On Tue, 2006-02-07 at 21:29 +0000, Simos Xenitellis wrote: > O/H Shaun McCance έγραψε: > > On Sun, 2006-02-05 at 12:07 +0000, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > > >> Our situation is that we need writers. We need to > >> lower the barriers to entry, and one of them is > >> expecting new doc writers to build themselves a > >> complete GNOME from CVS before they can write > >> documentation. > >> > >> My experiences would suggest that expecting doc > >> writers to build GNOME themselves isn't feasible. > >> > > > > [snipped insightful material for expediency] > > > > > >> Here are my ideas for discussion, please add your own: > >> > >> * provide binaries of apps that doc writers can > >> download and run > >> * ask people who can compile to write brief summaries > >> of what's new, that doc writers can then clean up > >> * make scripts that can build you a single app from > >> CVS with one command > >> [snip] > > One possible solution is to provide Live CDs at every > > unstable point release. Doing so would undoubtedly > > help the bug hunting efforts as well. But it's a huge > > undertaking. > > > Another option is to create a virtual machine suitable for VMWare > Player. It should be easy for the developer and also for the > documentation writer. > What you do here is you create such a virtual machine and let your > technical writers run them with their VMWare Player. > > Some links. > 1. Free VMWare Player, available for Linux, Windows > http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ > 2. Community developed virtual machines list > http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/community.html > > The main advantages of a virtual machine over a Live CD are: > 1. The developer can easily create it and customise by removing unneeded > parts to make it small > 2. No need to burn a CD > 3. Faster to boot than CD as it resides on the hard disk > 4. You can set the resolution by default to 800x600, which is friendly > to screenshots. > 5. You can even take screenshot of GDM. > 6. Screenshots are saved either on the host OS or from within the > virtual machine. > > I am not affiliated with VMWare.
Hot damn, I never even thought of that. That's quite possibly the coolest idea ever. Whom do we need to pester to make this happen? -- Shaun _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
