On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Peter Goggin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/10/14 04:03, Dave Barton wrote: >> >> -------- Original Message -------- From: Peter Goggin >> <[email protected]> To:[email protected] Date: >> Wed, 01 Oct 2014 18:40:00 +1000 >> >>> I have worked through chapter 4 - forms on the Base documentation. Apart >>> from a minor concern relating to the descriptions of the various options >>> in the drop down menus I found that it was a good document, and would >>> certainly be of help to people developing forms. Owing to a disk crash >>> I have lost a number of e-mails relating to this project. >>> Would it be possible for someone to advise me on >>> 1. How to check the chapter back in >>> 2. What chapter should I work on next? >>> 3. How do I check out any new chapters I work on? >>> 4. What are the links for downloading chapters? >>> >>> Sorry to be a pain but it has been many years since I have been involve >>> in a large team and I do not want to screw anything up. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Peter Goggin >> >> Hi Peter, >> >> Anyone who is prepared to "step up to the plate" and help with the >> documentation is _NOT_ a pain. Don't concern yourself too much about >> "screwing anything up", because everything is fixable and nobody will >> get upset about a genuine mistake. Probably the only semi-important >> thing to remember is renaming any edited files you check back in. (See >> point 1 below.) >> >> You should find answers to most of your questions at: >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development >> If you need any further clarification please write back to this list. >> >> In answer to your specific questions: >> >> 1. See: >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Uploading_a_file_after_a_review >> Change the name of the file you are checking back in to include your >> initials and editing date. Something like: >> BH4204-Forms_AC_PG_01Oct2014.odt >> (The AC indicates that you reviewed Alan Cook's revision.) >> Then change the status here: >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Base_Handbook >> >> 2. The choice is yours. If you are interested in working on the Base >> Handbook there appears to be plenty to choose from at: >> http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts_4.2 >> >> 3. See: >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Downloading_a_file_for_review >> Then change the status here: >> >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks >> >> 4. For chapters you want to work on I would recommend the ODF Authors >> website:http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english >> It appears that Jean has made the Base Handbook chapters "Externally >> Visible" (ie. no log-in required), but if you want to retract (ie. work >> on) them you will need to log-in first. >> >> I believe the above information to be accurate, but others will >> undoubtedly correct any errors I may have made. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> Regards >> Dave >> >> >> > I have uploaded my version of the the Forms chapter. I looked at the link > for changing the status of the file. I do not have access to change the > status. Do I need an account for this, other than the ODF authors login. > (This does not work on the sign in.) It says my user name is invalid, yet > when I try to create a user it says I already exist. > > I need to be able to set the status to reviewed and then be able to check > out another chapter. > > Regards > > Peter Goggin
Peter, You were able to log in to ODFAuthors and upload the file, so your user name is clearly valid. I just checked and you appear to have the necessary permissions to change a file's status, so I don't know why you can't. Don't worry about it; it's not stopping you from doing anything else. Anyway, there is no "reviewed" status for files on the ODFAuthors website; we keep track of that on the wiki: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development/UserGuideTasks#Status_of_tasks_BH_v4.2 As for checking out another chapter, just download it from ODFAuthors. Then put your initials in the "Checked out" column on the wiki page I linked above. Yes, I know it's a slightly clunky system. We tried to do a more automated one several years ago, using a different platform, but it didn't work out. (Long, boring explanation omitted here.) The people actually doing the work at the time appeared to be happy with the system we're using. Of course, it may be time to change the system, if enough people find it's a problem and want to do something different. Lastly, I see there was no folder for Reviewed 4.2, so I have created one and moved your reviewed file from Drafts 4.2 to the new folder. Using different folders seems to help people keep track of what stage a file has reached. http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/reviewed-4.2/ --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
