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[Bug 627417] New: docs.fp.o landing page needs 'Start here' note!
by Red Hat Bugzilla 22 Jan '15

22 Jan '15

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: docs.fp.o landing page needs 'Start here' note! https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=627417 Summary: docs.fp.o landing page needs 'Start here' note! Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: low Component: docs-requests AssignedTo: eric(a)christensenplace.us ReportedBy: nathan.thomas(a)peacenik.co.uk QAContact: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com CC: stickster(a)gmail.com, kwade(a)redhat.com, nb(a)fedoraproject.org Classification: Fedora Description of problem: We have a large variety of documentation guides serving a wide range of different users. It may be difficult for users arriving at docs.fp.o to know where to start, especially if they are new to Fedora/Linux and are unfamiliar with some of the technical terms. A note on the landing page suggesting a sensible starting point for new users could help alleviate this problem. Eg: "New to Fedora? You can try Fedora on your PC without touching your existing installation by following the Live Image Guide." The end of the Live Image guide helpfully points users to the Installation guide if they want to install :) -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.

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[Bug 654484] New: New Bugzilla component for Storage Administration Guide
by Red Hat Bugzilla 16 Dec '14

16 Dec '14

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: New Bugzilla component for Storage Administration Guide https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=654484 Summary: New Bugzilla component for Storage Administration Guide Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: Unspecified OS/Version: Unspecified Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: low Component: docs-requests AssignedTo: eric(a)christensenplace.us ReportedBy: r.landmann(a)redhat.com QAContact: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com CC: stickster(a)gmail.com, kwade(a)redhat.com, nb(a)fedoraproject.org Classification: Fedora Target Release: --- Please create a component for the Storage Administration Guide; default assignee should be ddomingo(a)redhat.com Cheers Rudi -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.

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[Bug 450331] New: lack of documentation on restoring from bare-metal (UUID problem)
by Red Hat Bugzilla 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug report. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=450331 Summary: lack of documentation on restoring from bare-metal (UUID problem) Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: low Priority: low Component: docs-requests AssignedTo: kwade(a)redhat.com ReportedBy: czar(a)acm.org QAContact: stickster(a)gmail.com CC: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com Description of problem: ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449299 There is a lack of documentation on restoring a system from bare metal. I have found (see reference) that restore the root ("/") is not as simple as as just executing the restore command when running in rescue mode. With the current emphasis being place on use of UUIDs in both Fedora and RHEL, the whole business of UUIDs need to be better documented. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 9 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.

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[Bug 595695] New: Direct links to RNs broken.
by Red Hat Bugzilla 31 Aug '12

31 Aug '12

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: Direct links to RNs broken. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=595695 Summary: Direct links to RNs broken. Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: low Component: docs-requests AssignedTo: eric(a)christensenplace.us ReportedBy: eric(a)christensenplace.us QAContact: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com CC: stickster(a)gmail.com, kwade(a)redhat.com Classification: Fedora Description of problem: * Previously, the release notes were located at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ * Their location has changed to release specific URLs. * A link to the release notes is provided in fedora-bookmarks. * fedora-bookmarks are imported by the browser only on *first launch* so as to not overwrite user modifications. The new bookmarks layout causes two problems: 1. Nobody filed a fedora-bookmarks bug so Fedora 13 (and anyone on F-11 or F-12 etc) will default to going to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ which is a 404. Since the bookmarks can only be imported on first launch, we cannot push an update to fix this if the user has launched the browser (which is extremely likely). 2. Even if I were to fix the bookmarks page to point directly to a specific release version (which again would take effect only if someone would yum update before launching Firefox), then if anyone updated to F-14, the bookmark would not change and would still point to e.g. F-13. So, I do not think that we should put version specific information into our bookmarks URLs. To solve both of the above problems, I believe we should try to do some User-Agent detection and redirection. Fedora browsers have an RPM NVR attached to them. For example: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; es-ES; rv:1.9.2.4) Gecko/20100517 Fedora/3.6.4-1.fc13 Firefox/3.6.4 This tells us that the user's installed language is es-ES and it's a Fedora browser, specifically running F-13. We should then redirect queries to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/ to http://docs.fedoraproject.org/es-ES/Fedora/13/html/Release_Notes/index.html If we cannot figure any information out about the Fedora release or language (or there are no relnotes in that language), I propose the default redirect should be to the en-US version of the latest Fedora release notes. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.

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[Bug 504066] New: CMS for docs.fp.org
by Red Hat Bugzilla 26 Jun '11

26 Jun '11

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: CMS for docs.fp.org https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504066 Summary: CMS for docs.fp.org Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: All OS/Version: Linux Status: NEW Severity: medium Priority: low Component: project-tracking AssignedTo: kwade(a)redhat.com ReportedBy: mel(a)redhat.com QAContact: kwade(a)redhat.com CC: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com Classification: Fedora Zikula chosen, working on test instances and project plan with Zikula team -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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Musicians' Guide Links Are Broken
by Christopher Antila 27 Apr '11

27 Apr '11

Hello: As per this bug 665663 (see below [0]), all of the links to tutorial files in the Fedora 14 Musicians' Guide are broken. Most of the chapters work on the idea that users will download some files to start the tutorial, then use those files to develop their own fully-completed project. Without these files, users can only complete some of the tutorials - many of the chapters are useless, because the URLS are incorrect! I'll fix this in the master branch tonight, but should I fix it in the published document as well? Thanks, Christopher. [0] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665663

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Re: Please tutor a crash course on Docs Project tools & workflow.
by Christopher Antila 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

On Sat, 2011-01-22 at 12:00 +0000, docs-request(a)lists.fedoraproject.org wrote: > Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 06:45:16 +0000 (UTC) > From: Jes?s Franco <tezcatl(a)fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Re: Please tutor a crash course on Docs Project tools & > workflow. > To: docs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Message-ID: <pan.2011.01.22.06.45.15(a)fedoraproject.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > El Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:56:23 -0500, Christopher Antila escribi?: > Thank you Christopher for your encouraging words. It's really important > to me for continue this effort. But my proposal was not a document or > guide covering the topics for beginner contributors. It is for a class > (or two) delivered on IRC as part of the Classroom initiative. Sorry - I misunderstood what you meant. I do not know much about Fedora Classroom, but this also sounds like a good idea. > ... > > I'd be glad to write the whole guide (as complement to Publican User > Guide), but maybe i'm the last person with the knowledge necessary to > commit that, on this list. I've commited just a few minor tasks, (i'm most > a translator), and maybe my whole knowledge related to DocBook is the > most basic of HTML and XML. > > However, you can count with when i get the knowledge needed, i'll commit > the task for myself. I've even delivered a first class (in my mother > language, castilian) for my fellow ambassadors on the basics of our > ticketing system at latam (Redmine). I'm not shy to share even a little > amount of knowledge (should i be?). Just i like to get more knowledge to > do a more valuable contribution. You can start the project, then learn how to finish it as you go. If you make a good plan before you start, other contributors might want to help you finish (I certainly will)! This is one of the benefits of open-source development. If we had to wait for somebody who knows *everything* about a project before it starts, we would be waiting for a very long time. > At the first very time the QA process was proposed for guides, one idea > was something like "peer review" by another Doc contributor, able to read > the whole guide and making proposal for improvement, in the form of real > patches, apart from bugs filed against the guide. > > My feeling is than QA shouldn't be a bureaucratic blocking for writers to > commit the actual writing and maintenance of the guide for continuous > improvement. It should be a way for let less experienced contributors to > help with the owners of the guides, but we need at least a minimum > training to do so. I agree that the QA process should not block writers from committing. What would be nice is for a QA person to ensure that every Bugzilla bug has been successfully solved. This can be done after the fix has already been committed. Also, if a writer, whether new or experienced, wishes to have their work approved by QA, they could make a bug request. Christopher.

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[Bug 673612] New: Collapsible guides menu button on docs.fedoraproject.org as seen in docs.redhat.com
by Red Hat Bugzilla 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

Please do not reply directly to this email. All additional comments should be made in the comments box of this bug. Summary: Collapsible guides menu button on docs.fedoraproject.org as seen in docs.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=673612 Summary: Collapsible guides menu button on docs.fedoraproject.org as seen in docs.redhat.com Product: Fedora Documentation Version: devel Platform: Unspecified OS/Version: Unspecified Status: NEW Severity: unspecified Priority: unspecified Component: docs-requests AssignedTo: nobody(a)fedoraproject.org ReportedBy: ronin3510(a)gmail.com QAContact: fedora-docs-list(a)redhat.com CC: stickster(a)gmail.com, kwade(a)redhat.com, nb(a)fedoraproject.org, eric(a)christensenplace.us, oglesbyzm(a)gmail.com Classification: Fedora Description of problem: The feature I'm talking about is newly added in docs.redhat.com and greatly enhances readability and usability, both on desktop/laptop and mobile devices, and since it already exists, it should be pretty trivial to backport it on Fedora Docs. It's a small button in the upper part of the guides section that can be toggled to hide the guides list after choosing the desired guide/chapter. It appeared on docs.redhat.com in the last few weeks, and it wasn't available on RHEL 6 launch day (Nov 10, 2010). I mentioned that to narrow the timeframe a bit. Thank you. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Contrast and compare docs.redhat.com docs.fedoraproject.org Steps to Reproduce: 1.Try to read a guide in a browser 2.Try to read a guide in a mobile browser on docs.fedoraproject.org 3.Try to read a guide in a mobile browser on docs.redhat.com using the aforementioned button switch Actual results: docs.fedoraproject.org is almost unusable on mobile devices and not so great on a bit larger displays. like small laptops and netbooks Expected results: There's no reason not having the same streamlined reading experience on both documentation sites. Additional info: -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug.

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Wiki Cleanup
by Zach Oglesby 30 Jan '11

30 Jan '11

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If no one has any arguments, I would like move all of the Beats pages into a sub category on the Wiki. Currently when you look at the main Docs_Project cat, you get a cluttered mess of mostly release notes beats. I would like to move them to a RN_Beats category to clean up the main page. Any objections? - -- Zach Oglesby GPG Key: F20C4707 zoglesby on irc.freenode.net https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Zoglesby -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNRWVYAAoJENs2/YnyDEcH01IH/Ao2kByq4Nn99bGdzrJGYz5Z QtTn1NdhR5vZFW+zpNE4Yf/HcMLgByTGyACpURrlAbrKrp55Y9GzzEZ/zFYY4kpc ZNFyBmScVO/jbErC47/2y0zG59/npGGwMO0F5Gandn6X7TssTAQFeTZmBX1TcJQ3 Se05DSdpZhCHGu7jMkH6Vb1vaEqREj0Vm6kUfUsUphEX5ajg56aW+x5IvgnRxLD5 dTjhZu8IGRSLUqpwKzKC8I49MOqqv1bpPG3ojYSMWvhMJxOK6yFvIoMUSTDFc1qe NEJXZRIYHUsO56ztuFlh9V5ntZE9/gKC+qih3M6JYiucvXvzA5/sZlumCQ/K/3E= =/ml+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Self Introduction:
by Matt 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hello! My name is Matt Offers, and I wanna help out. I am a recent college graduate who's looking to get some experience with both linux and technical writing. I have a friend who has been contributing to the Fedora project for years and who has been trying to get me involved for years. Computer-wise my background is in OS X, but I've used a few linux distros including Fedora, and I am in love with the open source world. I'm currently having a little bit of trouble setting up Fedora on my test machine in my room (for some reason it doesn't have a proper NIC, and only an old Linksys wireless card for which I'm having trouble finding the drivers for) but as soon as I get it up and running I'll be able to generate my GPG key and all that jazz. I look forward to contributing as much as I can, and learning from all of you. -Matt Offers

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