On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:15 AM, David Nelson <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi, :-) > > On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 05:03, Hal Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why aren't we using the OOoAuthors website for tracking development? It > > seems well set up for that, and a lot less confusing (at least for me) to > > tell what the latest version of a chapter is. > > Well not everyone agrees that it's the best place to track > development, for various reasons. > Fair enough, but you do need *some* way to track things while you're working out your ongoing workflow. I notice you didn't answer my (unquoted) questions about how to tell who is working on what or whether I have the latest version of a chapter. Is the wiki page for Documentation/Development kept up to date? > > > I find the Documentation section of the wiki very confusing. Would anyone > > mind if I make some changes so things are easier to find? I know it's a > > wiki, but being a newcomer here I don't want to tread on anyone's toes. > > Before you make changes, maybe it would be a good idea to discus the > ideas here on the list first? > New ideas and a new active contributor will be very welcome, but: > > a) If you just jump in and starts re-organizing the wiki without > discussing your ideas first then other contributors are likely to get > confused and, possibly, irritated. > Sorry. I had in mind to add a few links from one page to another, and maybe a heading or two, not major reorganisation. Do I need to detail all of those minor items here before doing them? I understand the need to discuss major changes first. > > b) If per chance this is your first Open Source project, you might be > surprised to find for every idea you find totally obvious and a > no-brainer, there are half a dozen other people who think quite > differently and have other ideas. :-D > I've noticed. :-) > > It's one of the reasons why it's taking some time to develop a workflow. > Seems to me that getting at least a Getting Started book done before product release shouldn't have to wait on developing a proper workflow. > > There are a number of options we could adopt, and we need to talk about > them. > > If you've got ideas, please do tell us. > > I said a bit above, and I'll have more to say, but I'm more interested in helping to actually produce some docs. Hal -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://www.libreoffice.org/lists/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
