On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi :) > Ahh, so a list of "suggested things to work on" might be helpful?
It might be helpful, but someone has to do it and keep it up to date; sometimes the list would change rapidly. And I'm not the someone to take care of such a list (I am capable, but I don't). Also, Hazel said 'I feel more comfortable if someone drops me a line saying "This needs doing now and you are the obvious one to do it."' -- that is not the same thing as having a list. I often, though not consistently, do write to her about things to do. > I keep being told that such a thing is impossible and that people would > reject any such manipulation anyway and just go off and do their own > thing. Having a list is not "manipulation" but people will do their own thing and/or not choose the most urgent items on the list. Example: I choose not to create and update a list, no matter how important others may think it might be. > Wrt the Calc chapters done by Jean there does, of course, need to be > someone quite knowledgeable about the Guide's topic involved at some > point(s) in the process. However there also needs to be non-experts > involved, preferably noobs to the topic, because otherwise the guides run > the risk of being too geeky and unhelpful to non-experts. Of course now > that Jean has worked so intensely on those Calc chapters it makes he more > of an expert than she had been previously so it's difficult to make sure > the team keeps getting the fresh perspective. I thought the review process > was were fairly expert people checked the technical accuracy? Part of the review process is supposed to be checking for technical accuracy. However, if no one does it, then it doesn't get done. Either someone (not me) spends time trying to find appropriate people to do reviews, or the chapters and books are delayed indefinitely, or chapters and books get published without needed review. --Jean -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
