Hi, On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 04:02:07PM -0400, Trevor Curtis wrote: > Hi there! > > I've been using Debian for a while now and recently came across this > page: > > https://penta.debconf.org/~joerg/events/82.en.html
Yes, that is by javi. We are lacking people. > A few years ago I was a member of the GNOME Documentation Project so I > have experience using doc-book (SGML and XML) and of course actually > writing documentation. I'd like to help out if help is still needed. Good. > I should point out that I have no formal training writing manuals. > > How does one typically get started? Do I have to run Unstable? Is there > a document that would help me get started? What sorts of technologies do > people use? Since we need to describe for next release, having acess to testing/unstable environment is required. It is possible to run stable if you set up chroot for testing/unstable to check latest behavior if you are considering new content writing. For translation, stable may be good enough but testing/unstable may be better. I personally run unstable. We used to use * CVS * debiandoc-sgml But people (e.g. d-i folks for installation manual) are moving to * svn and other VCS * DocBook XML What kind of work are you in mind? * creating whole new document focused on particular subject. * translation * updating existing one? http://www.debian.org/doc/ has list of existing ones. For my Debian Reference, I am trying to make total reorganization. * tentatively draft content in Wiki http://wiki.debian.org/DebianReference * thinking to convert it to DocBook XML with po4a Osamu > Cheers, > -- > Trevor Curtis > http://www.somaradio.ca/~tcurtis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
