<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hello, though my knowledge on the list of 'skills' you mentioned is limited on the first and partially second item I think I would be interested in learning something more. Happy to help. Regards Dimitri <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ---- From: Paul W. Frields <stickster@gmail.com> To: Fedora Documentation Project <fedora-docs-list@redhat.com> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:40:51 PM Subject: DocBook XML rises from the ashes! <div>Hi gang, It has become apparent over the last few months that having only a couple of people with DocBook XML and CVS skills is a bit of a hampering factor for the Docs Project. This is completely independent of Wiki use, and whether we have wiki docs or not, we will *always* need some people with these skills, more than we have right now for sure. I raised this issue in Tuesday's meeting and wanted to follow up with a proposal. We need at least four volunteers to step up to learn these technologies, only to the extent needed to accomplish the following goals: 1. Understand how to check out document modules from our source code management (SCM) system -- currently CVS. 2. Build documents that are already written and edited, and report problems fully if unsuccessful. 3. Understand how to make changes as directed and commit them to the SCM. 4. Understand how to publish documents to the web site. (Currently this is fedora.redhat.com/docs, but we will track changes as needed.) We need to agree on a way to train in these technologies. I think IRC meetings would suffice, but we will need to agree on a date and time. We can use other technologies on an "as needed" basis, such as gobby. I can promise people that the training will be virtually painless and will require *NO prior experience* with any markup language, shell scripting or programming language, although if you've ever hit "View Source" in your Firefox browser, that's a plus. (You don't have to understand what you saw, but the fact that you cared shows a lot of promise.) :-) I can also promise you that anyone can learn this stuff, especially anyone who already knows how to install and use Fedora. In fact, I didn't know any of it until I got here in 2003. (And some would probably say that I only know enough to be dangerous now.) Please step up -- we need YOU! -- Paul W. Frields, RHCE <a target="_blank" href="http://paul.frields.org/">http://paul.frields.org/</a> gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 Fedora Project Board: <a target="_blank" href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board</a> Fedora Docs Project: <a target="_blank" href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject">http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/DocsProject</a> </div><div>-- fedora-docs-list mailing list fedora-docs-list@redhat.com To unsubscribe: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-docs-list</a></div></div> </div></div> <hr size=1>Everyone is raving about <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=45083/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta">the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.</a></body></html>