marbux wrote:
On 7/21/07, Jean Hollis Weber
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
marbux wrote:
You and some of the other respondents are looking at this in
quite a different (and more complex) way than I was, which means
that I wasn't very clear in my previous note to this list.
What I have in mind is a not-terribly-long document (30 pages?)
outlining "things you can do to make your docs work more
reliably" for ordinary OOo users needing to share docs with MSO
users. IIRC, Solveig Haugland (or perhaps it was Bruce Byfield)
have something on a blog that's along the lines I'm thinking of.
I must try to track it down (and hope I'm not totally imagining it).
Sorry. Something like that would make more sense than what I thought was
being proposed. But from the perspective of the obvious often being
overlooked, it would probably be good along the way to make sure all such
issues identified in the wiki have actually made their way into the bug
base.
And, perhaps, this isn't a project worth pursuing, because of the
complexity and the moving target.
As you've described the project more closely, I think it would be worth
pursuing. A few more suggestions:
* Prominently caveat that the guide does address a moving target.
* Consider some outreach to the developers who work on MS Office interop to
put review of the guide for needed updating on their regular pre-release
checklist. They're the ones who really know the subject, are equipped with
the MS and SO/OOo software to keep tabs on version madness, know what
issues
they are working on, etc.
* Consider an effort to involve them in the guide's design, development,
and
periodic review.
* Consider linking guide subtopics to the corresponding issue reports in
the
bug base so users and guide developers/maintainers can quickly and easily
check the current status of the given interop wart. Alternative: provide
Issue ID numbers as citations and put a link to the bug base search
interface in a footer in the guide or in a "what's related?" inset box for
each subtopic. Such an inset might also link to related topics on the wiki
and include the "what links to this page?" Mediawiki drop-down back-links
page selector.
Best regards,
Marbux
That sounds like an excellent plan/summary. Thanks for the input...
What can us "mere mortals" do to help?
Alan
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