Indeed. Lately I have also had the chance to study the documentation of
another leading database which I won't name, and that really has made me
appreciate the quality of the Derby docs. Thank you Kim :)
On 09/18/2014 08:52 PM, Rick Hillegas wrote:
Hi Kim,
What Dag and Myrna said. For the past several years, you have served as
editor-in-chief for the Derby docs. You have applied a simple,
consistent style-sheet which has made the docs much easier to
understand. I hope you'll be able to check in from time to time to make
sure that we don't mess up your good work.
Thanks and best wishes for your next gig!
Cheers,
-Rick
On 9/18/14 9:14 AM, Dag H. Wanvik wrote:
Hi,
Thanks you so much for you hard and dedicated work, Kim. Your
attention to detail as well
as timely initiatives and vision for improving the docs has resulted
in a substantially improved set of documentation for the benefit of
all Derby users. And the devs, too :) It's been a pleasure cooperating
with you. Good luck with your new endeavours!
Dag
On 12. sep. 2014 19:21, Camilla Haase wrote:
Hi, all,
I've been working on the Derby user manuals for quite a few years
now, but my project assignments have been changing and I won't have
time to spend on Derby in the future. New features will continue to
be documented, but staffing for fixing bugs will not be available.
Therefore, I would like to invite other Derby developers to help with
fixing documentation issues.
I've spent the past few days weeding out these issues so that the
ones left are all legitimate (I think), though not all solvable at
present -- some depend on a software fix, others on updating our tools.
Instructions on how to work with the documentation are on the Derby
web site (http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/index.html) under "DITA
Source" and "Writing Guidelines." They are mostly current, though
there's an issue requesting some updates
(https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5182).
A number of you have worked with the documentation before, and I will
be happy to answer questions from any of you, whether you're new to
the docs or just a bit rusty. I know you're all committed to
maintaining the quality of the manuals, so I hope we can preserve it.
Thanks very much!
Kim Haase
--
Regards,
Dyre
