Re: [Evolution] New Evolution User Documentation

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

Hi ÃrpÃd,

On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 15:05 +0200, Bakay ÃrpÃd wrote:
> While compilation of a software is typically not part of the User
> guide, I believe it makes sense with an open source project where
> users should be encouraged to try the bleeding edge.

Users should not be encouraged to use unusable systems or lose data.
A minority of folks are technically interested, but I'd call them
developers. As I don't expect my car manual to explain how engineers can
(dis)assemble a car I wouldn't want the user documentation to explain
developers' stuff either.
For getting help there is the page "How to get help" in the new docs.

> So do you agree that reasonably detailed "building Evolution" howto-s
> for some popular distributions would make sense, e.g. as an Appendix?

I don't as it will need constant updating and enough volunteers to keep
the different distros up-to-date. History tells that this is unlikely to
happen.
If I had to have a page addressed to developers I would just link to
http://live.gnome.org/Jhbuild and its subpages anyway.

andre
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