Good e-mail Peppe. Perhaps we should put together a team of a couple volunteers that will try to keep docs in sync with each official release that contains new features?
Landon On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:32 AM, <edgar.sol...@web.de> wrote: > That's exactly what Michael is aiming for this time... a branch for the > release revision 1.5.1 with bug fix releases 1.5.2+ .. and parallel > development in trunk of 1.6 > > ..ede > > On 24.01.2012 08:20, Uwe Dalluege wrote: >> Hi Giuseppe, >> >> thank you for your very interesting suggestions. >> >> In the past we could change the manuals *after* the official >> release was provided because the nightbuild could change every day. >> I agree that we need a deadline not to change menues or functionality >> to have time for changing the manuals too. >> >> But I think we should fix bugs in the official version too and not only >> in the nightbuilds. >> If there is a bug in the official version and it its fixed why >> can we not update the official version (with a new build-number)? >> So the official version would be always bug-free. >> >> New features should be for a new release in the nightbuild. >> >> What do you think? >> >> Regards >> >> Uwe >> >> >> Am 23.01.2012 18:41, schrieb Giuseppe Aruta: >>> Hi all, >>> I am very busy in these days with my job so excuse me if I do a >>> cumulative answer. >>> >>> I think we should leave all things as they are for OJ 1..5.1 without >>> modifying anything. >>> But we can leave a general common discussion and open a page for an >>> up-to-come version of OJ (1.6? 2?) where we can define all the radical >>> and non radical modifications of menus and plugins. >>> >>> The points. >>> >>> 1) As Uwe pointed it's hard to modify manuals if we have a software that >>> is modified every version (modified in a better way, I say). That's why >>> I gave up on upgrading the on-line manual/list of tool. >>> On the other hand OpenJUMP evolves and we need to change. It is probably >>> time to migrate to ELML/docbook or similar that make things more easy >>> and fast to do. >>> >>> 2) To come close to academic needs, we can define a specific official >>> version of OpenJUMP not only when all modifications are approved by the >>> community but also when a basic manual, at least for Uwe's lessons, is >>> prepared. Better if before September (the beginning of academic lessons, >>> I believe). For instance: >>> - we can freeze to add plugins or make modifications in February 2013 >>> for the official realize (1.6) >>> - on this time we modify the manual for 1.6 >>> - the official realize can happen between August and September >>> - of coarse only corrections of bugs will be allowed between February >>> and September. >>> On the same hand a the programming process goes on a 1.7 NB (to come on >>> 2014 or 2015). The only problem will be that people who correct bugs >>> between Feb and Sept hve to make corrections on both lineages (1.6 >>> up-to-come-official and 1.7 NB) >>> >>> Now the other points, possibly under point 2, if approved. >>> >>> 3) I think that the zip discussion can be included into Larry Baker's >>> proposal to add to OJ SkyJUMP tool that saves also the project file into >>> the zip folder. >>> >>> 4) I don't use a lot delete all layer items tool. When I was studying OJ >>> and made may Frankenstein OpenJUMP Jufre I also realized the rescue to >>> have this tool close to other like toggle visibility. I would vote to >>> hide it >>> >>> 5) I think we should improve menu descriptions, using icons but also >>> changing names. I worked more with Kosmo SAIG and I found it very easy >>> to use and very flexible, also because everything is well described and >>> easy to understand, even for newbies in GIS. As Stefan pointed out, >>> being so far away from OJ community, probably helped to see things in a >>> different way. Let us leave open the discussion. >>> >>> 6) +1 to group Buffer tools under a submenu. >>> >>> regards and excuse me for a long mail >>> >>> Giuseppe Aruta (ex-academic) >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Try before you buy = See our experts in action! >>> The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers >>> is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, >>> Metro Style Apps, more. 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