[kde-edu]: [Fwd: Advice in contributing to KDE-Edu]

[Tiago Porangaba]

Thank you Mauricio for introduce us! Thank you Albert!

We are very motivated about this opportunity in to contribute with KDE Edu
Project. We already started our efforts and as soon as we have some news
about it, we shall send here. :)

Sincerely,
Tiago Porangaba

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid at kde.org> wrote:

> A Dilluns 23 Juny 2008, Mauricio Piacentini va escriure:
> > Hi, list. The purpose of this email is to introduce Leandro, Paulo and
> > Tiago to the KDE Edu community. I had a very nice meeting with them last
> > Friday here in Sao Paulo, and I think they can be a welcome addition to
> > the efforts of our group.
> > I paste below some of our earlier correspondence from past week. But
> > basically my suggestion to them is that we can start this collaboration
> > on different fronts, and directly integrated into the project-wide
> > policies. One of their ideas is to work on usability reviews for
> > example, so I suggested that they join kde-usability and maybe start by
> > conducting an usability study of one of our applications. Any volunteers?
> > The coding effort at first should probably happen via patches, branches
> > or playground (for new applications that they might want to suggest.)
> > For the applications that have maintainers, my advice is to use the list
> > as the primary method of contact and exchange of information, and submit
> > patches and suggestions directly. I must say that their main concern was
> > how to participate in the project and not "step on anyone's toes" :)
> >  From my experience with this group, and KDE Games, this should not be a
> > problem. I think this integration will happen naturally, as KDE-Edu is a
> > very warm community, and we can only benefit from having more people
> > joining our group and dedicating time to improve our software.
> >
> > One of the good things regarding this effort is the fact that their lab
> > has sponsors and grants that guarantee that at least some projects might
> > get completed in the time allocated for it, as opposed to our purely
> > volunteer style of contribution. It could be interesting to see how
> > these efforts can work together, something along the lines of what we
> > already do with Kevin's students, or GSoC projects. I also asked them to
> > consider attending Akademy, but I am not sure they will be able to do it
> > this year, as there is not much time for travel arrangements.
> >
> > Introductions made, now let's get to work! Guys, please join the list,
> > and welcome.
>
> Welcome :-)
>
> Any constructive help/comment/patch is more than welcome, as a general rule
> never fear to "step on anyone's toes", our toes are small ;-)
>
> Albert
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mauricio Piacentini
> >
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Abraços,
Tiago Porangaba
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