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We are organising an "OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour hackathon", aimed squarely at bringing OSGeo-Live documentation quality up one notch, by putting the Quickstarts through the same comprehensive review that we have done for our Project Overviews. (Credit to Javi and the OSGeo-Live Spanish community for suggesting the initiative).
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We are organising an "OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour hackathon", aimed squarely at bringing OSGeo-Live documentation quality up one notch, by putting the Quickstarts through the same comprehensive testing and review that we have provided for our Project Overviews. (Credit to Javi and the OSGeo-Live Spanish community for suggesting the initiative).
  
 
The Hackathon will kick off with a one hour IRC meeting with everyone, followed by a 48 hour round the clock hangout, with people dropping in where appropriate for their timezone and work/family schedules.
 
The Hackathon will kick off with a one hour IRC meeting with everyone, followed by a 48 hour round the clock hangout, with people dropping in where appropriate for their timezone and work/family schedules.
  
 
Time:
 
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http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2013&month=1&day=31&hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=224&p3=22&p4=240&p5=215
 
  
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[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Status Spreadsheet].
 
  
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We see this as a 3 step process:
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What's involved:
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# Projects ensure their quickstarts are up to date, set "Quickstart Status"="6.5draft"
 
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# A non-project person, runs every step of the quickstart, and makes sure it runs ok. set "Quickstart Status"="6.5reviewed".
 
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# One of our writers reviews for readability. (I'm volunteering to be one of these people). Set "Quickstart Status"="6.5final".
 
  
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We're looking for are around 10 people who can dedicate a couple of hours over the next couple of months to run a few Quickstarts and verify they are accurate and understandable. If you can help out, please contact me, or speak up on the osgeo-live email list.
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Pre Hackfest:
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# Register your interest at (TBD: where?)
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# Download our current stable OSGeo-Live release from: http://osprey.ucdavis.edu/downloads/osgeo/gisvm/latest/
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# Projects ensure their quickstarts are up to date, set "Quickstart Status"="6.5draft" in our [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13 Status Spreadsheet].
  
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We've started a review checklist, and am open to suggested improvements:
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Hackathon Kickoff:
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http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Quickstart_Review_Checklist
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* Log onto: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive
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* Time: [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2013&month=1&day=31&hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=224&p3=22&p4=240&p5=215 Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 19:30:00]
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** New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 2:30:00 PM EST
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** San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 11:30:00 AM
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** Auckland (New Zealand) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 8:30:00 AM NZDT
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** Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 6:30:00 AM
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** Rome (Italy) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 8:30:00 PM CET
  
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For the OSGeo-Live 6.5 release, we'd like to update as many Quickstarts as we can within the next two weeks, by 4 February 2013.
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Quickstart Review:
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* Test and review documentation as per: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Quickstart_Review_Checklist
  
 
[[Category: Live-demo]]
 
[[Category: Live-demo]]

Revision as of 15:44, 24 January 2013

OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour Hackathon

25 January 2013

We are organising an "OSGeo-Live Quickstart 48 hour hackathon", aimed squarely at bringing OSGeo-Live documentation quality up one notch, by putting the Quickstarts through the same comprehensive testing and review that we have provided for our Project Overviews. (Credit to Javi and the OSGeo-Live Spanish community for suggesting the initiative).

The Hackathon will kick off with a one hour IRC meeting with everyone, followed by a 48 hour round the clock hangout, with people dropping in where appropriate for their timezone and work/family schedules.

Time:


What's involved:

Pre Hackfest:

  1. Register your interest at (TBD: where?)
  2. Download our current stable OSGeo-Live release from: http://osprey.ucdavis.edu/downloads/osgeo/gisvm/latest/
  3. Projects ensure their quickstarts are up to date, set "Quickstart Status"="6.5draft" in our Status Spreadsheet.

Hackathon Kickoff:

  • Log onto: irc://irc.freenode.net#osgeolive
  • Time: Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 19:30:00
    • New York (U.S.A. - New York) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 2:30:00 PM EST
    • San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 11:30:00 AM
    • Auckland (New Zealand) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 8:30:00 AM NZDT
    • Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Friday, 1 February 2013 at 6:30:00 AM
    • Rome (Italy) Thursday, 31 January 2013 at 8:30:00 PM CET

Quickstart Review:

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