[TOS] chapters defined, recruiting writers

Leslie Hawthorn leslie at osuosl.org
Fri Oct 22 19:37:41 UTC 2010


2010/10/21 Karsten Wade <kwade at redhat.com>
>
>
> > The first question that will come up is when we expect to do the next rev
> of
> > the textbook. Thoughts? I can imagine another sprint would be most useful
> to
> > make this happen.
>
> How about the week after GOSCON? :)
>
> That would give us some time to line up content sources for remixing,
> and get writers, editors, and reviewers prepared.
>

While that sounds technically feasible, that's about a week and a half from
today. I think we'd need  more time to get new volunteers up to speed.

>
> I've had my head in various places so haven't been driving this hard,
> it's all a bit behind where I'd hope it would be by now, but I think I
> can clear the way to give a good chunk of time to this project
> until the next rev.  For example, getting the foundation built up a
> bit more so a writing sprint is more successful.
>
> Next question -- is the release feature-based or time-based?
>
> Due to feature requests being the major work right now (new content
> chapters), I'm tempted to break the mold and do feature-based.  But I
> can also see a value in releasing the next rev sooner even if all our
> content hopes aren't fulfilled.  We have a lot of momentum brewing in
> some focused locations, and I'm sure we'd all like to see the work
> published and in use ASAP.  Thus, why some of us prefer time-based
> releases when it comes to keeping the community rhythm dancing ...
>
> I'm all for feature based releases.



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Oregon State University Open Source Lab

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