HI all, I've been lurking on this list for ages, not knowing how to contribute.
Maybe this could be a way? I'm an editor and publisher and have "book skills". If you were to decide to solve your gap, then perhaps that's a way I can help. cheers Leticia On Sat, 14 Dec 2019 at 08:29, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > [Copied from another thread. My comments below.] > > Olivier Hallot wrote: > > ——————— > > Other opinions: Yes I have one radically different. > > Rationale: the current workflow and available resources is incompatible > (IMHO) with speed of software development, the gap between software > release and Guide release is very hard to close. > > I prefer a dynamic "time-release" of the guides, as with the software. > That means publish "as-is" at time of release, whatever is available, > ideally synch'ing with the software release. Each update will be a > "Revision number". > > I foresee usage of master documents to compile the book periodically and > quickly, and chapters updated by trusted Authors. One coordinator per > guide. Full usage of track changes and comments. > > A new challenge for sure, but I propose to select one of our guides and > test the new workflow. > > Olivier > —————————- > > My response: > > (1) The target audience for the user guides is ordinary users. Very few of > them are familiar with the type of document release cycle described by > Olivier. I think most of them are likely to be confused and unhappy with > the resulting books. > > (2) The suggestion of book coordinators and “trusted authors” is excellent > and certainly worth a try, but many years of experience tell me that > finding enough people with the time and skills to do the ongoing work will > continue to be a major problem. > > (3) Print copies of the books will be impractical to produce. I’ve been the > person doing them through Friends of OpenDocument, but I won’t attempt to > keep up with a quick release cycle. 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