Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
James Nichterlein wrote:
I would be happy to do this if you will let me know exactly what is
to be done
Thanks, Jim.
Maintainers are responsible for making sure their chapters are up to
date with changes in the software. This includes accepting or
rejecting changes suggested by other people who review the chapter.
Maintainers also improve upon chapters by adding or rewriting
material, and call for people to review their own changes.
Maintainers should have a good understanding of formatting issues like
anchoring illustrations and the use of our custom styles (easy enough
to learn if you're not familiar with them already).
The book's editor (up to now, that's usually been me, but with Gary
and other people coming on board, that may change -- indeed, I hope
so!) will generally do a pass through a chapter that has more than
trivial changes, as a check on consistency with the writing style used
in the rest of the book. Maintainers who feel their writing skills (or
their English, especially if not native speakers) are a bit weak thus
get backup from an experienced technical editor.
When a chapter has been revised, the maintainer creates a PDF and puts
both the ODT and PDF on the OOoAuthors website, then notifies me
(through the list) that the PDF is ready to be uploaded to the Docs
website.
Hmmm... there may be more that I can't think of right now. Guess I
should write this up a bit better and put it on the website!
Cheers, Jean
Jean,
I am happy to take on the role of a maintainer if i can come to you for
advice at least in the early stages
Jim
