Linda Worthington has just informed me that she is unable to
continue as maintainer of the Draw Guide.
So all the chapters in that book are in need of a maintainer.
Please note: If you want to take on one or more of them, you are
not obligated to take all of them.
What does being a maintainer involve? Generally it is making any
updates that are necessary after the chapter is published. In the
past, the person who wrote the chapter has usually remained as
the maintainer, but that is not required, and with all of these
being updated from pre-existing V1 chapters, the "writing"
component is much less than for brand-new chapters.
I'll continue working on producing first drafts of Draw Guide
chapters (updating from V1), if no one else comes forward to take
them on. Each of them will need to be reviewed by several people.
BTW, the hardest part of this work is to figure out what's
missing... esp. if new features or functions have been added to
Draw. Many things changed from V1 to V2, but those aren't that
hard (just tedious) to find and revise; it's the new stuff that
tricks me.
Also, I like to include as many tips and hints as possible on how
to do real tasks, not just describe what the software can do. The
way I usually figure out what tasks to include is to read the
forums and users list etc and see what questions people are
asking, then make sure the book covers the answers to those
questions somewhere in it. Needless to say, I have not had time
to do any of this research for Draw! So if you're interested and
want to do some research to find out what people are asking, that
would be a great help!
--Jean
- [authors] Draw Guide needs a maintainer Jean Hollis Weber
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