let's old and new hands make sure the AG and DUG hit their target, then that frees *all* of us up to split up the IG work
13:48 < quaid> in there we build the skills to do the relnotes work, as well
13:48 < stickster> right
13:48 < quaid> (which coinicidentally leads to the next agenda item :)
13:48 < couf> that's the basic goal yes
13:48 < stickster> Hey, how'd *that* get there?!?
13:48 < quaid> stickster: can you advertise for a co-maintainer who will take over post F9?
13:48 < stickster> jsmith is too modest
13:48 < stickster> quaid: absosmurfly
13:48 < quaid> and then set the expectation that you are there to mentor and the group is there to help?
13:49 < jsmith> stickster: Who, me?
13:49 < stickster> Yeah, you!
13:49 < stickster> quaid: +1
13:49 < stickster> That will be blog #2 tonight
13:49 * stickster already preparing blog #1 for relnotes
13:50 < EvilBob> stickster: I am willing to take that on if you mentor me, I do as many or more installs in a release lifetime as anyone
13:50 < EvilBob> stickster: plus I really need a document
13:50 < EvilBob> stickster: talking about the IG
13:50 < couf> EvilBob++
13:50 < jsmith> :-)
13:51 < stickster> I am here to help whoever wants to take it on
13:51 < stickster> It's not *quite* as bad as it seems, honestly
13:51 < couf> jsmith: has the yum-guide :-)
13:51 < quaid> sorry, had to pay the heater repair fella
13:52 < quaid> ok, last item
13:52 < quaid> training
13:52 < quaid> we are doing a ton more wiki2xml this time
13:52 < quaid> so we really need a process, how-to, etc.
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13:52 < jsmith> quaid: Agreed!
13:52 < jsmith> quaid: I'm happy to help write that, after I finish wrapping my head around it all
13:53 < quaid> let's cobble together our notes this week and have it as an action/task to have a beta usable how-to by next week?
13:53 < stickster> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Tools/Wiki2XML
13:53 < stickster> May just need to be refreshed
13:53 < jsmith> Fair enough
13:53 < quaid> yeah
13:53 < couf> +1
13:53 < jsmith> stickster: Why didn't you show me that last week?
13:53 * jsmith ducks
13:53 < quaid> that page + how-to with steps
13:53 < stickster> jsmith: Oops, I just remembered it because quaid triggered my supermnemonic memory with the title meme
13:53 < quaid> jsmith: leaky carpenter's roof?
13:54 < quaid> ironically ... I named that page, too, and forgot about it
13:54 * quaid updates WorkFlow
13:54 < stickster> This very topic is one that jsmith and I were working on the other night with the yum guide
13:54 < jsmith> quaid: The cobbler's kids have no shoes...
13:55 < jsmith> stickster: Speaking of which... I have a lot more things to go back through on the yum guide
13:55 < EvilBob> We do have another item we need to discuss, your successor, maybe next meeting or list?
13:55 < quaid> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/WorkFlow
13:56 < quaid> EvilBob: yeah, we do, let's go for the list perhaps
13:56 < quaid> we still need a meeting time where all can meet :)
13:56 < EvilBob> right
13:57 < couf> so anything left?
13:58 < EvilBob> OK </meeting> ?
13:58 < quaid> nope
13:58 < quaid> 5
13:58 < quaid> 4
13:58 < quaid> 3
13:58 < quaid> 2
13:58 < quaid> last chance!
13:58 < quaid> 1
13:58 < quaid> </meeting>
16 years, 2 months
Documentation Feature for Fedora 9
by Karsten Wade
Something I glanced on IRC this morning ...
< mwiriadi> I think docs for F-9 will be a huge + for the distro
... set off a spark in my head.
What do you all think of putting forward "more and better 100% community
produced documentation" as a feature for Fedora 9?
If you look at the definition of a feature[1], you see that it is "a
significant change or enhancement to the version of Fedora currently
under development that may or may not include new packages."
Sounds like our current workload to me. :)
One benefit is that our feature becomes part of the formal list of
features that we promote for the release.
How does this sound? We ready for more spotlight?
Anyone interested/excited to write up our feature and remain the point
of contact for it?
- Karsten
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Policy#Definition_of_a_Feature
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16 years, 2 months
Publishing translated DuG and Administration Guide in a magazine
by Nicolas A. Corrarello
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I'm trying to contact a local magazine editor and get them to distribute
a one time edition of a Fedora Magazine with a F8 dvd (maybe 9 by the
time) with the DuG and the Administration Guide. Might be a useful
project to all countries. But I wanted to check before with you the
legal aspects regarding that. Can we publish those documents without any
legal paperwork done?
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16 years, 2 months
Up-stuffed
by Marc Wiriadisastra
Hey all,
Can someone remove the chapter I added. I originally thought the whole
thing was getting done in cvs/docbook I was incorrect and it is done on
the wiki.
The file that I committed is irrelevant since the wiki has an updated
version of it. Removal would be very muchly muchly appreciated :)
Apologies for the inconvenience.
Cheers,
Marc
16 years, 2 months
Getting Involved Guide
by Paul W. Frields
Docs Project colleagues,
The following thoughts come out of the sessions we had at FUDCon about
doing a better job involving new contributors in Fedora. I'm going to
start out with the summary, so if you don't want to read all of this you
can skip it and immediately make comments. Those of you who want a
larger picture can read more after the summary. Please keep in mind
that I am not yet paid by Red Hat, and this message comes from me as a
fellow contributor, and not the FPL. As always, it will be up to each
of us to evaluate what effort we want to give to Fedora, and where we
put it. I hope the following will give you some inspiration about
Fedora's future....
* * * * *
THE PUNCHLINE: For its size, the Docs Project has done great things
thanks to the energy and generosity of its members. But in the post-F9
era, we need to get off the treadmill of simple user/admin
documentation, which is duplicated many times over in both the free and
for-pay spheres, and move to goals that are more contributor-oriented.
* * * * *
THE LONG VERSION:
Originally I suggested a "Developer Guide Reboot" session and hackfest,
a document that would support entry of developers into the project. It
would give a tour of some important packages and online resources so
they wouldn't have to navigate a metric boatload of wiki pages to get
started.
Over time, though, it became clear that this wasn't just an issue about
developers, but about contributors of all flavors. Part of our
"lowering barriers" mission has to be about encouraging and educating
people who aren't doing just coding jobs, but website/infrastructure
folks, artists, documentation writers, coding and non-coding packagers,
ambassadors, and just plain friends.
Historically, the Docs Project has concerned itself mainly with helpful
user/administrator level guides, but by focusing on the trees, we may be
missing the mark on the forest, so to speak. There are a huge number of
existing guides and tutorials on the web -- not all of them
authoritative -- and a full selection of dead-tree books to be had at
any bookstore. Is it really worth our time to be competing on that
level?
I say this not to call into question the excellent work that's being
done by contributors, but to get people thinking about the post-F9 Docs
Project, and where we should be focusing our sights. If Fedora does not
grow and extend its contributor base, it will wither over time. We
cannot demand that the same people do the same work in Fedora for
extended periods; people change and grow, and naturally move on to other
Fedora tasks, the same way they move on to other jobs, homes, or ways of
thinking. Instead, we should focus on bringing new entities into the
project and giving them the resources they need to contribute to the
project.
Note that I say "entities" and not "people," because Fedora also stands
to gain if we bring in additional commercial or other non-individual
contributors who themselves gain from a contributory partnership in
Fedora. Fedora needs to grow also beyond just its partnership with and
sponsorship by Red Hat. By doing that, we secure the health of the
project in a more sustainable way.
The idea of the Developer Guide for these reasons was transformed during
our working sessions at FUDCon into a "Get Involved Guide" (GIG). This
sort of documentation allows us to escape the treadmill of trying to
update countless pages of advice on how to perform end-user tasks that
do not necessarily help people contribute to Fedora (and thus help it
grow and thrive).
Michael Tiemann stated in his speech at FUDCon that the future of IT
commerce is in "the communities that [companies] build." If we want to
position Fedora at the forefront of open source in the 21st century, we
must think larger than simply showing people how to run Fedora -- we
need to show people how they can *get involved*, not just in Fedora
documentation, or packaging, or feature development, but in the many
fields of endeavor this project covers.
I would also make the point that what you read above is not the end of
the whole Fedora vision, but just a facet of a larger idea which I am
still fleshing out with other Fedora leaders. As always, we will be
talking about this much more in the future with as much openness and
transparency as possible, to encourage community input, awareness, and
enthusiasm.
* * * * *
As you all know, I am not one for long, rambling emails when I can avoid
them. They try my patience too! But nevertheless, there are many
positive messages in the above ideas. I have a huge amount of respect
for the work everyone is doing, and I hope you will not find the above
to be a criticism, but rather a "leap-ahead" vision for where we should
set our sights for goals after Fedora 9.
"DOCS ROCKS!"
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16 years, 2 months
Docs on Transifex
by Diego Búrigo Zacarão
Hi, All!
I have noted that we have just a doc module (Install Guide) on transifex to
be commited translations[1].
It's the time to use more intensely our new web tool to commit translations
and I would like to ask to include other essential docs modules there:
docs-common
release-notes
homepage
about-fedora
readme
readme-burning-isos
readme-live-image
If any help is need to do it, please tell me.
[1] https://translate.fedoraproject.org/submit/module/
Regards
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16 years, 2 months
Re: Xmlto-0.0.20 with experimental fop support
by Karsten Wade
On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 15:51 +0100, Ondřej Vašík wrote:
> Hello,
> as requested in RHBugzilla #147472 , comment #6 by Karsten Wade, I'd
> like to inform you that xmlto with fop support is available
> in rawhide branch.
> I did a few tests with fop, seems to work properly (only sometimes I had
> some troubles with special characters but maybe caused by my not 100%
> perfect configuration of fop). Karsten said that it would be good to
> test it by Fedora Docs toolchain, so I would appreciate any feedback to
> improve fop support or to fix some possible issues.
Thanks. I'll work on getting a rawhide install going to do the testing.
Anyone else interested and capable?
- Karsten
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16 years, 2 months
Centralised Docs
by Marc Wiriadisastra
Can we sort out or generate a list of documents that are available on
the wiki that are available.
I bring this up because there seems to be docs all over the place and a
lot of information is located on the wiki but isn't referenced except
from other docs.
Cheers,
Marc
16 years, 2 months