1. Docs Hackfest

Norwich (UK), 2014-01-26 to 2014-01-30

Norwich is pronounced "nor-idge" (the sort of idge that one gets out of porridge).

Primary contact: EkaterinaGerasimova
Secondary contact: DavidKing

1.1. Relevant GNOME team

DocumentationProject

1.2. Description

Documentation sprint for 3.12

1.2.1. Agenda, goals

• Review user help for 3.12
• library-web
  • use title and description from index.page for help.gnome.org/user
  • update style sheets automatically
• write/review Conditionals chapter for Mallard book
• new terminology

  • GtkAssistant (e.g. Import in Evolution: These ain't tabs anymore, honey.)

  • icons (cogwheels, icons at the bottom of the new status menu, etc.)
• Kill ancient webpages (or at least add a "for historical reasons" banner)

  • https://developer.gnome.org/gdp-style-guide/stable/

• system-admin-guide (upstream the RHEL7 Beta docs)
• delete old user help

  • https://help.gnome.org/users/gcalctool/

  • https://help.gnome.org/users/control-center/

• Review developer.gnome.org: /DeveloperDocs

1.2.2. Timeline

• 24th-26th: attendees arriving

• 26th (Chez KatDave): review the state of the help as it is right now at, close bugs,

• 27th-30th (D'Arcy Thompson Room, School of Computing Sciences, UEA): work through updating help

=== Measuring your success ===

1.2.3. Current sponsors

The venue for days 2-5 will be provided by the UEA School of Computing Sciences. Please credit them in blogposts using text and a link to their website as we are not allowed to use the UEA logo.

1.3. Attendees

1.3.1. Regrets/remote participation

1.4. How to get there

• Trains: http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/

• Buses: http://www.nationalexpress.com/

• Taxis (Norwich): http://www.abctaxisnorwich.co.uk/

1.4.1. From Europe

• Fly to STN with Ryanair/EasyJet, then take the train or bus to Norwich or UEA
• Fly to NWI from Amsterdam, then take a pre-booked taxi
• Take the Eurostar to London, then take a train to Norwich

1.4.2. From faraway places

• Fly to LHR or LGW, then take the tube across London, then train (or bus) to Norwich (or UEA)
• Fly to LHR or LGW, then take the bus to Norwich or UEA
• Fly to NWI, then take a pre-booked taxi

1.4.3. How to leave

FOSDEM will be taking place on 2014-02-01 and 2014-02-02, it is rather easy to get to Brussels by train or car.

Kat and Dave are planning to drive from Norwich to Brussels on the morning of the 31st January and back on the 3rd of February. If you want to join them (up to 5 people are welcome to join us), add yourself below:

• EkaterinaGerasimova

• DavidKing

• RyanLortie (only to FOSDEM)

• MichaelHill

• FredericPeters (only to FOSDEM)

• BaptisteMilleMathias (only to FOSDEM)

• PetrKovar (only to FOSDEM)

• ZeeshanAli (only for way back to London)

1.5. Accommodation and food

£74 per night for a double room or £60 per night for a single room at Broad View Lodge.

1.6. Previous discussions, organization threads, drafts, relevant links, ''etc''.

• https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2013-November/msg00020.html

1.7. Reports

Here we will link all the blog posts published during or after the hackfest, including information about the work done.

• GNOME Documentation Hackfest, Day 0 by Andre Klapper

• Docs Hackfest Norwich 2014 – First and Second Day by Julita Inca

• GNOME docfest 2014 Edition by Baptiste Mille-Mathias

• GNOME Docs Hackfest 2014, Norwich, Day 2 by Petr Kovar

• First days of documentation hackfest by Frederic Peters

• Developing GTK 3 apps with Python on Windows by Geoffrey French

• Restructuring Evolution – first draft, almost ready for Mallard by Julita Inca

• Lack of Maintainership & Finding a Project to Contribute to by Andre Klapper

• Finally pushing for Evolution by Julita Inca

• Last days of documentation hackfest by Frederic Peters

• Notes from the docs hackfest by Shaun McCance

• Help Me! (Yet another docs hackfest blog post) by Allan Day

• GNOME Doc fest Part 2 and FOSDEM report by Baptiste Mille-Mathias

• Evolution docs, second advanced: Freshing the Mail page by Julita Inca

• Hacking docs in Norwich by Mike Hill