1. Doc Sprint at the Developer Conference 2012 in Brno

Doc sprint dates: February 17-21st 2012

Conference dates: February 17-18th 2012

Venue:

• February 17-18th 2012: Faculty of Informatics at Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (Google Maps)

• February 19-21st 2012: Tower Big meeting room at the Red Hat Czech Office, Brno, Czech Republic (Google Maps)

Primary contact: Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>
Secondary contact: Florian Nadge <fnadge redhat com>
Tertiary contact: Petr Kovar <pmkovar gnome org>

For the conference:
Primary contact: Jiri Eischmann <eischmann redhat com>
Secondary contact: Tomas Bzatek <tbzatek redhat com>

See also:

• GTK+ Hackfest at Developer Conference 2012

• Hackfests/Introspection2011

1.1. Relevant GNOME team

DocumentationProject

1.2. Description

Documentation sprint for GNOME 3.4.

1.2.1. Agenda, goals

User help:

• Update gnome-help for new 3.4 features
• network printer and print pages == a priority.
• Update Empathy help
• Write new help for more apps
• For apps, should we get rid of introduction.page and place the intro on the index.page?
• We need more templates in yelp-tools: guide?, index?, tip?, problem?, question?... etc.

• update this page: https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Tasks/DesktopHelp

• update this page: http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Join (especially references to docbook)

• update or delete: https://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Planning

• Discuss possible changes to intro help page to make it more friendly to touch interfaces
• Mobile-friendly XSLT stylesheets for Mallard help?
• Discuss style guide / word usage guidelines

If developer docs contributors attend:

• Write new tutorials
• Update and revise the platform overview

• Improve GObject overview (wiki page for planning)

Misc:

• Sort out docs components and default assignees (Shaun? gnome-user-docs-maint@gnome.bugs? Non-existing component?) for products in GNOME Bugzilla (AndreKlapper)

1.2.2. Attendants and Costs

<list of attendants + cost of travel + amount being requested>

Interns: We love bringing our documentation interns to hackfests. In case interns are not selected before the budget is approved, we would like to budget an additional $2000 USD for them.

Venue and catering is covered by Red Hat.

1.2.3. Sponsors

Red Hat

1.3. How to get there

Described at the conference's wiki page.

Also see Florian's email here: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-February/msg00001.html

1.4. Accommodation and food

Please note that travel and accommodation costs are not covered by the organizers. Refer to Travel for more information on how to request reimbursement for your travel and lodging expenses.

The organizers have special arrangements with the Hotel Avanti (Google Maps), which is situated near both doc sprint venues, to provide the attendees a discounted rate. To be able to receive the discounted rate, please confirm your attendance by January 9, 2012. In the list of attendees above, also remember to fill in your arrival and depart dates, and, since the special rate is for double-bed rooms, your roommate.

Free WiFi is available in the hotel.

More information on the lodging options can be found at the conference's wiki page.

1.4.1. Previous discussions, organization threads, drafts, relevant links, etc

• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-September/msg00086.html

• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-October/msg00021.html

• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2011-December/msg00034.html

• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-January/msg00003.html

• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2012-February/msg00001.html