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Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] error in LO user's guide
From: Caroline Carlisle Tidwell <[email protected]>
To: Dave Barton <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2019 10:54:09 -0400
> I agree that this one is not an error as it is a different version and
> a different release, but it does bring up a good point. What is the
> timing for the release of the updates/changes in the "Getting Started
> Guide" with the release of any/all version changes such as the tabs?
>
> Regards,
> Carlisle
Hi Carlisle,
Yes it is a good point and one that has been raised many times before.
We would all love to have fixed release dates for all of the 6 core
guides we attempt to produce, but this is unlikely to be possible any
time in the foreseeable future.
The facts are:
* You cannot dictate deadlines to volunteer contributors donating
their valuable spare time to work on the guides.
* At any one time there are, by my estimation, fewer than 4 people
involved in the documentation effort actively working on part of any
guide.
* In addition to the guides the tiny group good folks who make up the
Documentation "/Team/" are also responsible for the software's
in-built/on-line help files, the documentation wiki, the on-line
FAQ's, How-To's and Tutorials.
* As with all things in FOSS projects there is big demand and very
limited resources (contributors) to meet that demand and as yet
nobody has come up with a viable solution.
The GS guide for LO version 6 published in September 2018 was updated
from the GS guide for LO version 5.2 itself published in February 2017.
A target of 12 to 18 months for a updated release of the GS guide might
be considered achievable if we had at least double the number of active
contributors we currently have working exclusively on that guide.
While the GS guide is important, it is a long way short of the most
demanded/downloaded Calc Guide which we are currently concentrating our
limited resources upon. The the last published and currently available
Calc Guide was for LO version 4.1 published in December 2013.
At first glance updating might appear to be a simple task, but until
someone has "/rolled up their sleeves/" and "/done the grunt work/" of
revising just one chapter they cannot fully appreciate the effort
required to produce a near accurate result.
Beat Regards
Dave
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