<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Woohoo! Thanks to everyone that came to the IRC meeting today. It was great to have so many folks working on this. We met on freenode's #drupal-docs channel for about 40 minutes to discuss the proposed outline for the new "Contributing to Drupal" section of the handbook. We tried to stay as focused on that as possible and tabled outside discussion. The entire transcript for the IRC session (unmodified) can be found at<br> <a href="http://pastebin.com/f683e0503">http://pastebin.com/f683e0503</a> (this pastebin is set to never expire.)<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>So here are the bullet points of what we did:</div><div><ul class="MailOutline"><li>I had my latest outline set up on google docs so everyone could see it and I could update it real-time. The google doc is here and publicly viewable:<br><a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9k2brz_8g7mtwwfk">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9k2brz_8g7mtwwfk</a> . If anyone on this list would like to be able to edit the doc, send me your google account email and I will send you an invite. You can catch me in IRC or send an email to me using my contact form either on d.o or my site: <a href="http://rocktreesky.com/contact">http://rocktreesky.com/contact</a></li><li>In the midst of our discussion some other topics came up. One of them that we would like to slate as related to the this, but its own beast, is the contribute and support landing pages. How do we funnel people to the right place and let support seekers know along the way that giving support is a great way to get it as well?</li><li>A particular issue outside of the outline itself was what to name it. There was definitely a feeling that "contributing" evoked different things for folks (coming from an outside/newbie perspective) and often not in line with what it really means to us within the community. Catch suggested "Getting the most out of Drupal" and that was well received. Other ideas and suggestions on this are welcome, as is the titling of the items within the outline (some definitely need work.)</li><li>The outline itself stayed largely intact with a touch of moving things and adding a few more items like Why get involved? and Abandoned modules.</li></ul></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>NEXT MEETING:</div><div>We're just getting started! Let's plan the next meeting so folks have some notice on it. We had pretty good turnout for 5pm EST but I know that doesn't work well for everyone (notably the Docs lead sepeck.) So meetings should preferably be 6pm PST (9pm EST) for a weekday or on the weekend. Weekend may be more flexible for more people so I'd like to propose we shoot for **Saturday, MARCH 29**. I want to set and announce the next meeting time by this coming Monday, March 24.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>NEXT STEPS:</div><div>For the Contributing section, let's flesh out the outline more so we can start building it next weekend. Once we have the outline, we need to:</div><div>1) determine what already exists and needs to be moved (and possibly edited up)</div><div>2) determine what is new material to be written</div><div>3) create tasks (issue queue baby) and workflow for getting it done as smoothly as possible</div><div>4) assign tasks to folks so we don't step on each others' toes and/or duplicate work</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Here is the outline now (also, for the latest see <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9k2brz_8g7mtwwfk)">http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=df9k2brz_8g7mtwwfk)</a>. Feel free to either post comments/suggestions back to this list or ask for access to edit the googledoc:</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Getting the most out of Drupal</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "> * Why get involved?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Get a drupal.org account</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Talk with the Community</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o How to effect change/join forces</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Issue queue</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Forums</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o IRC</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Mailing lists</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Planet</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o external sites (g.d.o, dojo)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Drupal's work space: the Issue Queue</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Guidelines</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Searching</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Report a problem</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Give feedback</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Documentation</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Adding new pages</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Editing and deleting pages</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Docs issue queue</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Join the docs team</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Translating (this procedure will change to not require CVS anymore)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Testing</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o What code to test</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Applying patches</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o How to test and report findings</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Contributing code</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Help existing code: Patching bugs and features</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Finding issues to work on</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Creating patches</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Submitting patches</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Maintain a Project: Modules, Themes and Installation Profiles</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Getting a CVS account</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Sandbox policy</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Starting a new project</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Things to consider</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Add code to CVS: Step-by-step</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * pages for each client (CLI, Tortoise, CVSGUI, Eclipse, etc.)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Create the project on drupal.org</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Project node</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Handbook page</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Maintaining a project</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # How to be a good maintainer</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Managing releases</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * Releases, branches and tags, oh my!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Using your HEAD</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Working with Update Status</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Step-by-Step</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * section for tasks (new version of your module, new release, etc.)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # Troubleshooting release problems</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> + Abandoned Projects</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # How to give a project up</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> # How to take over an existing project</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> * What is CVS and how Drupal uses it</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Introduction to CVS/RCS</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o CVS Usage Policy/Guidelines</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o CVS GUIs and clients</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Drupal repositories</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Drupal branches and tags</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o Quick reference sheet</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "> o CVS/Project FAQ</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><br></div>
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