Re: RFA: www.debian.org/doc/books

Am 28. Mar, 2019 schwätzte Laura Arjona Reina so:

moin moin Laura,

> Thanks! I have committed your patch.

Thanks! I see the update in the repo. Just sent a patch to add a tag for
debian release.

ciao,

der.hans

> Kind regards,
>
> El 26/3/19 a las 21:42, der.hans escribió:
>> Am 26. Mar, 2019 schwätzte Laura Arjona Reina so:
>>
>> moin moin Laura,
>>
>> A first small update attached.
>>
>> Koen confirmed that there's a new version and said he's with a new
>> publisher.
>>
>> ciao,
>>
>> der.hans
>>
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> El 25/3/19 a las 3:02, der.hans escribió:
>>>> Am 22. Mar, 2019 schwätzte Laura Arjona Reina so:
>>>>
>>>> moin moin Laura,
>>>>
>>>> I went through the first half of the list.
>>>
>>> Great, thanks!
>>>
>>>>
>>>> I have contacted a few of the authors to verify updated information.
>>>>
>>>> Can we somewhat easily add fields? I think it would be nice to add
>>>> debian
>>>> release and ISBN.
>>>>
>>> It's doable.
>>>
>>> We define the fields in this file:
>>> https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/blob/master/english/doc/books.def
>>>
>>>
>>> for example, a new tag ISBN would be:
>>>
>>> <define-tag author>
>>>  <strong><gettext domain="doc">ISBN:</gettext></strong> %attributes<br />
>>> </define-tag>
>>>
>>> Then, the tag is used in each entry in the books.data file:
>>>
>>> https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/blob/master/english/doc/books.data
>>>
>>>
>>> It the above case, it would be:
>>>
>>> <ISBN 999-999-999>
>>>
>>> (no need to add the field to every book entry right now, it's ok if some
>>> of them have it and others not).
>>>
>>> I'm happy to review and accept Salsa merge requests or patches with your
>>> changes to those files to get the fields you need added. If it's too
>>> much and you'd prefer that other person add the fields, just tell and
>>> I'll do it. If you want to do it yourself but need a bit of help, you
>>> can contact me off-list and I'll provide more detailed steps.
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>>> And a random sig about books appears :).
>>>>
>>>> ciao,
>>>>
>>>> der.hans
>>>>
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> El 22 de marzo de 2019 18:57:39 CET, "der.hans"
>>>>> <[email protected]> escribió:
>>>>>> Am 21. Mar, 2019 schwätzte Laura Arjona Reina so:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> moin moin Laura,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I would like to help out with this if I can.
>>>>>
>>>>> Great! Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have to be a debian
>>>>>> developer to help?
>>>>>>
>>>>> No, merge requests in Salsa or diffs/patches to the list are perfectly
>>>>> fine. After some successful contributions, you could get permissions
>>>>> to commit directly to the repo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> The initial need is to go through the current list and verify the
>>>>>> listed
>>>>>> books are relevant to stable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, we can start with that.
>>>>> If I receive a new request via books@ I can forward. I'll also have a
>>>>> look at the mailbox archives to see if there is a pending request and
>>>>> file a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> ciao,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> der.hans
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Dear all
>>>>>>> As part of the recent web team sprint [1] (report will come in the
>>>>>>> following days hopefully), we have reviewed several areas of the
>>>>>> website
>>>>>>> that were in need of maintenance.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/Sprints/2019/DebianWebTeam
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For the /english/doc/books page [2], we need maintainer(s) to keep
>>>>>>> up-to-date the database of books, process new requests, and care
>>>>>> about
>>>>>>> the bugs related to the list of books, if any.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [2] https://www.debian.org/books
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is a call for help, or request for "adoption": would anybody
>>>>>>> volunteer to this task?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the /english/doc folder of our repo [3] you can find the
>>>>>>> books-related files.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [3]
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://salsa.debian.org/webmaster-team/webwml/blob/master/english/doc/
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maintaining the /doc/books section can be a nice entry point for
>>>>>>> somebody to get involved in the Debian web team. Technically
>>>>>> speaking,
>>>>>>> it's an easy job, but the "curation" task that a human provides is
>>>>>> very
>>>>>>> appreciated by our users. On the contrary, an outdated or
>>>>>> unmaintained
>>>>>>> list of books looses its value very quickly.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If somebody is interested in adoption, they won't be alone (at least
>>>>>> at
>>>>>>> the beginning). I've included my address in the alias
>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>> to work together with them until they find a suitable workflow and
>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> feel comfortable doing the task themselves. We'll also document
>>>>>>> everything for others to jump in too.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If nobody steps ahead at the end of the year, we'll move the current
>>>>>>> (English) content to a page under wiki.debian.org, removing the
>>>>>> section
>>>>>>> (English and translations) from www.debian.org.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you are interested, reply to this message in the public mailing
>>>>>> list
>>>>>>> ([email protected]) or privately to [email protected] and
>>>>>> I'll
>>>>>>> point to detailed steps to start. You can also join #debian-www IRC
>>>>>>> channel (in irc.debian.org).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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