Hey folks :) Here's your semi-regular update on all the things that are happening around the goals we've set. Enjoy!
General: * We did an AMA on reddit on r/opensource. It went pretty well. https://www.reddit.com/r/opensource/comments/8m2hrd/kde_set_goals_we_are_here_to_talk_about_them_ask/ * Sprints for the goals are being planned on phabricator. Please join there if you want to participate. https://phabricator.kde.org/T8623, https://phabricator.kde.org/T8622, https://phabricator.kde.org/T8621 Privacy: * The telemetry policy discussion finished and the policy is now in place. https://community.kde.org/Policies/Telemetry_Policy Usability and Productivity: * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/03/31/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-12/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/04/07/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-13/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-14/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/04/22/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-15/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-16-new-lock-and-login-screens/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-16-everything-else/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-17/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-18/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/05/19/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-19/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/05/26/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-20/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/06/02/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-21/ * https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/2018/06/09/this-week-in-usability-productivity-part-22/ Onboarding: Some projects started actively engaging with this goal, currently focused at attracting new devs which is a great starting point. * PlasmaMobile ** Implemented a dedicated webpage with an interactive guide on getting involved: https://www.plasma-mobile.org/findyourway/ ** Working on a guide to setting up a development environment https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Mobile/DevGuide ** Identifying junior jobs and revamping the descriptions of phabricator tasks to make them friendly for newcomers by including relevant useful details such as: short and to the point description, suggested skill requirements, links to related technical resources. (Example task https://phabricator.kde.org/T6945) ** Brainstorming the idea of having a dedicated application/widget that helps newcomers initiating their first commit: https://phabricator.kde.org/T8685 * KDEConnect ** Identifying junior jobs ** Blog post https://nicolasfella.wordpress.com/2018/05/13/kde-connect-junior-jobs/ ** Workboard https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/159/ ** Feedback on process https://phabricator.kde.org/T8686 * Elisa ** Identifying Junior jobs ** Blog post https://mgallienkde.wordpress.com/2018/05/16/news-about-elisa/ ** Workboard https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/193/ Do you have anything that falls under the goals that I missed? Please let us know! Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org
