On 9 May 2012 19:52, Alan Pope <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm in a session at the Ubuntu Developer Summit about the Ubuntu > Manual http://ubuntu-manual.org/ which you may remember was started > some time ago with the goal of producing a high quality pdf (and > printed) manual for Ubuntu desktop. > > They are looking for new blood to help author and edit the manual for > 12.04 to be released around the time of 12.04.1 (July 19th). However > we're trying to figure out why we don't have more contributors and > what may be holding people back. > > So my question to you is:- > > "If you have considered contributing to Ubuntu Manual, but haven't, > what's stopped you?" > > Some reasons might include:- > > * Lack of time > * Lack of motivation > * Lack of skill > * Difficult to use tools > > Or something we're missing. We'd really like to know in case it's > something we can fix. If you're interested in contributing, please do > let us know, and we can help you get involved. > > Cheers, > - -- > Alan Pope > Engineering Manager > > Canonical - Product Strategy > +44 (0) 7973 620 164 > [email protected] > http://ubuntu.com/ >
Hi Alan I'm looking at becoming an Editor now. Looks reasonably straightforward to get going. I tried to get into helping with the OpenOffice.org manual a few years back, but was defeated by the version control system. But then I was on Windows and had to install cygwin, etc to be able to SSH. I assume that there is IRC, mailing list, etc to help out if I get stuck over the technicalities. BTW, there is no particular reason why I have not offered my help before. All of the above reasons apply to some extent, but I think that a lack of invitation/notification of the need for more help is a big factor as well. Tony
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