Is Docs interested in becoming part of a new "Fedora Outreach Steering Committee"?
Matthew Miller
mattdm at fedoraproject.org
Tue Oct 28 12:26:42 UTC 2014
On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 12:21:31AM -0600, Pete Travis wrote:
> As to where Docs will fall, I'm torn. I think that we most need to
> improve on collaboration with development and QA, with a feedback loop
> from those groups enabling us to be more proactive in producing
> up-to-date content. I see Docs as providing a service to packagers and
> developers, and a value-add for end users. Some kids like to build
> their legos according to the instructions! (If I'm off message here,
> someone please check me!) OTOH, Docs concerns don't quite fit well in
> the planning stages of an Engineering discussion, and I worry that our
> message would get drowned out in that context.
Yeah, makes sense. I don't think it necessarily needs to be an
either-or — the intent certainly isn't to create _bigger_ splits in
the project.
> Of course, we could collaborate with QA & Devel as part of the Outreach
> group too. Keeping pace with user demand is potentially more important
> than tracking the updates repo, and maybe we can improve more by
> increasing our feedback from users, reaching out to them for input, and
> creating opportunities for casual participation. Definitively, we are
This sounds convincing, though. :)
> Anyway, I hope there's enough in my rambling to keep the discussion
> going, and everyone involved is conscious of the potential for siloing
> of Outreach and Engineering efforts.
In the ideal picture, having some teams which are primarily in one area
but have a foot in the other should help bridge the two.
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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader
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