Carla, On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 09:39:28AM -0700, Carla Schroder wrote: > I'm not a programmer, just an old country sysadmin, so I've been thinking over > what I can do in terms of supporting Debian. Would proofreading/copyediting > be useful? I know that writing man pages and howtos is always in demand. But > I've noticed that a lot of existing documention could use a bit of cleanup: > spelling, grammar, clarity, and so forth. Is there anyone maintaining some > documentation who would like an assist? Yes! We are *always* short-handed when it comes to documentation! Some references to get you started: http://lists.debian.org/debian-l10n-english/ - the English "localization" mailing list, which serves as a forum where maintainers (among which there are many non-native English speakers) can send their texts for review. http://lists.debian.org/debian-doc/ - mailing list for discussion of Debian documentation http://lists.debian.org/debian-www/ - mailing list for discussion related to maintenance of the Debian webpages (content & design) http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/ - mailing list for the Debian installer, which is not very documentation-like in and of itself, but hass an accompanying install manual which is in the process of being revised for the sarge releasee. > Do document maintainers have to go through months of hell like package > maintainers to be officially accepted? If having to wait a few months for voting rights and formal recognition by the project is "hell" to you, I don't really have much consolation to offer. With few notable exceptions, most NMs weather their stay in the queue with equanimity; and as a non-packaging developer, if anything there would be fewer obstacles in the way of you getting work done than for a package maintainer NM. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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