I agree that OOo Documentation and its dev project and support tools could be improved. I also agree a Wiki _may_ be a good solution. However, I have seen no evidence that it is clearly the best solution, or even that it is what should be done next. And even if it is, I submit that an unstructured Wiki will add more problems. A Wiki for a special purpose, such as keeping track of the documentation-dev resources and their statuses, probably should have some specific structure and rules, clearly explained (even for someone _not_ already familiar with the problem and/or solution) on its home page. Aren't there very good, special-purpose tools for supporting the documentation-development task? I'm no expert, but I would think people, e.g. the ones on SourceForge, have solved this problem well several times. Jim
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9:03:26 PM 6/27/2006 >>> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > Jean Hollis Weber wrote: >> If Gary has been unable to tell which attachment is the latest >> version of a chapter, that is a good example of the difficulties >> of using the Issue system for keeping track of things, esp. when >> out of date versions of a chapter are not (can not be?) removed >> from the issue... and it's hard to tell who is working on what, >> and what stage a particular chapter has reached. > > Gee with all the dates and times, I would have thought selection pretty > easy. I guess not. :-( No, it's not easy. There are far too many notes and items to wade through, even working backwards through the list. It's too easy to miss a critical note when scanning through such a long list, and end up with a file that is earlier than the latest. One can find what one needs in that issue, and determine which date is which, and all of that, but it is definitely *not* easy, at least for someone who is not intimately familiar with the book, as you are. >> Docs really needs a better system for tracking things. [...] >> One possibility I can think of is to use a section of the >> Documentation wiki for tracking. Of course that depends on people >> actually putting info into the wiki in a timely manner. > > A wiki solution would be nice. I'm heading off for 3 weeks of travel outside the Internet zone, so I can't help here. I know you and Scott are very busy, but I recall some keen wiki people on this list, so maybe someone else could set something up? --Jean --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
