Hi Alan, For me, and it was some time ago (years), it was mentoring. There documents were out there, at least in part, but it was a daunting prospect to just dive in to code.
Things are possibly different now. For me, now it is time... I find it difficult now to lurk in the IRC channels to help/gain knowledge nowadays. Cheers JT (#selinuxium) On 9 May 2012 19:52, Alan Pope <alan.p...@canonical.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi all, > > I'm in a session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit about the Ubuntu > Manual http://ubuntu-manual.org/ which you may remember was started > some time ago with the goal of producing a high quality pdf (and > printed) manual for Ubuntu desktop. > > They are looking for new blood to help author and edit the manual for > 12.04 to be released around the time of 12.04.1 (July 19th). However > we're trying to figure out why we don't have more contributors and > what may be holding people back. > > So my question to you is:- > > "If you have considered contributing to Ubuntu Manual, but haven't, > what's stopped you?" > > Some reasons might include:- > > * Lack of time > * Lack of motivation > * Lack of skill > * Difficult to use tools > > Or something we're missing. We'd really like to know in case it's > something we can fix. If you're interested in contributing, please do > let us know, and we can help you get involved. > > Cheers, > - -- > Alan Pope > Engineering Manager > > Canonical - Product Strategy > +44 (0) 7973 620 164 > alan.p...@canonical.com > http://ubuntu.com/ > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPqrz5AAoJEMx6UFtfvV4wkOoH/jF6ef89BcxwSgsddaqGrORF > oOlW6H97cB39X/1C9UNBQ9kZGy4byTsZM9D3IkY/MJMC9GLYFXKkmVtLTEKPtj/K > IHKfmL7BDj9oV5v+kzwPshBZRXbcsnMKhb5oqUSak350AdunVGQimRea73Gnvv7D > qm32wND/x+AjJTgDGWoxF+MHo9XYpF3TzVwNuYuelpNSa/JviZrOIybL1Dpvt3zN > pKsQlHD8x6XpoLS7fW7drILHMHQowha3gBMEEjYkaQyIkbh3cT6edWlcBwamVJnS > bauOO83BHlIe3Jup1CuK4oMU8rAr/dAsaKnpG4hLQu+aJn78+aMRIp1+UOIWSAk= > =fDgn > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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