Re: [Gimp-developer] Notice to documentation contributors: plans to update the gimp-help repository

["Joao S. O. Bueno" <gwidion gmail com>]

Just so that this does not feel like no one is reading:
although there is a long time I do not fidle with the docs,
all things listed seem quite reasonable.

On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Jehan Pagès via gimp-developer-list <
gimp-developer-list gnome org> wrote:

> Hi all, developers, documenters and co-maintainers of the gimp-help
> repository,
>
> This is just a small reminder for our plan to merge the Python 3 port (by
> Jacob Boerema) and do the gimp-help-2-10/master branching this week-end,
> i.e. in 2 or 3 days unless outstanding issues appear. If anyone has a
> reluctance, this is the time to make it heard.
>
> Otherwise, my next and last message on the topic will likely be once we
> have done the merge and branching!
> Have fun and thanks everyone! 🙂
>
> Jehan
>
> On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 3:46 AM Jehan Pagès <jehan marmottard gmail com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello all!
> >
> > Some efforts is being made to improve a bit the documentation process:
> >
> > 1. A Python 3 port is being worked on right now by Jacob Boerema (see
> > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp-help/-/merge_requests/50). He nearly
> > finished. I don't think anyone is against this since Python 2 is EOL, but
> > if anyone has any comment, please feel free. Also Jacob has some issues
> > with the `xml_helper.py` script so we wondered if this one was actually
> > being used by anyone actually contributing to the documentation (because
> if
> > not, and it is not considered useful anymore, maybe some time can be
> saved
> > by dropping this script).
> > In any case, feel free to test the associated branch and make any remark.
> >
> > 2. We are considering branching the tree (to `gimp-help-2-10`) so that
> the
> > `master` branch will be used for preparing the documentation specific to
> > GIMP 3, whereas any work specific to the 2.10.x series can continue on
> the
> > new branch.
> >
> > We feel like these 3 plans could be done in about 2 weeks (so let's say
> > the weekend of June 5/6), but if anyone feels like this is wrong, or that
> > things should be done differently, please tell us before we merge the
> > Python 3 port and branch the `master` tree, please.
> >
> > Róman Joost, Ulf-D. Ehlert, Marco Ciampa, Julien Hardelin, Michael
> > Natterer and Michael Schumacher (all in BCC) in particular, you are the
> > co-maintainers of this repository (if the `MAINTAINERS` and .doap files
> are
> > still up-to-date), so we'd appreciate your input in particular. Any other
> > contributor is welcome to give an opinion too of course. We don't want to
> > do any mistake. 🙂
> >
> > The third plan we have (not within a 2-week schedule, but hopefully at
> > least before GIMP 3 release) is that we wonder if a better process for
> > releases of the documentation (on the website in particular) could not be
> > done. Maybe we are wrong, but it feels like the release/update into the
> > wild could be improved, couldn't it?
> > What we are thinking are things like tagging the tree leading to
> automatic
> > (or at least easier) build then publication of the documentation online,
> > probably through the Continuous Integration pipelines (we have been
> > improving GIMP release the same way lately, by generating source tarballs
> > automatically, and these days, we are doing the same with the Windows
> > installer).
> >
> > So same here, if anyone has any opinion or wishes on how the
> documentation
> > process should be improved, we welcome the ideas and propositions.
> >
> > Thanks all!
> >
> > Jehan, on behalf of the GIMP team
> >
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