I have been thinking quite a lot about the idea of doing a new manual only for the LTS release. This could be a reasonable idea considering the amount of time and effort involved in writing a manual.
In addition to the LTS manual, it might be worth doing a New Features guide every release that just contains changes since the LTS. Obviously this would be a lot shorter than a full manual release, so should be easier to do. Maybe just containing an updated installation chapter and a chapter about other new features. Considering that with 11.04 the default interface is changing to unity, it might be useful. Let me know what you think? Thanks Chris On 1 November 2010 11:02, Anton Meixome <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree too as translator (Galician). Manual only for LTS is > sufficient, and gives a window time for capitalize the effort. > > Antón > > 2010/11/1 Hannie Lafeber-Dumoleyn <[email protected]>: > > Let me react on this as a translator (Dutch). I totally agree with your > > proposal to release the manual once a year, or even only for the LTS > > versions. To us translators every 6 months is also a bit too much. The > lucid > > version is a very good manual for people who are new to Ubuntu, even if > they > > are using Maverick at the moment. We are about to release the lucid > version > > in Dutch (waiting for the quickshot server to work again). > > Regards, > > Hannie Dumoleyn > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Benjamin Humphrey" <[email protected]> > > To: "Manual mailing list" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, October 31, 2010 10:50 PM > > Subject: [Ubuntu-manual] Releasing manuals less often, ditching > translations > > > > > >> Hey guys, > >> > >> I don't have much time to write a lengthy email so this is going to be > >> to the point. As everyone will know, the last 4 months in this team > >> have been terrible - we've been getting nothing done, the manual for > >> Maverick is still not out and we're not moving forward. This is > >> combination of a few things, myself and a lot of the core contributors > >> have been extremely busy in the second half of 2010, we've been > >> pushing hard for the Lucid manual and some of us might be a bit burnt > >> out, our barrier for new contributors is way too high and the demand > >> for a new manual every 6 months, plus translations and screenshots is > >> just too much for the team to handle without full time contributors. > >> > >> Rather than see the team disintegrate, which would be terrible, I > >> figure we need to slim our goals down a bit and perhaps give us a > >> greater time span to work in. Hence I propose one (or both) of the > >> following: > >> > >> * Not releasing the manual for every release, but perhaps only .04 > >> releases (yearly) or only LTS releases (every two years). > >> * Releasing only in English, at least until we have a better > >> infrastructure for translations > >> > >> My preference would be the first option. I feel that it's not > >> necessary for us to have a new manual every 6 months, what with the > >> large amount of documentation and support elsewhere and the fact that > >> not enough changes every six months to justify a new book. I think > >> that having our material in other languages is important, but it's > >> difficult to coordinate such a mammoth task when we have very limited > >> infrastructure for translation this amount of text. > >> > >> I believe if we toned down our lofty release goals, we'll have more > >> time to work on things like the Support and Learning Center, the > >> personas, quickstart booklets and other things, giving us a better, > >> more complete and concise product overall, even if it was released > >> less regularly. > >> > >> Please let me know your thoughts. We should also have a meeting soon. > >> > >> -- > >> Benjamin Humphrey > >> interesting.co.nz > >> ohso.co > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > >> Post to : [email protected] > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > > -- > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter. > > We are a community of 7 million users fighting spam. > > SPAMfighter has removed 175 of my spam emails to date. > > Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len > > > > The Professional version does not have this message > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-translators mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators > > > > > > -- > Leader of openOffice.org GL > http://gl.openoffice.org > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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