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=== Packaging of Fonts ===
=== Packaging of Fonts ===
There are approximately 50-75 fonts that are not packaged in Fedora.  These fonts are generally easy to package and take about 30-60 minutes a piece.  The expected amount of fonts to be packaged at the Font Packaging FAD will be around 10-15.
There are approximately 50-75 fonts that are not packaged in Fedora.  These fonts are generally easy to package and take about 30-60 minutes a piece.  The expected amount of fonts to be packaged at the Font Packaging FAD will be around 10-15.
Some fonts we may be able to package
* [[Banana_Peels_fonts]]
* [[Rubbing_fonts]]
* [[Goody_Bookletter_1911_fonts]] - There's actually 4 or 5 fonts from the crufty fonts list.
* [[Letters_Laughing_fonts]]


=== Documentation ===
=== Documentation ===

Revision as of 07:04, 28 January 2009

Fedora Activity Day at Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE)

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The 7th Annual Southern California Linux Expo will be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 20-22, 2009 at The Westin Los Angeles Airport.

FAD SCaLE Details

  • Date: Friday, February 20, 2009
  • Place: Kennedy Room, Westin Los Angeles Airport
  • Time: 9 a.m. to (a time yet to be determined)

Activities

The items below will be going on from around 9am - 5pm. There will be breaks and such, but they are treated much like a sprint. We're here to get something accomplished so it may be longer, or shorter. Come on by and help us out for an hour or all day, we'd love to have you there!

Packaging of Fonts

There are approximately 50-75 fonts that are not packaged in Fedora. These fonts are generally easy to package and take about 30-60 minutes a piece. The expected amount of fonts to be packaged at the Font Packaging FAD will be around 10-15.

Some fonts we may be able to package

Documentation

The Fedora User Guide is developed on the wiki, edited in place, and prepared for conversion to DocBook XML. We are going to work on starting and completing chapters for the User Guide. Our goal is to make a significant dent in the User Guide tasks and possibly some of the project tasks.

Schedule

Time Activity
9:00am Breakfast and Introductions
9:30am Introduction to working with a wiki
10:00am User Guide write and edit
10:30am User Guide write and edit
11:00am User Guide write and edit; completed chapters conversion to XML
11:30am User Guide write and edit; completed chapters converted to XML
12:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Short intro to RPM Packaging
2:00pm Build your first Font Package Tutorial
2:30pm
3:00pm First Font Package Complete and Built
3:30pm Submit Bugzilla Ticket for Package Review
4:00pm Font Packaging / Docs Stuff
4:30pm Font Packaging / Docs Stuff
5:00pm Font Packaging / Docs Stuff
5:30pm Font Packaging / Docs Stuff
6:00pm FAD success dinner

Attendees