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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Re: KDE 3.2 release cycle
From:       Philippe Fremy <phil () freehackers ! org>
Date:       2003-05-16 9:33:46
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	Hi,

> So if there's a lack of people we
> need to promote them as well (I'm in progress rewriting the "support KDE"
> page on kde.org to reflect all the possibilities how to contribute for
> exactly this purpose).

I think we should list every action that could be make to help KDE and then 
put an article on the dot to call for help.

This page is a start:
http://www.kde.org/helping/

I am thinking about:

Task: reporting bugs
Requirement: KDE user. It is better if you compile KDE with debugging 
information.
Job: user KDE daily and report every bug you find. You can improve by 
exploring many applications and unused aspects of the desktop. If you can, 
try strange settings to see if everything works.

Task: sorting bugs out
Requirement: KDE user
Job: working as a first filter between bug reporters and developers, to 
alleviate the bug managing tasks of developers
	-> removing bug duplicates
	-> asking more information when bug can not be reproduced
	-> adding informaiton to the bug when it can be done.
How about creating a bug squadron that would officially dedicate to this 
task ?

Task: summerising lists:
Requirement: read a KDE mailing list and summerise it every week.
Job: join the KDE traffic team, follow a list a every week, include the most 
interesting thread in KDE traffic.

Task: summerising cvs commits:
Requirement: read a KDE CVS mailing list and summerise it every week.
Job: join the KDE CVS digest person and help him to summerise what has been 
checked in into CVS every week.

Task : application reviewer
Requirement: use KDE, write english
Job: when you can grab a KDE application and make an extensive review of all 
the capabilities of the application. Talk to the developers about the 
future development, compare it with other applications, etc. This helps to 
promote the KDE desktop.

Task: interview
Requirement: curiosity, write english
Job: pick-up an application or an area or a guy you like, and make up a full 
intervie of him. One possiblity is to ask first to the community the 
questions that people wish to ask.

Task: helping release writing
Requirement: time
Job: for each release, dig out all the features that have been added for any 
KDE application since the latest release, so that more detailed information 
can be added into the press release.

Task: developer articles
Requirement: small development skill
Job: write a tutorial or an example of how to use one KDE feature, to 
promote and ease the entry of new KDE applications developers.

Task: local promotion
Requirement: time, communication
Job: promote KDE in your local area. Talk to journalists, political, LUGs,  
talk about KDE in conferences, talk about KDE in your school, ...

Task: maintain a KDE application
Requirement: coder
Job: take an unmaintained KDE application [ link ] and maintain it so that 
it can live up to the standards of KDE.

Task: usablity reports
Requirement: usability understanding, or access to user base.
Job: join the KDE usability team and help them target area of KDE where the 
usability can be improved, by writing a usabilty report. The report can be 
based on your personal experience but it is better if you can provide some 
real user testing.

There are probably more but that the most important one I think. I am sorry 
I don't have more time for this. The next thing to do is to take this list, 
propose it to kde-core or whatever so that people add more tasks or 
describe each task better, put it somewhere on the kde.org and write an dot 
article calling for people to fill in these positions. Can somebody take 
care of that ?

The important thing is for people to realise that you don't need to be a 
coder to contribute to KDE. I think many people are still not aware of 
that.

	regards,

	Philippe


-- 
Gnu/Linux or Linux ?  I choose KDE/Linux !

 
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