We are not discouraging anyone, just trying to focus in some goals.
On 07/31/2014 10:34 PM, Randall wrote: > Marketing, having fun, and building interest in Ubuntu is within scope. > The wiki needs an update. > > If we are discouraging people from running Global Jams to do that, then > we are excluding some communities. > > Cheers > Randall > > On July 31, 2014 8:31:02 PM PDT, "José Antonio Rey" <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > According to the wiki, Global Jams are opportunities where people get > together around a weekend to work together to improve Ubuntu. Of course, > this can involve an Ubuntu Hour done afterwards, but specifically the > term Global Jam is used for the dates where people unite to contribute. > This is why this topic is brought to the table. > > On 07/31/2014 10:27 PM, Randall wrote: > > And one just to gather people that simply love Ubuntu. There is > no rule > that Ubuntu Global Jams must include work items. > > Just sayin... > > > > On July 31, 2014 8:25:03 PM PDT, "José Antonio Rey" > <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > Then, it would probably be a good idea to analyze if it's worth > having > two global jams per cycle - one for packaging/design stuff, and > other > one for docs/translations. > > On 07/31/2014 10:22 PM, Michael Hall wrote: > > > On 07/31/2014 11:16 PM, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:39 PM, José Antonio Rey > <j...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > > I would be for doing it on the week of the 4th > September. That way, if > someone cannot finish something (as an example, in the > documentation), > they will have more time to finish. I am saying this > because most of the > contributions are to the docs, and the dates you are > proposing are just > one week before doc freeze. Any other ideas? > > > I think the proposed dates are alright, and September 5-7 > would be ok > too (Labor day in US is Sept 1, so no conflict there), but > I'd really > rather see these Jams planned further ahead in general (too > late for > this cycle). Daniel's proposed date is after both Feature and UI > Freeze, making packaging jams and anything related to design > not very > useful if someone wants to contribute to this release - and > having a > package sit in a queue until the next release opens is > really no fun. > Doing it earlier in the cycle would still allow for great > Testing and > Bug jams, and squeeze packaging back in. > > > > We went back and forth on this. Having the jam earlier allows > bug fixes > and package updates, but it doesn't make sense for translations > or even > a lot of docs (screenshots) if it's before UI Freeze. There are some > things that must be done earlier in the cycle, and some that must be > done later, so no single date would allow for everything. > > While the Docs team does appreciate having the Jam before > freeze this > time (thank you!), it does mean they only have a week to > review the > merge proposals before freeze, putting a bit of pressure on > reviewing > these in addition to any other last minute things that need > to be > (re)written. > > > > > Michael Hall > mhall...@ubuntu.com > > > > > -- José Antonio Rey -- loco-contacts mailing list loco-contacts@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
