[haiku-web] Re: Some questions about the planning

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 4:32 PM, David Weizades <ddewbofh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've volunteered to help out with keeping http://www.haiku-os.org up
> to date and I've got some questions about how to proceed.


Always feel free to ask :) We try to be nice most of the time.


>
>
> What needs to be done?
>
Updating the current events and calendar is a
> given but what's wanted apart from that?


The events calendar is definitely a good start. As would be taking care of
website inquiries which I've already volunteered to do (and Niels?, i think,
volunteered to help)  but depending on how that goes we might need more than
that once the alpha is release.



> As I'm not entirely
> sure what the focus should be right now I'd like to bounce some ideas
> off you people. I'm thinking that some alpha documentation
> might come in handy with guides for installations, setting up dev
> environments, what needs testing and things like that. A lot of this
> is already on the site but pretty scattered with additional bits hidden
> in comments etc. I'm proposing setting up an alpha center with
> some basic documentation, guides how to fill out a great bug and some
> checklists. Making it easy to file bugs should  be a priority
> for an alpha so any ideas on how to simplify that are welcome. I can
> do the gathering and write some guides but I'll need to know
> how to proceed and what the focus should be on.


I believe Humdinger was working on some docs for the alpha release over at
Haikuware.com on the Wiki but I'm not exactly sure where he's at or what
he's got planned. I would suggest talking with him and see what he needs
help with and coordinate your efforts.

+1 from me on the Alpha Center concept thought. It might be a good way to
get all the important stuff in one place for the influx of inexperienced
people we will get once the alpha articles start popping up all over the
web.


> Hopefully I'm not stepping on anyone's toes here but these are things
> to consider, especially since we're nearing an alpha release.
>

I don't think you are stepping on anyone's toes. We always need fresh faces
to help out.

Cheers!
Dennis

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