Doc Sprint at the Developer Conference 2012 in Brno
Doc sprint dates: February 17-21st 2012
Conference dates: February 17-18th 2012
Venue:
February 17-18th 2012: Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Google Maps)
February 19-21st 2012: Tower Big meeting room at the Red Hat Czech Office, Brno, Czech Republic (Google Maps)
Primary contact: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Secondary contact: Florian Nadge <fnadge redhat com>
Tertiary contact: Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>
For the conference:
Primary contact: Jiri Eischmann <eischmann redhat com>
Secondary contact: Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek redhat com>
See also:
Relevant GNOME team
Description
Documentation sprint for GNOME 3.4.
Agenda, goals
User help:
- Update gnome-help for new 3.4 features
- network printer and print pages == a priority.
- Update Empathy help
- Write new help for more apps
- For apps, should we get rid of introduction.page and place the intro on the index.page?
- We need more templates in yelp-tools: guide?, index?, tip?, problem?, question?... etc.
update this page: https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Tasks/DesktopHelp
update this page: http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Join (especially references to docbook)
update or delete: https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Planning
- Discuss possible changes to intro help page to make it more friendly to touch interfaces
- Mobile-friendly XSLT stylesheets for Mallard help?
- Discuss style guide / word usage guidelines
If developer docs contributors attend:
- Write new tutorials
- Update and revise the platform overview
Improve GObject overview (wiki page for planning)
Misc:
Sort out docs components and default assignees (Shaun? gnome-user-docs-maint@gnome.bugs? Non-existing component?) for products in GNOME Bugzilla (AndreKlapper)
Attendants and Costs
<list of attendants + cost of travel + amount being requested>
Name |
Role: User or Dev |
Travel |
Roommate |
Arrive Time |
Depart Time |
Confirmed |
Shaun McCance |
Both |
$900 |
Phil |
Feb 16 08:35 (VIE) |
Feb 22 |
Y |
Phil Bull |
User |
$230 |
Shaun |
Feb 16 09:20 (VIE) |
Feb 22 |
Y |
Michael Hill |
User |
$900 |
Jim |
Feb 16 10:50 (PRG) |
Feb 22 09:15 (PRG) |
Y |
Jim Campbell |
Both |
$900 |
Michael |
Feb 16 14:15 (VIE) |
Feb 25 11:45 (VIE) |
Y |
User |
£143.98 |
David King |
2012-02-16 18:40 (BRQ) |
2012-02-21 19:05 (BRQ) |
Y |
|
Both |
£143.98 |
Ekaterina Gerasimova |
2012-02-16 18:40 (BRQ) |
2012-02-21 19:05 (BRQ) |
Y |
|
User |
0 CZK |
Feb 17 |
Feb 21 |
Y |
||
User |
240€ |
Feb 16 14:35 (VIE) |
Feb 22 15:35 (VIE) |
Y |
||
Johannes Schmid |
Both / maybe some helpmenu work |
€200 |
Tomeu Vizoso |
Feb 17 |
Feb 19 |
Y |
Tomeu Vizoso |
Both |
Local |
Johannes Schmid |
2012-02-17 |
2012-02-21 |
Y |
Susanna Huhtanen |
User |
200 € |
Julita Inca |
Feb 16 10:05 (PRG) |
Feb 22 |
Y |
Maybe both |
$970 |
Susanna Huhtanen |
2012-02-16 21:55 |
2012-02-22 12:10 |
Y |
|
maybe both |
$900 |
Ryan Lortie (from GTK+ hackfest) |
2012-02-18 10:45am (PRG) |
2012-02-22 6:15am |
Y |
|
Florian Nadge |
User |
Local |
Local |
Local |
Local |
Y |
Maybe both |
Local |
Local |
Local |
Local |
Y |
Interns: We love bringing our documentation interns to hackfests. In case interns are not selected before the budget is approved, we would like to budget an additional $2000 USD for them.
Venue and catering is covered by Red Hat.
Sponsors
How to get there
Described at the conference's wiki page.
Also see Florian's email here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-February/msg00001.html
Accommodation and food
Please note that travel and accommodation costs are not covered by the organizers. Refer to Travel for more information on how to request reimbursement for your travel and lodging expenses.
The organizers have special arrangements with the Hotel Avanti (Google Maps), which is situated near both doc sprint venues, to provide the attendees a discounted rate. To be able to receive the discounted rate, please confirm your attendance by January 9, 2012. In the list of attendees above, also remember to fill in your arrival and depart dates, and, since the special rate is for double-bed rooms, your roommate.
Free WiFi is available in the hotel.
More information on the lodging options can be found at the conference's wiki page.
Previous discussions, organization threads, drafts, relevant links, etc
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-September/msg00086.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-October/msg00021.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-December/msg00034.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-January/msg00003.html
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-February/msg00001.html