On 12/06/2016 01:13 PM, hellekin wrote: > On 11/15/2016 08:43 AM, hellekin wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> for the third moment of its research-action vector on SMALL >> SINGULARITIES, Dyne:β×λ is organizing a documentation sprint for Devuan >> in December in Brussels. >> >> https://bxl.dyne.org/vectors/small-singularities >> >> This docsprint aims to produce an introductory booklet for Devuan users >> and the community, in English and hopefully other languages (e.g., French). >> >
Got news from the printer's: the books are being finalized and packaged, so everything is on time! I'll post a picture as soon as I can. > to bring copies to the public event that is scheduled for > Wednesday, December 21st, 2016, from 16:00 to 19:00 at WTC Brussels in > partnership with F/LAT. (More on this later). > We made a an invitation to the event on the Dyne:β×λ list, with a small change: it will start an hour earlier, and will be followed in the evening by a Solstice party in the Jardins Navez where we started our research-action vector on Small Singularities 3 months ago: that's a nice circle closing. > > Information and updates at http://bxl.dyne.org/moments/three > For those who missed it: everything not in this message was put online there... Here's a bit more practical information about the docsprint. A dedicated team of volunteers who participated in https://talk.devuan.org/c/devuan/doc-wg made quite some progress on some aspects of the issue #143. As we were unable to bring people together physically since our budget was canceled, it's quite an achievement. Online coordination proved much slower, but as people picked up the tasks, they could get acquainted with the power of the platform to turn conversation into drafts and finally into shareable content. The first page that went online was an update of the list of Devuan blends (derivative works) at https://devuan.org/os/partners/devuan-distros, thanks to the fantastic work of Dev1fanboy (all times favorite Devuan cybrarian) and the people who made these distributions possible (special thanks to fsmithred for Refracta!) We decided that "How to become a Devuan maintainer?" was a wrong question (Centurion_Dan suggested that an action was more appropriate than a role) and so Dan and Dev1fanboy (again) worked on clarifying the processes of "How to Package for Devuan", which will appear shortly on the site. We hope this will start a new influx of contributors who will feel welcome to participate in Devuan without having to wait anymore for some authority to be bestowed on them :) One of my personal objectives for this docsprint was to revamp the Continuous Integration schema that illustrates how the development platform integrates Gitlab, Jenkins, and Amprolla. Doing so was much fun, and with the help of Centurion_Dan I think the result is one of the major improvements on the infrastructure documentation. I have a problem though: I don't know where to put it. So far it appears in the booklet and in the related talk.do topics. But it should go on the git.do somewhere and on devuan.org as well. A lot of pending work remains. You can see our working ground at https://talk.devuan.org/c/devuan/doc-wg that is now public for all to see. We could have achieved more, but I think the participants realized how much we can do together with this platform and the next one will be easier. But there's absolutely no need to wait for another docsprint to keep things rolling. Issue #143 is far from complete, and there are many ways to add a piece to the puzzle. * The finalized version of the booklet where you can read and comment lives at https://talk.devuan.org/t/software-freedom-your-way/592 If you prefer some fancy CSS and typography, try https://bxl.dyne.org/actions/software-freedom-your-way or download a PDF version at https://bxl.dyne.org/media/actions/3-software-freedom-your-way.pdf Dyne:β×λ heartily invite you to read the book and comment on it. It's a conversation starter, and a demonstration that the Devuan community is to be made by the community. Translators can get started with it (Aitor will coordinate Spanish, I will do French, Florian proposed to take German, and other translators can take it upon themselves to bring the Little Purpy Book to life in their culture.) There's an Easter egg in this book that only two people so far know about, and I'm pretty sure you will like it when you find it. Peel your eyes! The first person to post on DNG about it will receive a signed copy of the Little Purpy Book with a couple of Devuan stickers for bookmarks! Each docsprint participant should send me (privately) their postal address if they wish to receive a copy of the book as a humble present for their involvement. If you're interested in distributing more copies and help spread the word, you're welcome to send a message to petites-singulari...@lesoiseaux.io where we're coordinating bulk orders. I was quite surprised that not a single person decided to chime in and start watching issue #143. After two years of hard work to make participation something natural, I realize how this was a failure. I hope this experience, and the booklet that came out of it will highlight new perspectives on who, why, and how people can participate in Devuan to make it the universal base OS it aims to be. I'm very eager to read comments, suggestions, and criticism from the participants in this docsprint, to whom I cannot be grateful enough, for understanding and showing the path of participation and engagement. This was a hard time, and we went through it with strength and dignity. Congratulations to all who participated. == hk -- _ _ We are free to share code and we code to share freedom (_X_)yne Foundation, Free Culture Foundry * https://www.dyne.org/donate/ _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
