Re: [GNC-dev] Windows Wiki page

[David Carlson]

I am very happy to see that you are looking critically at this page.  My
only comment would be that even recently there was a comment in the user
maillist from a user that was still using release 2.4.something, so I think
some history should be kept that such users can easily find.  Of course it
should be marked as deprecated and segregated in some way from current info.

I am a windows user, so I can take a look at that section, but I have not
migrated to release 3.2, so my experience is slightly dated.

David C

On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 2:26 PM, David T. via gnucash-devel <
gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I had reason to click on the Windows wiki page (https://wiki.gnucash.org/
> wiki/Windows ), and I think that
> there is a lot of information parked there that should be placed elsewhere
> or removed. I am hesitant to edit this page in part because I do not use
> Windows, and cannot speak from personal experience. Furthermore, I would
> like to get input from the group before I undertake a major edit on the
> page.
>
> Information that should placed elsewhere includes sections 1.3, 1.4 and
> 1.7. These sections explain general functionality that should be available
> to all GC users through the FAQ. Windows-specific notes could be
> incorporated into the resulting pages.
>
> In addition, I think the Q/A format is stilted and not helpful on this
> page. I would rewrite it as straightforward prose.
>
> Finally, I see a lot of elements that are dated (F::Q, sections 2 and 3),
> and I see mention that issues related to older versions are moved to an
> Older issues page. They underscore the fact that such structures lend
> themselves to obsolescence, since information gets added to these
> structures, but is rarely pruned or updated. Perhaps the older issues could
> simply be deleted, and the wiki focus on providing information on the
> currently-supported versions?
>
> Cheers,
> David T.
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[GNC-dev] Windows Wiki page

[David T. via gnucash-devel]

Hello,

I had reason to click on the Windows wiki page 
(https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Windows 
), and I think that there is a lot of 
information parked there that should be placed elsewhere or removed. I am 
hesitant to edit this page in part because I do not use Windows, and cannot 
speak from personal experience. Furthermore, I would like to get input from the 
group before I undertake a major edit on the page.

Information that should placed elsewhere includes sections 1.3, 1.4 and 1.7. 
These sections explain general functionality that should be available to all GC 
users through the FAQ. Windows-specific notes could be incorporated into the 
resulting pages.

In addition, I think the Q/A format is stilted and not helpful on this page. I 
would rewrite it as straightforward prose.

Finally, I see a lot of elements that are dated (F::Q, sections 2 and 3), and I 
see mention that issues related to older versions are moved to an Older issues 
page. They underscore the fact that such structures lend themselves to 
obsolescence, since information gets added to these structures, but is rarely 
pruned or updated. Perhaps the older issues could simply be deleted, and the 
wiki focus on providing information on the currently-supported versions?

Cheers,
David T.
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