Kubuntu Council -- how can we help?
Scarlett Clark
scarlett.gately.clark at gmail.com
Mon Dec 28 22:12:12 UTC 2015
Oh for gosh darn sakes, can I not have a break and not get messages like
these to make me feel guilty? I am seriously on the verge of burnout.
Holidays is all I asked for. It is not too much for an unpaid volunteer to
ask for. Really.
Scarlett
On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Ovidiu-Florin BOGDAN <ovidiu.b13 at gmail.com
> wrote:
> În ziua de Sunday 27 December 2015, la 22:46:59, Valorie Zimmerman a scris:
>
> > Hello folks, I know it's the holidays. Still, we need some forward
>
> > movement. It seem that it is the duty of your Council to help out.
>
> >
>
> > Recently I've noticed rather often in #kubuntu people asking why the
>
> > only news on the website is Jon leaving. I've explained that he's not
>
> > leaving, merely stepping back from his positiuon as release manager,
>
> > but the questions continue. Clivejo recently point this out in
>
> > #kubuntu-devel, and said: "I do think the KCC need to take the lead :P
>
> > "
>
> >
>
> > Continuing, "if someone shows an interest, net them quickly and get
>
> > them communicating with the people who can help develop the skills
>
> > <clivejo> people look at the website and see no activity since Jon
>
> > "stood" down. New people just see that as a community falling apart
>
> > :( "
>
> >
>
> > I agree, and we all need to take the lead. As I see it, our first
>
> > priority is to get those packaging docs in order. When new people
>
> > volunteer, we need something to point them to, when there is no
>
> > developer around to take their hand directly. And whenever they have
>
> > time, they can use the docs for review, or learn about a different
>
> > task, or even improve on what we have. I believe that a group is
>
> > coalescing to begin this work. How can the KC help?
>
> >
>
> > Caydoh asked, "Is there a way to post an article announcement for the
>
> > last plasma release we had, or announcing kubuntu podcast epsisodes?
>
> > Surely there is some things we can post on the site to show something
>
> > is going on without having to explain and/or apologize for delays."
>
> >
>
> > I agree. We need to get some news on the site weekly, at least. Even
>
> > just a few sentences pointing to a Dot story. Who does this now, and
>
> > how can the KC help?
>
> >
>
> > Caydoh also asks "With the very short turnarounds in plasma version
>
> > releases, let alone Frameworks and Applications, how should we manage
>
> > those?"
>
> >
>
> > I would love to see us start off the new year in a positive way. What
>
> > are some steps we can take to begin?
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> >
>
> > Valorie
>
> >
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> >
>
>
>
> I just went through the documentation we have for packaging:
> https://community.kde.org/Kubuntu#Packaging and I'm sad to say that (I
> think) we don't have packaging documentation. We can barely call that an
> outline. Barely!
>
> If there's some docs elsewhere, please let me know, so we may try to merge
> them.
>
>
>
> I've talked with Philip, Clive, and Aaron to have a sprint in 28-30 Dec.
> 2015 and clean this up.
>
> So far we've made this:
> https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SoO83PepBkU_kkbLL2eIeVDYYDzv6OEA1npVoCp7wHo
>
> It's just a crude overview of how things interact with each other. Please
> provide feedback.
>
>
>
> From here we plan to make other diagrams and texts that explain each
> section in more detail. But...
>
>
>
> The biggest problem is... time and resources. I mean, it's the holidays,
> and (from what I can understand) only Philip and Scarlett know what's
> actually going on here. Me and Clive are desperatly trying to understand
> how things are going and work on something but we need help.
>
>
>
> This situation is getting very frustating to all of us. I recommend that
> we have a meeting as soon as possible with the KC and some devs/packagers
> and talk about how we can sort this out best.
>
> I'd love to do this before the new year's eve, so we may progress with
> work, so we have some good/great news on the podcast in the 6th of January.
>
>
> --
>
> Ovidiu-Florin Bogdan
>
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>
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>
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