Tres,
Yes I do agree that keeping the sources in a repository has these
advantages.
How do I place my source docs in repository? Could you please point to the
process?
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Narayan
On Mon, 8 Dec 2014 18:11 Tres Finocchiaro <tres.finocchi...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> @Narayan,
>
> It is your right to keep any creative works you have created (and to
> provide the publication and sources under a license you deem appropriate),
> so I don't want to sound pushy, however, we do a great job of keeping all
> other creative sources which the project relies on (at least those
> resources we have sources for) backed up into an online repository which
> gives the project the security of knowing the source will outlive the
> creator.
>
> So it's less a matter of **who** will support the manual moving forward,
> but more of an **if** it is no longer maintained, and when it comes to a
> project the and magnitude of ours, that often means **when** it is no
> longer maintained.
>
> But there are some other benefits to this approach as well... As our wiki
> maintainers find issues with either the online or PDF version of our
> documentation, we can track it in our tracker (either open a ticket, or use
> the comments/highlight feature on the source document). Furthermore,
> GitHub has version control -- albeit not tailored for publishing -- can
> revert to an earlier state of a document if needed.
>
> On a personal note -- as one of the technical reviewers of the Packt book
> and author of 500+ technical documents -- I can reassure you that very few
> people edit documents they haven't created themselves, but there are some
> benefits in committing the source of your work upstream, so I wanted to
> leave you with at least these thoughts (i.e. no pressure, just sharing some
> thoughts)
>
> - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
>
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2014 at 1:32 AM, Raindrops From Sky <
> raindrops.from...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Tres,
>>
>> I provide long-term support for all my manuals.
>>
>> so far I have written 10+ manuals for different projects. Some of them
>> are almost 10 years old.
>> In fact, I keep updating these manuals as I find time, and that's why I
>> don't share the source (because it would be outdated.)
>>
>> But if someone wants the source for translating, I can provide the source.
>> In fact, I have already done that for the German version of LMMS manual.
>>
>> I will make this more specific in the manual itself, so that more
>> translators can get inspired.
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Narayan
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 3:15 AM, Tres Finocchiaro <
>> tres.finocchi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> We haven't discussed this yet, but Raindrops, would you be willing to
>>> offer the current manual to our project in source form (i.e. OpenOffice, MS
>>> Word, etc?) Having the "source" for this manual would ensure we have the
>>> ability to maintain your hard work in the event you leave the project.
>>>
>>> -Tres
>>>
>>> - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com
>>>
>>> On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 2:45 PM, Stian Jørgensrud <stian...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> But it may not be able to produce music of certain types.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example, within the Western music, LMMS cannot create Jazz and
>>>>>> Blues music because they use blues notes,
>>>>>
>>>>> which cannot be produced by the Piano Roll Editor.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Page 151, Section about World Music.
>>>> Wow I didn't know about *blue notes*, not blues notes cause that would
>>>> be the regular "western ones". Except for them, LMMS is capable of playing
>>>> blues.
>>>>
>>>> In the subsection Limitations of Percussion
>>>>
>>>>> So this is another area where you may feel that LMMS is unable to
>>>>> match the demands of your music.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yeah, it may feel limiting, but I just realized (the last time I wrote
>>>> to you) why you can place drum notes in the Song Editor when you have
>>>> zoomed in 800% or more. It is because you then just as easily as in the B&B
>>>> Editor can make drums in the Song Editor! So it could be debatable how
>>>> limiting it is. Also some artists tend to write their drums as notes.
>>>> https://lmms.io/lsp/?action=show&file=5116
>>>>
>>>> I don't know if the Limitation of Percussion is meant to only describe
>>>> limitations, and then you describe alternatives in Alternatives to
>>>> Limitation of Percussion :) or if you just could add that it is easy to
>>>> make drums in the Song Editor too.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Hilsen
>>>> Stian Jørgensrud
>>>>
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