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#fedora-meeting: Fedora Magazine editorial meeting - 2016 Oct. 27

Meeting started by jflory7 at 20:59:31 UTC (full logs).

Meeting summary

  1. Roll Call (jflory7, 20:59:40)
  2. Week in review (jflory7, 21:03:33)
    1. Record numbers for non-release month this past week and all month! More information about metrics is in Paul's email on the mailing list. (jflory7, 21:04:00)
    2. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/magazine@lists.fedoraproject.org/ (jflory7, 21:05:19)

  3. Pending review (jflory7, 21:05:34)
    1. === "Create a simple wallpaper with Fedora and Inkscape" === (jflory7, 21:06:27)
    2. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14921&preview=1&_ppp=155d837a41 (jflory7, 21:06:33)
    3. Determined the wallpaper article is still an advanced concept to follow up on last week's introduction - going to abstract out one more concept before getting the Wallpaper Inkscape article to the publishing schedule (jflory7, 21:12:19)
    4. ACTION: ryanlerch Write an introduction to Fill and Stroke in Inkscape for Friday, 2016 Oct. 28 (jflory7, 21:12:42)
    5. ACTION: ryanlerch Review and prepare Inkscape wallpaper article for Friday, 2016 Nov. 4 (jflory7, 21:13:06)
    6. === "Inkscape: Getting started with layers" === (jflory7, 21:13:18)
    7. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14922&preview=1&_ppp=db698ea158 (jflory7, 21:13:23)
    8. This article will be used farther along in the series, will revisit at a later time (jflory7, 21:13:35)
    9. AGREED: Will move this article into the holding pen (jflory7, 21:13:56)

  4. Drafts (jflory7, 21:14:04)
    1. https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=draft&post_type=post (jflory7, 21:14:42)
    2. === "C99 feature support in GCC on Fedora Linux" === (jflory7, 21:15:45)
    3. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14646&preview=1&_ppp=2397efa84a (jflory7, 21:15:49)
    4. stickster reached out to a Fedora GCC maintainer for feedback, passed along those comments and feedback to the original author - have not yet received a response back, but if no word back by next week, this article can be moved to holding pen if we are unable to finish it (jflory7, 21:16:44)
    5. === "What is Fedora Hubs?" === (jflory7, 21:17:13)
    6. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14310&preview=1&_ppp=94f452606e (jflory7, 21:17:17)
    7. jflory7 reached out to devyani7 on this article a while back and she has made some progress on writing it, but will follow up to see if we can set a target date for this one (jflory7, 21:17:47)
    8. === "Starting with Python in Fedora" === (jflory7, 21:18:00)
    9. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14577&preview=1&_ppp=fa7cd0a3cf (jflory7, 21:18:05)
    10. ACTION: jflory7 Reach out to devyani7 about setting a target date for Fedora Hubs intro article (jflory7, 21:18:51)
    11. IDEA: Current article structure is a little confusing since it's a lot of abstract content - might be good idea to restructure article from a blank slate and cherry pick pieces from original (jflory7, 21:24:44)
    12. IDEA: Writing a "Hello world!" program as first task in this article (jflory7, 21:24:53)
    13. IDEA: Introducing Python in Fedora => Finding a development environment (installing libraries and IDEs from repos, etc.) => Popular tools and Python tricks (pip in virtualenv, etc.) => Where to get help / learn more about Python in Fedora (jflory7, 21:25:29)
    14. ACTION: x3mboy Based on feedback from meeting, try rewriting the "Starting with Python in Fedora" from a blank slate, cherry-picking content from original article and adding in new pieces, aim for checking in at next week's meeting (jflory7, 21:27:32)
    15. ACTION: jflory7 File a featured image ticket for "Starting with Python in Fedora" in the fedoramagazine-images repo (jflory7, 21:28:14)
    16. === "Getting started with WebVR on Fedora" === (jflory7, 21:29:19)
    17. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14475&preview=1&_ppp=4f214a5a7c (jflory7, 21:29:23)
    18. IDEA: Pictures would help improve this article! (jflory7, 21:32:34)
    19. IDEA: Screenshots of terminal output can be converted to plaintext in the article post - screenshots of the final product would be helpful or other examples of projects (jflory7, 21:33:31)
    20. ACTION: stickster Reach out to sumantrom with editing advice / comments / feedback on the Web VR article and how to refine it further into a polished piece for the Magazine (jflory7, 21:34:51)
    21. Otherwise, if unable to make progress by end of next week, move this article to holding pen (jflory7, 21:35:13)
    22. === Security Tip articles === (jflory7, 21:37:25)
    23. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14609&preview=1&_ppp=f16f2b8c2e (jflory7, 21:37:37)
    24. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14604&preview=1&_ppp=dfdcb2a028 (jflory7, 21:37:39)
    25. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=14606&preview=1&_ppp=b0fa06eb71 (jflory7, 21:37:45)
    26. IDEA: Converting "Security Tips 3" into "How to protect your privacy in Firefox", explaining add-ons like Ghostery and Privacy Badger (jflory7, 21:40:07)
    27. ACTION: jflory7 Move Security Tips #1 and #2 to holding pen, reach out to Sylvia with feedback about how to make improved versions of these (jflory7, 21:46:22)
    28. ACTION: jflory7 Convert Security Tips #3 to "How to protect your privacy in Firefox", explaining add-ons like Ghostery and Privacy Badger (jflory7, 21:46:37)

  5. Pitch (jflory7, 21:48:20)
    1. === "Building Fedora Rawhide qcow2 images" === (jflory7, 21:48:56)
    2. https://fedoramagazine.org/?p=15006&preview=1&_ppp=f73733af10 (jflory7, 21:49:01)
    3. Solid technical article that explains the "how" well (jflory7, 21:50:35)
    4. IDEA: More introduction to kickstarts, Rawhide, qcow2, etc. would be helpful to set the article up (jflory7, 21:50:55)
    5. IDEA: Maybe closing out the article with context / example of what you're using this for or what you would do with it after setting it up (jflory7, 21:51:28)
    6. ACTION: jflory7 Reach out to cpacheco with feedback on qcow2 article and improvements to make (jflory7, 21:52:37)
    7. IDEA: Introducing oz and imagefactory as well? (jflory7, 21:52:46)

  6. Starter pitches (jflory7, 21:52:52)
    1. https://fedoramagazine.org/wp-admin/edit.php?post_status=starter-pitches&post_type=post (jflory7, 21:53:00)
    2. ACTION: jflory7 Write the "Using Minecraft in Fedora" article for Monday, Oct. 31, 2016 (jflory7, 21:58:55)

  7. Articles for coming week(s) (jflory7, 21:59:02)
    1. IDEA: Python 3.6 hit Rawhide recently! This would be a super cool thing to cover! (jflory7, 21:59:04)
    2. IDEA: Fedora 25 Server edition has an SELinux Troubleshooter module built in! Wow! This would be super cool to cover too! (jflory7, 21:59:24)
    3. Whoa, Cockpit now also supports 2FA authentication? How cool is that? A short-and-sweet Magazine article would be double-cool! (jflory7, 21:59:54)
    4. IDEA: There's even the all-platform Fedora Media Writer for making your Fedora USBs at any time from any operating system! That's so amazing, I bet the Magazine team would love to have an article on the Fedora Media Writer! (jflory7, 22:00:44)
    5. ACTION: jflory7 Send some emails out to see if we can get a post in time for Wednesday (jflory7, 22:01:52)

  8. Open Floor (jflory7, 22:02:06)


Meeting ended at 22:03:50 UTC (full logs).

Action items

  1. ryanlerch Write an introduction to Fill and Stroke in Inkscape for Friday, 2016 Oct. 28
  2. ryanlerch Review and prepare Inkscape wallpaper article for Friday, 2016 Nov. 4
  3. jflory7 Reach out to devyani7 about setting a target date for Fedora Hubs intro article
  4. x3mboy Based on feedback from meeting, try rewriting the "Starting with Python in Fedora" from a blank slate, cherry-picking content from original article and adding in new pieces, aim for checking in at next week's meeting
  5. jflory7 File a featured image ticket for "Starting with Python in Fedora" in the fedoramagazine-images repo
  6. stickster Reach out to sumantrom with editing advice / comments / feedback on the Web VR article and how to refine it further into a polished piece for the Magazine
  7. jflory7 Move Security Tips #1 and #2 to holding pen, reach out to Sylvia with feedback about how to make improved versions of these
  8. jflory7 Convert Security Tips #3 to "How to protect your privacy in Firefox", explaining add-ons like Ghostery and Privacy Badger
  9. jflory7 Reach out to cpacheco with feedback on qcow2 article and improvements to make
  10. jflory7 Write the "Using Minecraft in Fedora" article for Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
  11. jflory7 Send some emails out to see if we can get a post in time for Wednesday


Action items, by person

  1. jflory7
    1. jflory7 Reach out to devyani7 about setting a target date for Fedora Hubs intro article
    2. jflory7 File a featured image ticket for "Starting with Python in Fedora" in the fedoramagazine-images repo
    3. jflory7 Move Security Tips #1 and #2 to holding pen, reach out to Sylvia with feedback about how to make improved versions of these
    4. jflory7 Convert Security Tips #3 to "How to protect your privacy in Firefox", explaining add-ons like Ghostery and Privacy Badger
    5. jflory7 Reach out to cpacheco with feedback on qcow2 article and improvements to make
    6. jflory7 Write the "Using Minecraft in Fedora" article for Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
    7. jflory7 Send some emails out to see if we can get a post in time for Wednesday
  2. ryanlerch
    1. ryanlerch Write an introduction to Fill and Stroke in Inkscape for Friday, 2016 Oct. 28
    2. ryanlerch Review and prepare Inkscape wallpaper article for Friday, 2016 Nov. 4
  3. stickster
    1. stickster Reach out to sumantrom with editing advice / comments / feedback on the Web VR article and how to refine it further into a polished piece for the Magazine
  4. sumantrom
    1. stickster Reach out to sumantrom with editing advice / comments / feedback on the Web VR article and how to refine it further into a polished piece for the Magazine
  5. x3mboy
    1. x3mboy Based on feedback from meeting, try rewriting the "Starting with Python in Fedora" from a blank slate, cherry-picking content from original article and adding in new pieces, aim for checking in at next week's meeting


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  2. ryanlerch (62)
  3. zodbot (9)
  4. sumantrom (0)
  5. stickster (0)
  6. x3mboy (0)


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