Its ingoogle... We don't do google.


On April 3, 2020 9:37:09 PM EDT, John Snow <[email protected]> wrote:
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>On 4/1/20 12:37 PM, Philippe Mathieu-Daudé wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Google recently announced their 'Season of Docs' project:
>> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs
>> 
>> QEMU project seems to fit all the requirements.
>> 
>> Who is interested in [co-]mentoring?
>> 
>> Relevant links:
>> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/admin-guide
>> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline
>> 
>> [Following is extracted from the previous links:]
>> 
>> Example projects:
>> 
>> * Build a documentation site on a platform to be decided
>>   by the technical writer and open source mentor, and publish
>>   an initial set of basic documents on the site. Examples of
>>   platforms include:
>> 
>>   - A static site generator such as Hugo, Jekyll, Sphinx, ...
>> 
>> * Refactor the open source project's existing documentation to
>>   provide an improved user experience or a more accessible
>>   information architecture.
>> 
>> * Write a conceptual overview of, or introduction to, a product
>>   or feature. Often a team creates their technical documentation
>>   from the bottom up, with the result that there's a lot of
>>   detail but it's hard to understand the product as a whole. A
>>   technical writer can fix this.
>> 
>> * Create a tutorial for a high-profile use case.
>> 
>> * Create a set of focused how-to guides for specific tasks.
>> 
>> * Create a contributor’s guide that includes basic information
>>   about getting started as a contributor to the open source
>>   project, as well as any rules around licence agreements,
>>   processes for pull requests and reviews, building the project,
>>   and so on.
>> 
>> Previous experience with similar programs, such as Google Summer
>> of Code or others: If you or any of your mentors have taken part
>> in Google Summer of Code or a similar program, mention this in
>> your application. Describe your achievements in that program.
>> Explain how this experience may influence the way you work in
>> Season of Docs.
>> 
>> The 2020 season of Season of Docs is limited to a maximum of
>> 50 technical writing projects in total.
>> As a guideline, we expect to accept a maximum of 2 projects
>> per organization, so that we don't end up with too many
>> accepted projects. However, if the free selection process
>> doesn't fill all the slots, the Google program administrators
>> may allocate additional slots to some organizations.
>> 
>
>This looks like it could be very good for us.
>
>My only concern is that the scope and breadth of QEMU is huge and it
>may
>be a lot for a newcomer to tackle appropriately for top-level docs, so
>I
>feel like it requires a mentor who has a good understanding of the
>broad
>picture of QEMU.
>
>Like the description says, we often write things bottom-up in areas of
>very specific focus. The broad picture is sometimes harder to conjure
>accurately.
>
>I have a lot of opinions and thoughts on python and how docs should be
>laid out, but I'm afraid I'm not so good at understanding all of the
>options and "use cases" of QEMU to confidently lay out a top-level TOC.
>Maybe if we collaborated on a TOC we could give a clear project
>guideline to a GSoC/GSoD contributor.
>
>(Or maybe I'm overthinking it.)
>
>--js

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