Hi Josh, Thank you for your reply.
On 2019.11.06 07:56 Josh wrote: > On 11/5/19 5:24 PM, Doug Smythies wrote: >> >> There are still things to work out for this >> transition from Docbook to discourse, but I thought it >> best to wait until after 19.10 was done. >> >> O.K. so now let's get on with it. >> >> Where will the final compiled HTML document be posted? >> And would it make sense to simply have it at the same location >> as where the Docbook version would end up? That would be: >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/20.04/serverguide/index.html >> >> during this preliminary phase, and become >> >> https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/index.html >> >> after the release date. >> > > I will be at a sprint next week where I will get an update on the > progress of the new site including the location and the PDF question > below. My hope was that the new site would be live right after the new > year, if not sooner. As soon as possible, so as to maximize the time to deal with as yet unknown issues. >> Regardless of being in the old location or some new location, >> Can we (meaning one of you) get on with it, such that compile, >> formatting and publishing issues can be discovered and fixed now. >> >> For testing purposes, and until the publishing step happens by >> itself, how does one compile the discourse source code into what would >> be the final html documents? I do want to be able to compile the discourse source code into the final HTML document, and PDF, myself. >> >> Can whomever please give me editing rights to the discourse stuff. >> > > By migrating to Discourse, anyone can make an account and then add > comments on the topics. Those comments can be suggestions, fixes, or > conversations about the content. Editors can then update the docs > themselves and those changes can be reflected immediately on the new > site. O.K. I just did a small, more or less a test, edit to: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/virtualization-libvirt/11522 Which worked fine, but does raise another question. How do we prevent abuse? (maybe I already have elevated rights?) I am only familiar with the current system, where one has to have sufficient rights to accept merge proposals and/or push directly to the master branch. > The Canonical server team has already begun going through the existing > content removing or updating outdated pages, checking links, and > verifying the formatted pages. Yes, I see. This is great and what we have hoped for with this conversion. > This original thread was a call to action for content and reviews. I > continue to invite others to view the list of topics [1], review, and > contribute as we prepare for our next LTS release. Yes, agree. [1] https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/introduction/11322 > The answer to the question: Will a PDF version be available? > Was "I don't know". Can that answer be determined now? > > I think I am forgetting some things. Oh well. > > ... Doug -- ubuntu-server mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam
