FUDCON Malaysia Docs Hackfest

[Martin Prpic]

Christopher,

I'll make sure the SELinux Guide is released for Fedora 17! And I'll be 
eagerly awaiting any kind of feedback once it's out ;)

Martin

On 04/20/2012 07:13 AM, Christopher R. Antila wrote:
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> Personally, I would appreciate a renewed "Security-Enhanced Linux:
> User Guide," which hasn't been published since Fedora 13.
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> Christopher.
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> On 04/20/2012 12:31 AM, Joshua J Wulf wrote:
>> On 04/20/2012 02:17 PM, Christopher R. Antila wrote: Hi:
>>
>> I won't be at the FUDCon Malaysia, but this sounds like a VERY
>> GOOD IDEA!!!
>>
>> What about mass editing at future FUDCons? We have lots of Guides
>> at various states of being out-dated, and we could really improve
>> the state of the documentation simply by publishing all of what we
>> already have.
>>> I'll trial it at this FUDCON and if it's successful we can do it
>>> at future ones. A "book per FUDCON" would rock. The new tool* is
>>> all about breaking down large documentation projects into
>>> microtasks that can be completed in parallel, so it's a good use
>>> case.
>>
>>> The resulting doc will still require an editor, obviously; but
>>> it's a good way to harness the critical mass of a FUDCON.
>>
>>
>>> What current or potential docs could do with the love this time
>>> round?
>>
>>> - Josh
>>
>>> * We're still looking for a name - suggestions welcome!
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789243
>>
>>
>>
>> Christopher.
>>
>> On 04/19/2012 08:03 PM, Joshua Wulf wrote:
>>>>> I have an idea for an interesting technological and social
>>>>> experiment around docs for the Malaysia FUDCON.
>>>>>
>>>>> We have a topic-based authoring tool that we're using to
>>>>> develop documentation inside Red Hat at the moment, called
>>>>> Topika.
>>>>>
>>>>> Last year I sponsored an intern project to integrate it with
>>>>> FAS, so it has a FAS authentication module.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can spin up an instance in OpenShift or EC2 with FAS auth,
>>>>> we can choose a book that we'd like to see for Fedora, and
>>>>> one that matches the prevalent area of interest / expertise
>>>>> of the attendees of the FUDCON.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then I can design the topic map for the book.
>>>>>
>>>>> Then at the FUDCON we work with the organisers to make it a
>>>>> feature of the FUDCON that we will crowdsource the book in
>>>>> the three days of the FUDCON. Every attendee can log into the
>>>>> Topika instance with their FAS account, and write one (1)
>>>>> topic, using the supplied template.
>>>>>
>>>>> We'll rebuild the book every five minutes on a stage so that
>>>>> attendees can view the progress.
>>>>>
>>>>> If it works, then it could a viable way to get a book per
>>>>> FUDCON.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do you think?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Josh
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua J Wulf"
>>>>> <jwulf at redhat.com>   To: docs at lists.fedoraproject.org Sent:
>>>>> Thursday, April 19, 2012 10:48:27 AM Subject: FUDCON Malaysia
>>>>> Docs Hackfest
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey, anyone in docs going to FUDCON in Malaysia?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone docs hackfest organised for it?
>>>>>
>>>>> - Josh
>>
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Martin Prpič
Technical Writer | Red Hat, Inc.
Brno, Czech Republic