Hi Andreas, :-) Thought: I think that odfauthors.org is a great resource for smaller Open Source projects that don't have the people, time or resources to properly develop their own documentation.
But I think it's in the best interests of a *major* software project like LibreOffice to have an in-house documentation team that is really specialized in the product. David Nelson On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 22:02, David Nelson <comme...@traduction.biz> wrote: > Hi Florian, :-) > > All the active members of the docs team have accounts on the Alfresco > site I'm hosting right now. There is a general consensus/willingness > to use it, and people have already started trying it out for actual > work. > > Putting it under a TDF sub-domain will only further strengthen > people's commitment to uptake. > > We're ready to start a pilot work project, using the workflow that has > been developed. We have a system set up with: > > - a custom-designed workflow for the docs team, developed by a > professional Alfresco developer and a member of the docs team, > - full git-like versioning, > - rollback, > - discussion around documents, > - full built-in support for ODF/OOo/LibreOffice file formats, > - simple usage (publication/updating) for users via the use of an > existing plugin for OOo/LibO that lets you collaborate right from > within the LibO applications, > - sophisticated searching capability, that can extend right into > hosted documents. > > Basically, we have all the sophisticated functionality we need for > properly-managed, automation-assisted documentation development and > prepping for publication, with the potential ability to interface with > a variety of outside systems, such as directly with the LibreOffice > code repository... > > It would be a great tool for producing developer documentation in the > future, in addition to the user documentation the docs team is now > working on. > > It could also be used for easy management of HTML content on TDF > servers (documentfoundation.org, for instance), and for a variety of > other purposes. > > Using Alfresco, we will be able to develop all our documentation and > many other kinds of content in-house, and we will acquire expertise > and autonomy within the LibreOffice project and docs team. > > The advantages of hosting it on my server would be as follows: > > 1) It's quite a complicated package to set-up and configure. It is > quite memory-hungry. On my server, it is already fully operational. No > workload or worry for you. Version upgrades will be done whenever I > want, without putting workload and responsibility on you. > > 2) On my server, it is running within an environment that is simple to > manage. No problems of conflicts with the many other software products > that TDF runs. You get none of the complications that would inevitably > exist with integrating Alfresco into a TDF server. > > 3) I have access to 24/7 professional technical support, with in-house > Alfresco expertise. Any problems can be troubleshot within minutes, at > any time of day or night, with no problems of people on vacation, > sick, etc. > > 4) On my server, I have full root access and full control over all the > other software running on the server. I can't have that on a TDF > server. > > 5) On my server, I can peacefully reboot the system at any time and, > generally, do anything I want, without having to worry about other > users, running software, etc. And one does need to anticipate > occasional *total* system outages during the running-in period. > > 6) On my server, I can do memory and disk space upgrades 24/7 within > minutes. That kind of turnaround will not be available on a TDF > server. > > 7) The server is hosted in a secure data center in the UK, and > automated backups are taken at regular intervals, under my control. > > 8) You and Christian already have admin access to the Alfresco back > end. You can also both have permanent SSH user accounts to inspect the > server, suggest security improvements, etc. But you will find pretty > much the same security arrangements as I found on > documentfoundation.org. > > 9) I undertake to provide TDF with the best-possible service, and to > work on building a strong docs team and documentation base for > LibreOffice. I will also make a major effort in the future to expand > the number of active docs contributors within the LibreOffice project. > > If you agree, the sub-domain name I would suggest would be > alfresco.libreoffice.org. > > What do you think? ;-) > > David Nelson > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to steering-discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/steering-discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
