Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-28 Thread Anca Emanuel
For now Linaro is focused on Ubuntu and Android. Why not get some people from Gentoo, Arch, and Fedora/redhat to get something generic ? And some LAVA for all ? ___ linaro-dev mailing list linaro-dev@lists.linaro.org http://lists.linaro.org/mailman/list

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-28 Thread Ash Charles
Hello, > Part of the problem seems to be that we may not do a good job of > passing on the knowledge and understanding necessary to allow > users to help themselves. I don't know if you want user feedback on this thread but here goes... I started playing with Linaro about a year ago coming from an

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Andy Doan
On 09/27/2011 11:57 AM, Dave Martin wrote: > Hi all, > > Over recent months I've had a steady stream of comments from > external people trying to use the Linaro deliverables about the > difficulty of getting started, understanding what Linaro produces > and how to use it. > > > My experience wit

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Andy Doan
On 09/27/2011 01:19 PM, Fathi Boudra wrote: > On 27 September 2011 20:42, Tom Gall wrote: >> It's too bad our wiki pages don't have a feedback mechanism to allow >> people to comment on the quality of the information there, and post >> problems/issues/questions left unanswered that they need. > >

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Fathi Boudra
On 27 September 2011 20:42, Tom Gall wrote: > It's too bad our wiki pages don't have a feedback mechanism to allow > people to comment on the quality of the information there, and post > problems/issues/questions left unanswered that they need. You can fill bugs on linaro-documentation: https://l

Re: Making it easier for Linaro users to help themselves

2011-09-27 Thread Tom Gall
I think this would be worthwhile session. Coming from Gentoo, one thing we always put time into was our documentation. It was/is generally goal based and smoke tested. As an example, it's a worthwhile exercise to bring someone into the picture who is completely unfamiliar with your area. Give them