fedora-join September 2019

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Re: Fedora Join SIG
by sanjayankur 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

Hi Prashant, On Sun, Sep 22, 2019 16:10:57 +0530, Prasahant Kumar wrote: > I applied for becoming Fedora Ambassador, I am first year student at Institute > of Engineering & Technology, Dr BR Amedkar University(formerly Agra University) > and would like to spread awareness about fedora project. That's a good way to contribute. The Ambassadors programme is currently undergoing some restructuring, so the sponsorship process etc. is not really active there. > I can't edit my wiki page since it says "cla+1" and can't even login > and was told to join Fedora join SIG on #fedora-india. Yes---unfortunately we got far too much spam on the wiki and had to resort to this to keep it in check. Ah, what they meant in #fedora-india was to get in touch with the Join SIG, not join it. The Join SIG is working on a new process for newcomers. It'll be up in a week or two. You can read about it here: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/fedora-join@lists.fedoraproje… If you can please subscribe to the mailing list also and introduce yourself there, we can help you get started with whatever you'd like to do in Fedora. Before I finish, a few points to note: - You do not need to be in any FAS groups to be able to speak about Fedora or Free/Open Source philosophy. You don't need to be an Ambassador either. - Next, Ambassadors specifically are seasoned contributors who have worked in different parts of Fedora and know enough to be able to go and speak about Fedora---not just spread the word about the OS but actually speak about what is going on *inside* Fedora: what is new, what processes are changing, what new software are we looking at, and so on. So, before applying to be an Ambassador, we strongly suggest that people work in the community for a bit to learn what is going on. So, what I would suggest is that you subscribe to a few mailing lists (the Join SIG mailing list first if you're unsure of which ones to join), see what is going on, talk to people and get to know the community first. There's plenty of time to go attend events and spread the word. :) -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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A new people-centric model to help newcomers join the community
by ankursinha 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

Hello, Currently, when newcomers come to Fedora and look to join the project, we have a task-oriented system. We tend to say "Find something to do, get started---ask for help when you need to!" Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't. It's a passive, task oriented model. Some tasks require newcomers to learn quite a few tools and skills. While newcomers do meet other Fedora contributors, the focus here is on using the task to become a part of Fedora. We thought we could try a new people-centric approach. Fedora is not the OS. Fedora is the people. The OS and all the cool deliverables we produce are merely means to achieve our goal---promoting Free and Open Source Software. So, in this new system, when newcomers come to Fedora, we try to get them to meet the people first. Once they've met the people and become part of the Fedora community, we help them learn the skills and contribute to our deliverables. We discussed this with the Mindshare team and got positive feedback so we're now putting this in motion: https://pagure.io/mindshare/issue/147 Here are the implementation details: - Newcomers will be directed to a page like this: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Welcome - We'll encourage them to come and speak to people in the Fedora-Join channels. - We'll help them create an FAS account if they don't have one yet. - We'll file a ticket for them here: https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Welcome-to-Fedora - We'll help them explore Fedora, learn what tools and processes we use. - If needed, we'll add them to a FAS group temporarily so that they can edit the wiki etc. - We'll keep in touch with them regularly using the ticket to see where we can help. The final idea is that over time as they get comfortable with the people, and infrastructure that we use, they will find something that interests them and also contribute to our goal. The system will not be perfect right from the start---we'll keep tweaking it as we go. Feedback is welcome. If you want to help, please reply to this e-mail and we'll find you something to do ;) Tickets filed for this: - https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Fedora-Join/issue/160 - https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Fedora-Join/issue/161 - https://pagure.io/fedora-join/Fedora-Join/issue/162 -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Help test the upgrade to Fedora 31: Upgrade Test Day is underway
by Ankur Sinha 23 Sep '19

23 Sep '19

I've already upgraded to F31 and it went flawlessly, but we'll be more confident of the upgrade if it's tested by more people. If you are on Fedora 29/Fedora 30, please consider testing the upgrade. ----- Forwarded message from Sumantro Mukherjee <sumukher(a)redhat.com> ----- > <snip> > Subject: Fedora 31 Upgrade Test Day is underway > > Hey! > > Today is Fedora 31 Upgrade Test Day, as we are nearing the release, > you can help us by testing if everything upgrades successfully from > Fedora 29 and Fedora 30 over to Fedora 31. All you need is are images > and instructions laid down on the wiki page[0]. > > As usual, we have it on #fedora-test-day on Freenode > > [0] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2019-09-23_F31_Upgrade_Test_Day > > -- > //sumantro > Fedora QE > [Logo_fedoral]TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED > _______________________________________________ > test mailing list -- test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Re: Fedora Join SIG
by ankursinha 22 Sep '19

22 Sep '19

On Sat, Sep 21, 2019 23:55:31 +0530, Prasahant Kumar wrote: > Hello there, Hi Prashant, (CC'd join-SIG mailing list---please subscribe to the list and reply there so everyone can participate) > I would like join Fedora Join SIG group, my account name is itsundef. Thanks for your e-mail---that's great to hear. The Join SIG FAS group is specifically meant for seasoned community volunteers who can help new contributors learn and so become part of the Fedora community. From your account information, I see that you are relatively new and not part of any Fedora SIGs/teams at the moment. So, you don't quite fit the role just yet. What would your interests be---how can we help you become an integral part of the Fedora community? :) -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Help test the shiny new version of Gnome! Gnome 3.34 Test Day is underway!
by Ankur Sinha 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

The new version of Gnome is being tested out for those who may be interested. Please look at the e-mail below: ----- Forwarded message from Sumantro Mukherjee <sumukher(a)redhat.com> ----- > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 12:34:14 +0530 > From: Sumantro Mukherjee <sumukher(a)redhat.com> > To: test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, test-announce(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: [Test Day] Gnome 3.34 Test Day is underway! > > Hola! > > A gentle reminder, Gnome 3.34 Test Day is underway. > we try to make sure that all the gnome features > are performing as they should and then file bugs well ahead of time. > > We need to ensure it's working well enough and catch any remaining issues. > It's also pretty easy to join in: all you'll need is Test Day image (which you > can grab from the wiki page[0]). > > As always, the event will be in #fedora-test-day on Freenode IRC. > > [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2019-09-18_Gnome_3.34_Test_Day > > -- > //sumantro > Fedora QE > [Logo_fedoral]TRIED AND PERSONALLY TESTED, ERGO TRUSTED > _______________________________________________ > test mailing list -- test(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to test-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test@lists.fedoraproject.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Get started with writing Fedora documentation: help with the F31 release notes!
by Ankur Sinha 18 Sep '19

18 Sep '19

----- Forwarded message from Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> ----- > Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 09:45:31 +0200 > From: Petr Bokoc <pbokoc(a)redhat.com> > To: For participants of the Documentation Project <docs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> > Subject: Fedora 31 Release Notes season is open! > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.7.0 > > Hi everyone, > > Fedora 31 Beta is out[0] (yay!), and so it's time for us to get working > on F31 Release Notes. > > As usual, we aim to cover notable Changes[1]. Ben Cotton has been > tracking those in our release-notes issues for us, which allows us to > grab a list of everything that needs to be documented[2]. > > Branch f31 is ready for your pull requests. > > = What to do > > 1. Pick one or more issues in the list linked above. > > 2. Open each issue you picked, and click the Take button on the right to > claim it. (If you claim an issue but later find out you don't have time > to write about it, remove yourself from the issue ASAP so others can see > it's free and take it!) Note that the Take button previously wasn't > visible to people outside the fedora-docs group on pagure and I had no > idea; it should work for everyone now :). > > 3. Find some information about the issue. A lot of them have plenty of > info in them already; if not, find out who's responsible for the change, > and talk to them on IRC or via mail. Of course it's always better if you > try to do research before you ask questions. Note that you might not > always be able to reach the owner in a reasonable timeframe; in that > case just do your best, I'll be reviewing PRs, so if we publish > something wrong, it's on me. > > 4. Write a release note about the issue. If you're not sure how exactly > a release note looks, check out some of the previous releases for > inspiration. We don't want any long, overly technical texts, the release > notes are meant to highlight changes, not to tell people how to use > something. > > 5. Now the workflow diverges based on your permissions and technical > skills: > > 5a. If you know how to use git and asciidoc, we'd appreciate if you > wrote up the release note and sent a pull request[3] against the main > repo, branch "f31". Your contributions should go into one of the files > in "modules/release-notes/pages/", which one exactly depends on the > contents of the change you're documenting. Use the "build.sh" and > "preview.sh" scripts in the repository root to preview your changes > locally; see the repository README for specific instructions. If you > can't see the section where you added your contributions at all, make > sure it's included in "modules/release-notes/nav.adoc". > > 5b. If the above sounds like gibberish to you, it's fine: just add a > comment with your text into the issue, and ping me on IRC/Telegram or > through e-mail; I'll mark it up for you and make sure your contribution > appears in the final document. > > If anyone has any questions, go ahead and ask either here on the list or > on IRC, I'm happy to help. The current schedule shows the preferred > final release target on October 22, which gives us 5 weeks to do this. > The release date may slip, but don't count on it. > > Happy writing! > > Petr > > [0] https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-the-release-of-fedora-31-beta/ > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/31/ChangeSet > [2] > https://pagure.io/fedora-docs/release-notes/issues?status=Open&search_patte… > [3] https://docs.pagure.org/pagure/usage/pull_requests.html > _______________________________________________ > docs mailing list -- docs(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to docs-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/docs@lists.fedoraproject.org ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Friday with Infra: learn the web technologies that our infrastructure uses, and help keep them running
by Ankur Sinha 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Hello! Here's another note that some may find interesting: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/friday-with-infra/ You will meet the infrastructure team online, discuss and learn how these tools work. The idea is that you'll learn enough to "own" the tools and run then for the community!! -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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Help test the upgrade path to F32
by Ankur Sinha 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

Hello! There's been a request to help test the upgrade path to Fedora 32, now that it's gone beta. Please take a look at this thread on the -devel list and participate: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org… It does *not* require you to upgrade. Simply run the command, see if it reports conflicts. -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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[Fwd] [Design-team] Badges virtual hackfest
by Ankur Sinha 12 Sep '19

12 Sep '19

Hello, Another great opportunity to get involved in Fedora: badges! https://badges.fedoraproject.org/ The IRC channels are: #fedora-design and #fedora-badges. More information on using IRC can be found here: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/IRC?rd=Irc If you have any questions, please reply to this thread :) ----- Begin forwarded message ----- On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 6:43 AM Marie Nordin <> wrote: Hi everybody! This weekend I will be running a badges virtual hackfest. We can use as much help as possible! I will be hanging out in the design and badges irc to help give direction. We have multiple things to work on including: - badge design - ticket triage - updating style guide - revising current badges that are incorrectly sized or could use some love - brainstorming - review and update wiki if needed - review and update docs page if needed I will be around roughly during the following times, and you’re welcome to message me on telegram as well :) Friday 7PM-?? EST Saturday 10AM-?? EST If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or reply to this email. Hope to see you there! - riecatnor ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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[Fwd] [Fedocal, Nuancier] looking for new maintainers
by Ankur Sinha 11 Sep '19

11 Sep '19

Hell everyone! This is an excellent opportunity to learn so many great skills and contribute to the community at the same time! ----- Forwarded message from Michal Konecny <mkonecny(a)redhat.com> ----- > Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 13:25:59 +0200 > From: Michal Konecny <mkonecny(a)redhat.com> > To: design-team(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, infrastructure(a)lists.fedoraproject.org, devel(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Subject: [Fedocal, Nuancier] looking for new maintainers > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.8.0 > > Hi everybody, > > we are currently looking for community members, which will be willing to > take ownership of Fedocal and Nuancier. To see our reasons for this look > at Fedora community blog article [0]. > > These two applications are part of the Friday with Infra initiative [1], > so you can see what needs to be done for each of these applications. We > are happy to help with those tasks, just let us know how we could help. > > What ownership means: > - you will be responsible for codebase (looking for app lifecycle, fixing > bugs, implementing features) > - you will be admin of the communishift instance (managing openshift > playbooks, maintaining running pods, deployment of new versions) > > What rewards do you get: > - Learning useful and marketable programming skills (ansible, python, > PostgreSQL) > - Learn how to write, deploy and manage applications in OpenShift! > - Making significant contributions to the Fedora Project community (and > often others) > - Good feeling for helping Fedora community and Open source world > - A warm glow of accomplishment > > On behalf of CPE Team, > Michal > IRC: mkonecny > FAS: zlopez > > [0] - https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/application-service-categories-and-… > [1] - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure_2020/Friday_with_Infra > _______________________________________________ > infrastructure mailing list -- infrastructure(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to infrastructure-leave(a)lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/infrastructure@lists.fedorapr… ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Thanks, Regards, Ankur Sinha "FranciscoD" (He / Him / His) | https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Ankursinha Time zone: Europe/London

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