Hi Regina, first off: Sorry for taking so long to reply.
On Sat, Oct 21, 2017 at 03:16:04PM +0200, Regina Henschel wrote: > I would like to participate in such a Hackfest. I know, I do not belong to > the targeted category of persons, but I want to code, and I could help in > testing, whether a tutorial is really suitable for a beginner. Actually I think you are a perfect candidates for the new Hackfest! Why shoouldnt you be? You: - have a topic that, if we pursue it, benefits the foundations goals and the community of LibreOffice as a whole. - are an enthusiastic independant volunteer with no CoI. - are qualified and motivated to verify that someone TDF hires to put by your side to attack your topics, did their duty to proceed the topic. Your suggested topics: > As example I suggest layer handling in Draw, e.g these issues > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101218 > ODF <draw:layer-set> as a child element of <draw:page> not supported > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=67248 > FILEOPEN Layer with reserved name vanishes when changing UI language > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=91829 > DRAW: Layout, Controls and Dimension Lines need improvement > https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=101242 > ODF draw:display and draw:protected attributes of <draw:layer> not > supported as thus duely noted to be topic for the Hackfest and TDF will try to hire a certified developer to help support you with these issues. As a note to the wider TDF/LibreOffice community: What Regina did here is awesome and exactly what we are looking for. In fact, Eike and me still have a workitem to pick out some of the more challenging EasyHacks to find something that: - would benefit from an certified developer supporting the topic - is roughly in scope for the Hackfest (plus some preparation and aftermath) - meets the goals of the foundation and the LibreOffice community at large (not a special interest) - will find an enthusiastic volunteer willing to learn more and able broadly verify the certified developer did indeed push the topic forward in the time given So if you are an enthusiastic volunteer (like Regina) willing to come to a next generation Hackfest and have such a topic that you care about and which would benefit from support LET US KNOW. A hard part for Eike and me finding topics is actually second-guessing where we might find interested volunteers attending the Hackfest for the topic. Someone stepping up "I care about this and would go to a Hackfest" like Regina just did is a huge help. Best, Bjoern -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: board-discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
