[PD] agenda for upcoming book sprint?[GEM sprint]

[adam hyde]

hey

I can document pdp/pidip installation. it contains the packages i have
used the most so happy to help if you think its within the scope of the
manual Derek.

It might be however, that we should focus first on the basics. One issue
that might prevent this is if we get too ambitious for this first round
and make the scope of the manual too broad.

so, while i'd love to see pdp/pidip included in the first full release,
i think first we should bite of a chunk we know we can finish in 3
days...the rest can be included in another sprint

thoughts?

adam



On Sat, 2009-03-28 at 01:11 -0400, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> For what its worth, PDP/PiDiP has been included in Mac OS X and GNU/ 
> Linux Pd-extended since 0.39.3, so no compilation instructions  
> needed.  We do still need someone to write the docs.  I don't think I  
> know enough to write more than a paragraph.  Same goes with Gridflow,  
> in my book.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Mar 27, 2009, at 8:56 PM, Derek Holzer wrote:
> 
> > My thoughts exactly...document what people actually use most, in a  
> > way which helps them to use it. As I said, if someone wants to go  
> > through all the trouble of making a separate install guide for PDP  
> > or Gridflow, I'd consider including it.
> >
> > As it stands, however, both of these can change at any moment  
> > depending on distros and dependencies.... on top of the fact that  
> > they only run well on Linux + x86 architecture (PDP) or cannot be  
> > compiled at all except on Linux (Gridflow). For me to accept them  
> > into the FLOSS manual, the installation process must be completely  
> > and reliably documented as well. No lazy "just compile it and cry to  
> > the mailing list if it doesn't work" instructions which leave  
> > newbies lost. Free software is only really free when you don't have  
> > to be a computer programmer to get it working.
> >
> > As it stands, I want to focus on accessibility first off. So cross- 
> > platform + Pd Extended is the baseline for the FLOSS Manual, as it  
> > has been from the beginning.
> >
> > D.
> >
> > Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> >
> >> I think it makes the most sense to focus on Gem since it is the  
> >> most widespread.
> >
> > -- 
> > ::: derek holzer ::: http://blog.myspace.com/macumbista ::: http://www.vimeo.com/macumbista 
> >  :::
> > ---Oblique Strategy # 30:
> > "Change specifics to ambiguities"
> >
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