On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Caroline Meeks <carol...@solutiongrove.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 12:52 PM, Seth Woodworth <s...@isforinsects.com> > wrote: >> >> I can't answer all or even most of your questions, but they are the right >> ones to be asking. Your order of solving the issues makes sense for a plan >> to go into place, but I think they are orthogonal issues, and will be solved >> by completely different groups. >> >>> 1. How can we enable writers to easily change the Help Content, bring >>> it up to date and customize it for the XO and for Sugar on a Stick. >> >> If by writers you mean the Sugar community, I'm willing to help document >> and streamline things considerably. If you're trying to solve the issue for >> X deployment or user, I think that it's a bit harder, but mostly the same >> issue. > > Actually I mean the logistics. How can we set this up so multiple authors > can work on it and people without technical skills can contribute. Yet at > the same time its not a big deal to package it up and put it into a ? > Activity and load it onto the activities portal. > > Seth, if you could set up those technical logistics I think that would be a > big help.
Currently, the colaboratative writing happens using the floss manuals toolkit at http://en.flossmanuals.net/write . From there, It seems to make a good deal of sense to import the information into a format usable by gnome help. While not perfect, gnome help is proven and usable. david >> >> >>> 2. Who will bring it up to date and customize it? >> >> >> It is mostly up to date for .82, it's just not complete. It doesn't cover >> a lot of the activities yet, nor hardly any support issues. The decision >> needs to be made if the current revision of the text is frozen as far as >> .82/8.2.0 is concerned or if it will be improved independently of text for >> .84 and SoaS. > > It will be improved independently for at least SoaS. One nice thing about > becoming an activity on the activity portal is that it should be easy to > update independently of the schedule of larger Sugar releases. > > Pauline, a Solution Grove writer is working on a SoaS specific update now. > So we can get new content in there if we had the technical logistics worked > out. >> >>> 3. How can it be localized effectively? >> >> I think that Localization should be happening inside of FlossManuals' >> toolset. It us up to us to let people/deployments know this, and encourage >> them. >>> >>> 4. Who will enable different versions to go into different releases? >> >> That is entirely up to those who are making releases. nubae > >> Gentoo&Edubuntu, ?? > SaoS, and me for OLPC. >> >>> >>> 5. How will people find the Help content, a ? in the activity ring >>> and/or from Browse. >> >> While I live in the browser, chidren, esp those who do not have internet, >> may not. >> >> Technical implementation aside, I feel it should be in both locations; >> Browse/Library and in the Activity ring. Neither is ideal. >> >> P.S. I *still* owe and will work on documenting. > > > > -- > Caroline Meeks > Solution Grove > carol...@solutiongrove.com > > 617-500-3488 - Office > 505-213-3268 - Fax > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
