OK Tom, you've given your opinion. Let those of us actually doing the work decide what we prefer to do.
Cheers, Jean On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi :) > I think it would be more impressive if people mostly skipped the 3.5.x and > went straight on to the 3.6.x as happened with the Impress Guide this time. > Maybe by the time the 3.6.x guides are done the need for 3.5.x guides would > be over anyway. There are not many releases left before 3.5.x reaches > end-of-life. > > Yes, there might have been big changes but if no-one is using the 3.5.x by > the time the guides are done then there will have been no point in doing the > guides. > Regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Thu, 14/6/12, Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > From: Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] LibreOffice 3.6 is approaching > quickly! > To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org > Date: Thursday, 14 June, 2012, 7:21 > > 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 > > > -- > 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
