Attending: Shaun, Joachim, Don, Rodrigo Who's Doing What * Joachim and Karderio doing most of the current work * Matthew East has sent some patches upstream from Ubuntu
List of Documentation - Joachim started http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProject/Documents - ACTION: Shaun to flesh out the nlist What Got Done * Joachim kept GEdit up to date * EOG got some love, but distro issues prevented fixes - Optional features (have libfoo -> you can do this) * User Guide crept out of date - Joachim didn't know what changed (e.g. only knew about control center by chance) - Some patches here and there - Panel manuals folded in by Karderio - Matthew East cleaned preference sections some (e.g. panels section nightmare) * Seahorse got some work, response to call for new apps - Developer team was great * Other new modules didn't get back to us - http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-doc-list/2006-November/msg00061.html - NetworkManager, Tracker, GnomeScan Joachim posted this link: http://www.redhat.com/magazine/019may06/features/documentation_design/ GEdit team trained! * http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gedit-list/2006-November/msg00030.html * Joachim stayed in communication with gedit team * Communication with team probably essential * How do we get a point man for each module? ACTION: shaun to propose policy again * File docs bugs for interface changes - uichange keyword broken, clone bug into docs component * Send change synopsis at feature freeze * New module proposals must get in touch with us - http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2006-October/msg00232.html - http://live.gnome.org/DocumentationProjectPolicies Branches * Only branch when we need to for gnome-user-docs * App manuals harder, we branch when maints branch * Rodrigo says submit branch patches to bugzilla, let maints deal with branches * Suggest help be svn:external'd, so we can branch when we want New Members * Joachim asks how to recruit new writers * Shaun says we get potentials, but we don't hang on to them * Don suggests list of prioritized tasks, time needed, contact person * Forums, users love em, devs hate em - Seem to bring in writers in ubuntu _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
