Hi :) I think one of the problems with the 3.5.x branch was that so many things didn't work that it was difficult to get screen-shots or accurately update the text of the guides.
We don't really know whether there will be more changes to the icon sets at official release. Is anyone on the design teams list to ask there? It might be worth asking the devs list too as they might have some idea of plans. Regards from Tom :) --- On Thu, 14/6/12, Ian Leyton <leyto...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Ian Leyton <leyto...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching quickly! To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Date: Thursday, 14 June, 2012, 10:52 Hi Jean, Just downloaded and installed on my Mac. If they do not change any of the icons before release many of the Calc guide screen shots will need redoing as they have changed many of them and some of the menu items. How to catch up with the guides with the limited number of people is going to be a problem. What time I'll have to help with the Calc guide remains an unknown given the change of government! I was hoping to have already to have started on the LO3.5 Calc guides. May be the same plan as Peter mentioned below might be the best plan Regards Ian Leyton On 14/06/2012, at 6:17 PM, Jean Weber wrote: > Peter! Glad to hear you had a good holiday. I haven't been in Croatia > in 45 (!) years, back when it was part of Yugoslavia. I enjoyed it > then and have been looking for an opportunity to go back. > > Here is the page for downloading the Beta 1 of LO3.6: > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ > > That page also has a link to the nightly builds, if you feel really daring. > > Glad to know you'll be doing Draw 3.5 as well as 3.6. > > --Jean > > On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Peter Schofield <psaut...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Jean >> >> Back from a wonderful holiday in Croatia. Definitely worth visiting again >> and we are already making tentative plans for next year. Now it is back to >> work. >> >> If you can point me in the right direction to get a reasonably stable >> version of LO3.6, I can continue with Draw guide LO3.5. Then check LO3.5 >> guide against LO3.6 after completing each chapter. Make any necessary >> alterations and we shall be a little ahead when it is a go for publishing >> LO3.6 guides. >> >> Regards >> >> Peter Schofield >> psaut...@gmail.com >> >> >> On 14 Jun 2012, at 08:21, Jean Weber wrote: >> >>> I have now studied the features lists for v3.5 >>> (http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-5-new-features-and-fixes/) and >>> v3.6 (http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.6). >>> >>> Numerous important changes were made in v3.5 to Writer and Draw as >>> well as Impress. Few new or updated features are listed for Draw and >>> Impress v3.6. >>> >>> Updating the Draw Guide to 3.5 should not be a major job for PeterS, >>> because of the overlap between Draw and Impress. He has already agreed >>> to do it. Producing a v3.6 book for Draw or Impress should require >>> very little further work. >>> >>> Updating the affected chapters of the Writer Guide to v3.5 will be a >>> fair bit of work for whoever does it (JohnS?), but then the update to >>> v3.6 should be relatively minor. >>> >>> Calc appears to have numerous important changes in v3.5 and in v3.6, >>> so perhaps a case can be made for skipping a Calc Guide for v3.5 and >>> going directly to v3.6... assuming anyone is available to work on it, >>> given everything else that needs to be done. >>> >>> IMO, we should have a Getting Started guide for v3.5 and another for >>> v3.6. But again, that assumes someone is available to work on it. I >>> traditionally do that book, other than the chapters extracted from >>> work others do for other books (Writer, Impress, Draw, Calc). >>> >>> So, to summarise: >>> I think we should NOT skip the v3.5 books (other than, perhaps, Calc), >>> because of the major changes in v3.5. However, if individual >>> volunteers prefer to go directly to v3.6 for whatever they are working >>> on, I won't argue. >>> >>> BTW, I intend to work on the remaining chapters of Calc v3.4 over the >>> next few days, so we can finish that book as soon as Andrew Pitonyak >>> does his chapters. >>> >>> After that, I intend to work on Getting Started v3.5. >>> >>> --Jean >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Don't know whether 3.6 is usable enough for us to start documenting >>>> it, but it should be. It's in early beta at the moment. I haven't >>>> tested it nor even read through the list of updates yet. >>>> >>>> Skipping 3.5.x guides: I'll look at the features lists for 3.5 and 3.6 >>>> and form an opinion today or tomorrow. Skipping a release has both >>>> advantages and disadvantages, so the pros and cons need to be weighed >>>> up. Sometimes incremental updating works best; sometimes it's not >>>> needed. (Others' informed opinions are welcome, of course.) >>>> >>>> --Jean >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 10:18 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi :) >>>>> Is the 3.6.x usable enough to completely skip all the remaining 3.5.x >>>>> guides and go straight to the 3.6.x guides instead? >>>>> Regards from >>>>> Tom :) >>>>> >>>>> --- On Wed, 13/6/12, Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> From: Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> >>>>> Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching >>>>> quickly! >>>>> To: Documentation@global.libreoffice.org >>>>> Date: Wednesday, 13 June, 2012, 23:32 >>>>> >>>>> This article is a nice summary: >>>>> http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/LibreOffice-3-6-0-enters-beta-testing-1616858.html >>>>> >>>>> It contains links to relevant LO wiki pages including: >>>>> * the release plan, >>>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/3.6#3.6.0_release >>>>> * the preliminary Release Notes, >>>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.6 >>>>> >>>>> Note that release is scheduled for late July - early August. We need >>>>> to finish the v3.4 Calc Guide and all the v3.5 books, as well as work >>>>> on v3.6. >>>>> >>>>> --Jean > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
