Still ... > [BCC to dev and users lists - please keep the conversation on doc@ for > now, at least by BCC, since it pertains to use of the wiki(s).]
Of course, I could simply be over-thinking this whole thing and it would be more valuable to do something. I still would like any feedback that there is before investing in something like this. The need for development of hotfix procedures for end-users led me to elevate this lingering topic of mine for discussion. I regret not anticipating the need for better information for situations like that and user trouble-shooting as well. - Dennis > -----Original Message----- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:34 > To: d...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: [DISCUSS] Places for Installation, Startup, Troubleshooting, > Caveats, Tips, Workarounds, and maybe FAQ? > > > I notice that the User Guide draft does not provide connection to topics > around installation, startup, and so on, at least not at the top level, > <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/UserGuide>. > > The Apache OpenOffice Documentation Project page is project descriptive, > rather than documentation descriptive, > at <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation>. This page has a > mix of old and somewhat recent material and a variety of formats and > works-in-progress. > > I am particularly interested, myself, in information about installation, > start up, ways of starting work with documents, saving and locating > documents, tips for configuring for careful and systematic operation as > well as trouble-shooting, working-around common problems, and > limitations to be known about. I am also interested in that information > being well-illustrated. My priority, by the way, is Windows first, > since that represents over 85% of our user community measured by > download statistics. > > These don't seem to be part of the User Guide project but there are a > variety of places where better information could be provided. > > It seems to me that there are three ways to have the supporting > documentation address this. > > 1. Add a section to the user guide for covering Installation, > Configuration, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Removal. It would need > to deal with separation of the different platforms (and their versions) > in some clean way so that users on a particular platform can find what > is pertinent to them and requires knowing their computer operating- > system when it is not the same for all platforms. It would also need to > deal with differences in AOO version functionality/caveats in some > manner. > > 2. Use the current structure and update and add the information that > seems to be important for providing the kind of documentation support I > am speaking of, employing/expanding HOWTOs and the Frequently Asked > Questions to tie into such material. > > 3. Maybe some combination, although cross-referencing might not serve > users well unless it is smooth and frictionless (especially around users > not losing their place based on what they are looking into). > > Down the road, I would think it would be good to move The Documentation > Project to a DocumentationProject wiki topic, and have current relevant > documentation at the Documentation topic. Older material about > unsupported software could move to a separate topic page > (PreviousDocumentation ?) and cleaned up, and be accessible from the > top-level Documentation topic. > > Is there some coordination required about this, so that things don't be > left in a broken, disconnected state? I think the material could be > migrated in a way that keeps everything connected even as material is > morphed into a new structure. > > - Dennis > > PS: I notice there were no responses to this question about how inter- > version changes or specific-version items are identified. > > PPS: Something else that needs to be done is cleanup around what is > under PDL and what is not. I would thing that needs to be attended to in > separation of Apache Licensed material and anything that must be > retained under PDL. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 18:17 > > To: d...@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: [QUESTIONS] Dealing with AOO Inter-Version Changes > > > > I notice that there is checking of documentation against current > > releases of Apache OpenOffice, although that does not seem to be > > reflected in the texts themselves, once User Guide pages are > designated > > as stable/"published". > > > > I know there were a couple of behavioral changes in AOO 4.1.2 although > > that might not show at the current level of documentation detail. > > > > I wonder how changes to AOO that are user-perceived will be reflected > in > > the documentation. Is not the older form to be maintained so it can > be > > found by someone who is looking at such a version? Also, would we > want > > to start marking the first version for which a page or chunk of > content > > is current? > > > > Perhaps that is covered somewhere in the documentation guidance. I > > would be grateful if someone could point me to where this sort of > > change-accounting and feature-progression has been decided. > > > > - Dennis > > > > PS: Although these questions struck me about the User Guide, if you > look > > at the top-level of the MediaWiki documentation section, there are > many > > items that are specific to older versions that are (or may be) > obsolete > > with respect to newer versions of OpenOffice. > > > > > > > > -- Dennis E. 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