Hi Shaun, On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 11:26 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: [...] > Steps that would help: > > 1) Make it easier to run the latest development version. I got > myself set up for working on 2.25 documentation yesterday, in > part to review your patches. It took me most of the day Sunday > just to get 2.25 in front of me. And I'm a programmer. Most > potential writers are not. > > 2) Provide better documentation for how to write documentation. > The GDP Handbook is outdated and overwhelming. > > 3) Make documentation easier to write. Mallard can help. > > 4) Make it easier to see what documentation needs work. Pulse > can help. > > 5) Ensure the community can respond to potential new members. > This means that either I have to have a lot more free time, or > we need more trusted community members alongside me. The former > doesn't seem likely, and the latter is kind of a Catch-22. > > In my experience, (1) and (5) have been the biggest problems. > People grumble about the other three, but they usually manage > to figure it out.
I'll help out with (5) if you're happy for me to do so. Thanks, Phil -- Phil Bull https://launchpad.net/people/philbull _______________________________________________ gnome-doc-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-doc-list
