Re: The great "kill-scrollkeeper-with-a-blunt-spoon" Proposal

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Thu, 2006-07-27 at 09:57 +0100, Don Scorgie wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, 2006-07-26 at 17:32 -0500, Zoran Rilak wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > suppose a programmer with no previous "formal" involvement in
> > GNOME/desktop development process wants to donate his time and efforts
> > in this project.  How would one go about that?
> 
> If you mean the theoretical scrollkeeper-replacement library (what the
> original email is about), its currently just an idea and now a proposal.
> There isn't anything done on it yet.  I literally just wrote the
> proposal.  For the moment, the best thing to do would be to review the
> attachment and figure out where exactly I've screwed up or missed things
> out, and anything else that might be useful to have.  If you're
> interested in helping out, please let me know and I'll keep you up to
> date with developments (although being subscribed to this list is
> probably enough)

I'd also recommend pointing your IRC client to irc.gnome.org
and joining the #docs channel.  Don, Brent, and I discuss a
lot of this stuff on IRC.  We try to keep the list informed
about important discussions, but we're not perfect.

There are a lot of fun things to do in the wonderful world of
documentation programming.  There's some cool stuff happening
inside of Yelp.  There's the ever-looming-never-quite-there
new documentation system.  There's Mallard, the help format
that will change your life and cure hiccups.

But wait!  There's more!

We need authoring tools and status checkers.  We need tools
to help our authors, editors, review teams, maintainers, and
distributors.  There are worlds of opportunities for hacking
here.

For the fun stuff, I can't just give you a simple TODO list.
The fun stuff involves talking to the right people, designing
the right ideas, and creating the right experience.  The fun
stuff is on the path non-yet-traveled.

--
Shaun