Hmmm, there seems to be strong interest to move the docs to docbook format.
Do you think you would be able to automatically convert the document into the new format, bring it into cvs and document what has to be done to edit it and how to create various output formats? Surely you would not have to write hundreds of howtos, but the one or other document page (containing mostly links) or ant task would not be bad. What time would you need to do that? Who would like to do that? It would be a step from a document maintained by one to a document maintained by many, but that can only work if the enough of the many would accept and use it. How many are out there? Is someone there who will help if a developer simply refuses to send docbook and simply sends txt? But the main problem for me still is that we would switch to another master format without agreement from the person who has maintained the manual until now and is also one of two main authors. I hope you all understand that point. I agree with all advantages of cvs based docbook from a technical point of view. Ok, maybe you're right, what if: - we still update the current manual for a limited amount of time. It would not be much work and Shawn has already offered to do that. The manual will be offered as doc and as pdf. - the docbook gurus out there set up a section within cvs for the new docbook docs, document it and evaluate how to transform the current manual into that format, they add ant tasks etc. This will not be done tomorrow, so we need the old manual anyway for some time. Then one day we will decide what to do. I think we will find an agreement then. But even if not: If someone ( Philip ?) definitely wants to keep the doc version, he will have a current version that is up to date and can be used as a base for future work. Those who prefer the cvs docs will also have an environment to work with. But we don't have to speak about a conflict that is not not there now and that I don't really expect to come. Regards Dirk ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ DbForms Mailing List http://www.wap-force.net/dbforms
