Continuing Packaging Guide Improvements
The Packaging Guide has seen a lot of changes and improvements of the past few cycles. Let's keep this momentum going and discuss next steps.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- None
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Andrew Starr-Bochicchio
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- None
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for quantal
- Implementation:
- Unknown
- Milestone target:
- ubuntu-12.10
- Started by
- Completed by
Whiteboard
Some topics for discussion/
- https:/
- Merging more wiki docs.
- Getting more contributors.
- User doc testing.
- Call for translations (We might need to define a release process/schedule so as to not break strings.)
- Getting feedback.
- User testing for events such as packaging jams (global jam)
- ask for feedback as part of initiatives
Milestones:
- udd docs update
- wiki merge
- proper user testing
- editorial review (reflow articles / presentation)
Wiki move process:
- have a look at the snippet
- see if it's in the new packaging guide already
- if not, integrate it
- see where it's referenced
- remove it and make sure we point to the new packaging guide piecenote
UDD docs:
- authorities on the subject: James W, Barry W, Jelmer V
- make sure that info is not dupped between UDD articles and others
Work Items
Work items for quantal-alpha-2:
[dholbach] reach out to UDD mailing list about reviewing udd docs: DONE
[dholbach] talk to David Planella about translating the packaging guide (so we can get it into the archive - bug 961936): DONE
Work items for ubuntu-
[dholbach] to clear out the old wiki docs, document the move process: TODO
[dholbach] announce wiki move project: TODO
[dholbach] document user testing process, so it can be used for bug fixing initiatives: TODO
[dholbach] ask for feedback about "things about ubuntu dev you want to hear in the first 5 minutes" (890580): DONE
[dholbach] prepare user testing for packaging jams: TODO
[dholbach] prepare docs user testing for Ubuntu Global Jam: POSTPONED
[dholbach] prepare user testing for packaging jams: TODO
[dholbach] announce docs user testing for Ubuntu Global Jam: POSTPONED
Work items:
[andrewsomething] Review and merge old wiki pages into packaging guide: INPROGRESS
[dholbach] Review and merge old wiki pages into packaging guide: TODO
[andrewsomething] file bug on SRU debdiff story: TODO
[dholbach] Review and merge old wiki pages into packaging guide: TODO
[barry] triage https:/
[andrewsomething] make sure that info is not dupped between UDD articles and others #942754 #973884: INPROGRESS
[andrewsomething] get packaging guide into the archive: DONE
[andrewsomething] debian/copyright review #996679: DONE
[andrewsomething] review and clean up unused css/theming #996682: DONE
[dholbach] clean up embeded js libs #980546: DONE
[mitya57] update PackagingGuide/
[mitya57] convert PackagingGuide/