Funny,
I just had this conversation with Max. I wanted to help contribute and
jokingly said "Please tell me you aren't using LaTex."
I of course found out that Tex is the base for the documentation and I have
less than fond memories of using Tex, despite the very nice and consistent
output that it is capable of creating.
I know how hard it can be to find contributors so limiting that volunteer
base even further by requiring GIT and Tex understanding and capability will
really minimize the number of people providing input. Maybe a chief editor
that collects input from contributors and edits the Tex document is a way to
maintain consistency of the documentation while gathering input from
multiple contributors. Good luck finding that volunteer leader though.
I would probably prefer a wiki approach, but it clearly needs some
structure, boundaries and an Editor/Owner to help keep things consistent.
Morgan
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 3:35 PM, Scott Penrose <sco...@dd.com.au> wrote:
> Max, especially Max, well done.
> Thanks to all contributors. It is lovely seeing the life of XCSoar
> completely rejuvenated and expanded !
>
> On 20/12/2010, at 9:22 AM, Robert Hart wrote:
>
> > On 20/12/10 04:58, Max Kellermann wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> it's done, this is the final release 6.0. After nearly 2 years of
> >> development, including major rewrites of the task engine and many
> >> other features, 10.702 changes.
> > Many thanks Max and crew.
> >
> > By the way, is there any work occurring on the manual? If so, I'd be
> > happy to contribute to that. Is there a mailing list or some such for
> that?
>
> I would like to do a collaborative edited document, preferably online.
> Anyone want to suggest any special technology. Choices are:
>
> * Existing format = tex and use GIT to edit it
> * Wiki pages
> * Google Docs
> * Other ?
>
> I know John will frown at me for saying this, but I think editing it with
> Tex is great for techies, but I would like to see manual contributors who
> are in the user space as well as the dev space, and an online edited system
> will remove all barriers to entry.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Yes I am putting this to the User team rather than Dev, as I think there is
> many users could contribute to the manual.
>
> BTW. You already have access to editing the wiki, so if there is any FAQ,
> Data file questions/answers, preferred setup, ability to share config files
> etc, you can already do it on the wiki.
>
> Scott
>
>
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