Hi folks,
We have a few folks on the mailing list now. Since no one's emailed yet, I thought I'd start ;)
I'm Ankur (My fedora user page is in my signature below). If you've joined the mailing list, you already know what its purpose is. If you aren't already a fedora contributor, ask away and we'll get your started!
Please spread the word. If you run into anyone looking to work, learn and have fun at the same time, please point them to the SIG. We'll help them get started.
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Ankur Sinha sanjay.ankur@gmail.com wrote:
Hi folks,
Hi Ankur and everyone here!
My name is Verónica and I'm from Quito, Ecuador. In computing, I'm interested in parallel programming, HPC and scientific computing.
While I've worked on Unix systems for the last few years, I've only recently started to learn more about system administration (on RHEL). I would like to contribute to one of these projects or (a combination of them): Packaging, Infrastructure, SciTechSIG, Testing. Any advice on which one would be the best place to start?
Best, Verónica (IRC: verolero)
On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 08:43 -0400, Vero Vergara wrote:
Hi Ankur and everyone here!
Hi Veronica!
My name is Verónica and I'm from Quito, Ecuador. In computing, I'm interested in parallel programming, HPC and scientific computing.
Great! :D
While I've worked on Unix systems for the last few years, I've only recently started to learn more about system administration (on RHEL). I would like to contribute to one of these projects or (a combination of them): Packaging, Infrastructure, SciTechSIG, Testing. Any advice on which one would be the best place to start?
I personally think testing is the simplest to start with. (Not because it's simple: it has complex tasks too.) Rather, testing has a wider scope. Just enabling the updates-testing repository and giving karma[1][2][3] to packages is testing too.
Packaging and infra generally have a steeper learning curve. Since you've begun learning administration, you would already know some of what may be required at infra. Give them a shout, get started[4]? They might have work for you right away!
If you're interested in packaging too, I'd suggest a font package[5]. Font packages generally don't require any building/compiling from source. They're more about placing files in the correct locations. So, while working on fonts, you learn the "spec" in detail, but you don't need to learn various build systems at the same time (autotools, cmake, qmake etc.). You can concentrate on the rpm side of packaging and learn the work flow: review submission, review, the SCM, updates etc. If you're feeling confident, you can start with a non-font package too. (We have a wish-list here[6]). To get sponsored as a packager, you need to convince a sponsor that you've understood the fedora packaging system, or co-maintain a package[7].
The SciTech SIG will cover more than one area,i.e., it'll be a combination of packaging, testing, infra, design even. I see they have some open tasks here[8]: most seem to be packaging tasks. You can start with one if their packages if you want.
I hope the number of links I've given below doesn't scare you :P Just pick one and start XD!
Needless to say, if you have any trouble with whatever you choose as your starting point, ASK!
All the best!:D
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_test_updates [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Updates_Testing [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Font_package_lifecycle [6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist [7] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group [8] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/SciTech
On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Ankur Sinha sanjay.ankur@gmail.com wrote:
Needless to say, if you have any trouble with whatever you choose as your starting point, ASK!
Will do! :o)
And thanks for all the info! I'm leaning more towards starting with packaging now. I'm familiar with a few of the applications in the SciTechSIG wish list you pointed out, and also want to look a bit more into some of the cluster related applications in the general wish list.
I'll probably have more questions once I give packaging a try!
Best, Verónica (IRC: verolero)
I am a senior and a linux user since 2004. I have found that many times, there was great software, but very poor to non existent documentation.
Where I see my contribution would be in writing and correcting documentation in English and French.
Living in Quebec Canada and am bilingual with English, French, some Spanish and in software with C, C++, Pascal, some Assembly languages and some scripting languages.
I also like APL, which none of you have probably never knew existed.
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--- On Fri, 6/29/12, Ankur Sinha sanjay.ankur@gmail.com wrote:
From: Ankur Sinha sanjay.ankur@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Fedora-join] Hello world! To: fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org Date: Friday, June 29, 2012, 9:28 AM
On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 08:43 -0400, Vero Vergara wrote:
Hi Ankur and everyone here!
Hi Veronica!
My name is Verónica and I'm from Quito, Ecuador. In computing, I'm interested in parallel programming, HPC and scientific computing.
Great! :D
While I've worked on Unix systems for the last few years, I've only recently started to learn more about system administration (on RHEL). I would like to contribute to one of these projects or (a combination of them): Packaging, Infrastructure, SciTechSIG, Testing. Any advice on which one would be the best place to start?
I personally think testing is the simplest to start with. (Not because it's simple: it has complex tasks too.) Rather, testing has a wider scope. Just enabling the updates-testing repository and giving karma[1][2][3] to packages is testing too.
Packaging and infra generally have a steeper learning curve. Since you've begun learning administration, you would already know some of what may be required at infra. Give them a shout, get started[4]? They might have work for you right away!
If you're interested in packaging too, I'd suggest a font package[5]. Font packages generally don't require any building/compiling from source. They're more about placing files in the correct locations. So, while working on fonts, you learn the "spec" in detail, but you don't need to learn various build systems at the same time (autotools, cmake, qmake etc.). You can concentrate on the rpm side of packaging and learn the work flow: review submission, review, the SCM, updates etc. If you're feeling confident, you can start with a non-font package too. (We have a wish-list here[6]). To get sponsored as a packager, you need to convince a sponsor that you've understood the fedora packaging system, or co-maintain a package[7].
The SciTech SIG will cover more than one area,i.e., it'll be a combination of packaging, testing, infra, design even. I see they have some open tasks here[8]: most seem to be packaging tasks. You can start with one if their packages if you want.
I hope the number of links I've given below doesn't scare you :P Just pick one and start XD!
Needless to say, if you have any trouble with whatever you choose as your starting point, ASK!
All the best!:D
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_test_updates [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Updates_Testing [3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/GettingStarted [5] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Font_package_lifecycle [6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_maintainers_wishlist [7] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group [8] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/SciTech
On Fri, 2012-07-06 at 06:21 -0700, Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
I am a senior and a linux user since 2004. I have found that many times, there was great software, but very poor to non existent documentation.
Where I see my contribution would be in writing and correcting documentation in English and French.
Living in Quebec Canada and am bilingual with English, French, some Spanish and in software with C, C++, Pascal, some Assembly languages and some scripting languages.
I also like APL, which none of you have probably never knew existed.
Hello Leslie,
The Fedora documentation team is always looking for more hands to help out. This page will get you started:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs_Project
fedora-join@lists.fedoraproject.org
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