Dan Kegel wrote: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:11 AM, Scott Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Recently, several newbies had trouble finding the FAQ >>> and were surprised to hear that it could be helpful. >>> Perhaps if our packages added a "Wine FAQ" menu >>> item, they'd have less trouble finding it. >> The FAQ is english only, > > We could start translated versions. I think nobody's tried yet because > it's intimidating. (I had one offer to translate it into spanish, > not sure where that is.) > >> it's a web site (unlike all other documentation), > > Well, sure. That's so users can edit it.
Obviously, and that's a good thing. But what I'm worried about is consistency - no where else that I'm aware of in Ubuntu does help point you to a web resource, even though there's tons out there. > >> and it contains a lot of unrelated information like >> stuff for newer versions or other distros. > > I just looked, and I don't see a lot. (Mainly the two Apple entries.) > That seems ok to me. > >> Ideally, of course, users shouldn't have to read anything before being >> able to use Wine. > > Of course. But there will always be questions like "How do I run the > apps I had installed in XP without reinstalling them?", and for those, > we need to point the user to some documentation. > >> As an alternative, I suggest that near release time we consider forking >> the FAQ, trimming all the unrelated stuff, polishing it up a bit, and >> bundling that as proper documentation (including being indexed by >> scrollkeeper and friends). > > That might be nice, but it's a heck of a lot of work, and the FAQ > link is something that would be useful now. > >> Additionally, there are some other documents we should update first and >> have them point to the Wine FAQ, most notably the pages on Wine in the >> Ubuntu Wiki and the sticky threads at the top of the Ubuntu Wine forum. > > Why should we wait for that? > - Dan Well, this update (or something like it) isn't going to happen for another 3 months until Intrepid comes out anyway; users of the budgetdedicated.com packages are already browsing the Wine website, where the FAQ already is (though perhaps it could be pointed to on the download-deb page). So, we have a bit of time to do this right. Thanks, Scott Ritchie