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Fedora Docs Meeting Reminder - Today - 1600 Hrs GMT
by John Babich 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

To One and All: There is a regularly scheduled meeting today of the Fedora Docs Steering Committee (FDSCo). Join us on the Freenode IRC network at the #Fedora-Docs channel at 1600 Hrs GMT. See http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/SteeringCommittee/Meetings for the meeting agenda. Best Regards, John Babich Volunteer, Fedora Docs Project

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Release announcement - Call for volunteers!
by Paul W. Frields 02 Oct '07

02 Oct '07

Is someone on the Docs list willing and able to write the F8 test3 release announcement? You can draft it on the wiki and post a link here for people to edit or critique. Easy pickings for those who are looking to pitch in but not sure how yet. -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PaulWFrields irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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some relatively correct "getting started with java" docs?
by Robert P. J. Day 30 Sep '07

30 Sep '07

is there a decent HOWTO on getting started with java under f8t2? that is, with the java packages that come with f8, as opposed to having to install sun's (or someone else's) java? thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================

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Make+ing a HTML document out of translation
by Ruturaj 29 Sep '07

29 Sep '07

Hi, I've created a hi_IN.po (for Hindi translation, I hope the file name is correct) under release-notes-F-7/release-notes/po and I've kindof completed more than 30% of translation for it, and I now want to check how it fits into the HTML documentaton, cause while translating the po files really doesn't give u the feel of the whole document. Any pointers, links would do. I tried searching the wiki, Readmes, etc but failed. -- regards, Ruturaj K. Vartak http://www.ruturaj.net

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XML/xsltproc-based toolchain for TLDP documentation?
by Robert P. J. Day 27 Sep '07

27 Sep '07

it was suggested to me that i ask on this list -- does someone have a fully-functional toolchain based on docbook and XML and xsltproc for generating the various output formats for a TLDP document that runs on fedora? i've asked on the TLDP list but what i seem to be hearing is that the standard toolchain involves SGML and DSSSL and jade, and i'd rather use the newer stuff. for now, i'd be happy with just generating TLDP-compliant HTML, and i can install FOP later for the PDF output. so does anyone have such a toolchain up and running based on nothing more than regular fedora packages? thanks. (i'm running f8t-whatever at the moment.) rday p.s. another option would be a toolchain that works similar to the TLDP one, perhaps whatever is used for official fedora docs. i wouldn't mind looking at that, either. again, thanks. -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca ========================================================================

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cla_redhat
by Murray McAllister 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

Hi Everyone, I was wondering how to request access to cla_redhat, instead of signing the CLA. Do I request this by modifying my Fedora account? Thanks, Murray.

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Referencing Menus in Documentation
by Ruturaj 23 Sep '07

23 Sep '07

When referencing to the Menu's in "Fedora Docs" do I refer to the default "en_US" menus or to the localized translated Menus. Sometimes they are available, sometimes they are not.. -- regards, Ruturaj K. Vartak http://www.ruturaj.net

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Kindly Cast ur Vote: Text Vs. Interactive flash/video guides
by Mustafa Qasim 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

Hello! I was wondering that how much it would be beneficial to develop interactive flash/video guides instead of long text guides for certain purposes like teaching newbie how to use the tools required by a project and let him feel comfortable with the Fedora Project environment in a short time so, he can start the work(that is actually needed) instead of wasting his first few days asking how to create account, where to create the keys and bla bla bla. Do you think it can be helpful for home users for whom CVS and GPG Keys etc are alien? Kindly share your thought. Please reply with +1 - If you think yes -1 - If you think not further suggestions/comments are more then welcomed. -- Mustafa Qasim Lahore, Pakistan Cell: 0321-6614972 URL: http://www.mustu.info Registered Linux User# 441709.

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Self-Introduction: Murray McAllister
by Murray McAllister 22 Sep '07

22 Sep '07

Hi, My name is Murray McAllister, I've just moved to Brisbane (Australia) to start my new job with Red Hat Asia Pacific as a content author. I'm really keen to contribute into open source but finding it a bit hard since I'm not a developer. I was then blessed with this job and thought it would be a great opportunity to be able to give something back to open source. My goals in the Fedora Project: - contribute as much as I can. I think some small tutorials (perhaps network configuration, user management (system-config-users/useradd, groupadd etc), permissions would be a good start/practice. I am currently writing errata for RHEL 5, perhaps I could use what I have learned there to help in areas of the Fedora Project (release notes perhaps?). I have done a lot of work with BIND so maybe once I settle in I could start contributing more in that area (perhaps larger tutorials). - one of my 'goals' within Red Hat is to document 3 open source writing tools. Perhaps I could somehow combine that with a project for Fedora. I'd like to think I have good computer skills. I have been using Linux for 4-5 years (started with Red Hat 9, have played with SuSE, Debian, Slackware) with my main distributions being Ubuntu and Fedora (currently learning RHEL 5). My main interest is Linux, networking and security. After finishing school I worked in 7 schools doing network support. That was for 9 months, then for 1 year I worked as a network administrator where I was contracted out to 6-7 corporate customers. Then I scored my dream job in open source, which is why I'm here now. In my spare time I have no life to speak of so I try to fill the void with work or study (usually networking, but now leaning more towards anything Linux) :) It would be a lie to say I'm a great writer, in fact before I joined Red Hat I really had no writing experience at all (well I still don't ;)). I wrote a fairly long paper on DNS and BIND, but that is about it. I was hoping I would be able to learn more at Red Hat, improve my writing, and then be able to contribute back into the community - hopefully there is a place for me here! If there is anything else anyone would like to know, please don't hesitate to ask. Kind Regards, Murray. ------------------- pub 1024D/81B3FDEB 2007-09-19 [expires: 2008-09-18] Key fingerprint = 4ED9 9907 5BF0 4132 2B46 20D1 C0C6 362D 81B3 FDEB uid Murray McAllister (Fedora Docs Project / mdious) <murray.mcallister(a)gmail.com> sub 2048g/B04CFA0C 2007-09-19 [expires: 2008-09-18]

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Release Notes for F8 - first POT drop
by Paul W. Frields 20 Sep '07

20 Sep '07

Greetings L10N folk! Due to scarce personnel resources we are running a couple of days behind our schedule[1] for the Docs Project. However, I am getting the Release Notes ready for a POT drop today. Although the schedule currently has a "deadline" of 23 September, we will be extending this until about 26 September (2007-09-26). However, please keep in mind that your team does *NOT* need to complete ALL work by that date. Due to last-minute bug fixes and other errata, you can expect a few string changes over the next few weeks, although we will strive to keep them to an absolute minimum. You will need to complete all work by the listed date of 21 October (2007-10-21), subject to change if there are slips affecting the overall release schedule[2]. In the past we have included only finished release notes in the test3 release of Fedora, but that will NOT be the case for F8 test3. Any team that works on their release notes translation will have their work included in F8 test3. We would still like to include only finished translations in the final version to emphasize the professional polish of the distribution, but since I now have greater access to the fedora-release-notes package in the distribution, we will be more able to bring an update package into Fedora 8 during its cycle if additional languages are finished by some deadline date on which we can jointly agree. Reminder: the full fedora-release-notes package includes material from the following modules: * release-notes * homepage * about-fedora <-- (Almost no changes since F7) * readme * readme-live-image * readme-burning-isos <-- (Almost no changes since F7) For the best locale representation, make sure you visit each of these modules for updates. Also, please remember to check that the po/LINGUAS file in each module is updated to include your locale, so it will be built by our tools! Thanks to everyone for your great work, it's a pleasure to work with you. If you have any problems, please contact us at fedora-docs-list. = = = [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject/Schedule [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Schedule -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PaulWFrields irc.freenode.net: stickster @ #fedora-docs, #fedora-devel, #fredlug

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