--- On Tue, 8/3/10, Tom Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> wrote:
> From: Tom Bullock <tbull...@nd.edu> > Subject: Manual and Guide Versions in the documentation > To: "John Ralls" <jra...@ceridwen.us> > Cc: "gnucash-devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:23 PM > <<snip>> > > Message: 8 > > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:50:20 -0700 > > From: John Ralls <jra...@ceridwen.us> > > Subject: Website Links > > Also, the online manual and guide seem to be for 2.0; it > should be updated to 2.2. > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > <</snip>> > > John, > > Your comment raises the question: What is the > process/method that documentation version reporting should > follow? > > Looking at the little I have been working on in the Guide, > the top-level NEWS module shows a history of version changes > ending at version 2.0.1 dated 10/08/2006. Before that, > leading up to that point, there is a trail of version > changes and implementation dates (I infer) with a brief > comment about reason for entry. > > Since the documentation seems to be behind installation of > new features, is there a way to identify the features added > since the last point at which the documentation did match > the feature install? If that can be figured out, then that > provides a "to-do" list for documentation updates (I > assume). It also would suggest the order that patches should > be added, if documenting in the order of oldest to newest > feature first. the main Gnucash page (www.gnucash.org) includes release announcements that include substantial lists of changes from version to version. I don't know if the lists are exhaustive, but they are sure exhausting to wade through. There may be a better way to get this information, since I believe it's culled from svn somehow. David > > Your thoughts and anyone else's experience would be much > appreciated to define the scope of what is needed. > > Thanks. > > Tom > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
