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Stuff that needs to be done
One-time tasks
Tasks with no referenced driver(s) are free for the taking. No one is currently working on them.
| Task name | Driver(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Consolidate existing font-related material | JensPetersen | Comb the wiki for existing font-related material, figure how to integrate it in the SIG space, ask permission from its authors, and move it there. |
| Clarify the wiki | JensPetersen | Rework the wiki pages NicolasMailhot wrote into something mere humans understand. |
| Fill the evangelism section | Interview the groups that managed to get fonts released under a suitable license[1], and write some guidelines to help future similar efforts. Write a bit about what fonts should be promoted as web ot document fonts and why. | |
| Write core font packaging guidelines | JensPetersen | Add legacy core font guidelines to the packaging section. |
| Write console font packaging guidelines | Add console bitmap font guidelines to the packaging section. | |
| Complete the QA section | Collect tips on how to identify what causes a particular text rendering problem, starting from this message and turn them into a nice wiki page so problem reporters can be autonomous. | |
| Add design information to the dev section | Use the material already posted in this thread and complete it if needed to write up guidance for new would-be free/libre font designers. | |
| Complete the packaged list | Get current font packagers to document their packages in the pipeline or do it in their stead. | |
| Complete the localization matrix | JensPetersen | Get each language team to fill its part of the matrix. |
Recurrent tasks
Those tasks will be valid as long as the SIG is active. Everyone can and should work on them.
| Task name | Description |
|---|---|
| Create fonts | Work on font creation. |
| Liberate new fonts | Evangelise free/libre fonts. |
| Identify new candidates to packaging | Complete and fill wishes. |
| Package them | Package new fonts and reference them as needing review. |
| Review new packages | Work on the review list. |
| Identify problems | Work on QA. |
| Fix problems | Work on dev. |
Completed tasks
| Task name | Driver(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Create SIG wiki space | NicolasMailhot | Put some material on the wiki to get the SIG into business. |
| Request mailing list creation | NicolasMailhot | Get the mailing lists the SIG needs created. |
| Get our legal page approved | NicolasMailhot | Have spot review and interface with our legal page. |
| Get our packaging policy approved | NicolasMailhot | Get FPC to approve our initial packaging guidelines. |
| Make the SIG appealing | Artwork team | Create a banner to identify Fonts SIG pages visually. |
- ↑ For example the Greek people involved in the freeing of MgOpen.