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date: October 11, 2005
checkin time: 7pm PDT -0700 (10pm EDT)
meeting time 7:15pm PDT -0700 (10:15pm EDT)
meet in irc.freenode.net #freegeek-distro

Agenda

commitments from last meeting:

martin(carryover):

get tested a freekbox3 package release
post instructions to pdx QC process.
finish svn, add user access (either ssh or webdav)
post log of meeting

rob:

(carryover) spend 4 hours over next two weeks helping document putting packages packages in repository (michael wanted to help with this "as long as I can poke you enough where I fail to understand")

[8:55pm] <tymp> commit : post log [8:24pm] <tymp> commit : weigh in on kde vs gnome on the distro list [8:42pm] <tymp> commit : try submitting to skippy's popcon server [8:43pm] <tymp> ugh, commit: i will set popcon up on fgoly's office machine [8:58pm] <tymp> commit : hassle on the list for a facilitator for next meeting and agenda items

michael:

I will email the adoptionteachers list [to arrange a meeting to discuss developing user personae]
get feedback from build teachers on user personae.

[8:24pm] <WormRunner> commit: WormRunner will talk on the list

vagrant:

(carryover) hand-roll package repository scripts until a better method is devised.

matteo:

join the list discution on kde v gnome

old items

how is the meeting time/date (tuesdays, 7pm, -0700) for active participants?
packaging & repository
- Vagrant's packaging class in PDX in Nov ? - Who will attend, or help plan?
- "mini-dinstall would be most useful for developers making experimental releases and cvs builds, reprepro would be best for standard archive format for our released packages, and our hand-rolled one could be as good as reprepro, but more flexible ... but it would require writing it."

new items (posted friday before the meeting or sooner):

[i think these are not too late. :) -- baxrob 03:01, 8 Oct 2005 (PDT)]

How to propose and approve changes to FreekBox3

Shall we Fork?
- Is it forking? could it be branching?

ongoing items:

user-oriented-design
- Someone in adoptionteachers wants to use the personae for teacher orientation
- Rob (barely) started reading the alan cooper book (cooper takes credit for inventing the persona-driven design thing)
Prognosis: how is this project looking?
Long-term outlook - including definition of objectives, estimation of required work, and timeline
hosting our own popularity-contest server
Install CD: multi-profile or otherwise?
svn repository hosted at svn.freegeek.org ?

late items (posted saturday before meeting or later) may not have time:

late items here

log / summary

meeting content should get posted here. some possible useful categories below.

Present

Summary

Full Log

full log of meeting here.

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 * how is the meeting time/date (tuesdays, 7pm, -0700) for active participants?
+* packaging & repository
+**Vagrant's packaging class in PDX in Nov ?  - Who will attend, or help plan?
+**"mini-dinstall would be most useful for developers making experimental releases and cvs builds, reprepro would be best for standard archive format for our released packages, and our hand-rolled one could be as good as reprepro, but more flexible ... but it would require writing it."
 new items (posted friday before the meeting or sooner):
 [i think these are not too late. :) -- [[User:Baxrob|baxrob]] 03:01, 8 Oct 2005 (PDT)]
-* packaging & repository
-**Vagrant's packaging class in PDX in Nov ?  - Who will attend, or help plan?
-**"mini-dinstall would be most useful for developers making experimental releases and cvs builds, reprepro would be best for standard archive format for our released packages, and our hand-rolled one could be as good as reprepro, but more flexible ... but it would require writing it."
 * How to propose and approve changes to FreekBox3
 * Shall we Fork?
 ** Is it forking?  could it be branching?
-**
 ongoing items: