Re: GDP GNOME 2 release team minutes

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

<disclaimer>What follows are my own thoughts, not the point of view of
GDP, GNOME, or any other organization or person</disclaimer>



Let me answer some of this for John:

Choice of name ("GDP GNOME 2 Release Team") may be not the best. In
effect, this is the group of people who are actively involved in writing
and updating GNOME docs (yes, I am one of them). We do not have any
official status, charter, authority,  or anything. We decided to get
together on IRC to discuss the status of this update - what's wrong with
that? 

Do you actively update some of GNOME docs? Are you involved in GDP and
think it is  a mistake that you were not invited? Then, by all means,
let us know and next time join us. If not, then I do not quite see why
you are upset. As for instructions on joining GDP and selecting a
document to work on, they are posted on GDP web site, and many people do
follow them. Or one can send email to gnome-doc mailing list asking ofr
suggestins; such email are always answered. 

I could agree that maybe, this meeting  could be announced beforehand.
But this in no way justifies your language (like the word "clique" you
used), so right now I am considering to set my mail client to discard
any mail from you in the future. I expect many people would do the same.
Is this what you were trying to achieve? Or we could all calm down and
try talking like grown-ups, not like 14-year-olds. It is our choice. 

Sasha








On Mon, 2002-01-21 at 20:11, Kevin Conder wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Jan 2002 gnome-doc-list-request gnome org wrote:
> 
> > From: John Fleck <jfleck inkstain net>
> > 
> > Minutes of the GDP GNOME 2 Release Team, Jan. 19, 02
> 
> 	What is this team? How does one get on this team? Who are these
> people? What companies do they work for? Which tasks are they each
> responsible for?
> 
> 	Where did this meeting take place? Was this a face-to-face meeting
> or did it happen on the #docs IRC channel? How come no information (that I
> was aware of) about it was posted on developer.gnome.org?
> 
> > * Status of docs build and conversion to XML for the various packages
> > 
> >   - We're mostly nowhere here. gnome-utils has been converted,
> >     gnome-core is underway. Trevor said gnome-applets is under control
> >     and will be ready in time. No one has stepped forward to take
> >     charge of gnome-games.
> 
> 	How can we [people not at the meeting] know the current status of
> this conversion? CVS diffs? Or do you just communicate these matters to
> each other in clandestine meetings by word of mouth? 
> 
> 	Why don't you keep DocTable updated? Why don't you post status
> reports to developer.gnome.org more frequently? To someone not in your 
> clique, it's hard to understand what's going on. (Much less figure how to
> get involved.)
> 
> 
> -- Kevin Conder, kevin kevindumpscore com
> 
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