Re: GNOME 2 tasks

[Aaron Weber <aaron ximian com>]

Also, is that glossary that we have the One True Glossary of GNOME
<glossterm>s? If so, we should run thru other apps and move their
content into the gnome glossary.

a.

On Sun, 2001-09-30 at 23:27, John Fleck wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> With GNOME 2 looming, I'm trying to get a handle on the jobs that need
> doing. The list below, developed after discussion with a number of
> people, tries to codify who's doing what now on the GNOME
> Documentation Project, and what additional jobs need a volunteer.
> 
> I'm open to suggestions - things to be added, or things on here that
> we can live without. Obviously, I'm also looking for volunteers.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
> *********************************************************
> 
> gnome-db2html3 - Patanjali Somayaji
>     Develop the SGML/XML->HTML engine used to convert our docs on the
>     fly for help browser display
> 
> XML conversion - Greg Leblanc
>     Figure out the steps needed to convert our docs to XML and write
>     up a how-to. Set up and test the standard app build system to be
>     used with XML.
> 
> Coordinate with Sun - John Fleck, Dan Mueth, Pat Costello
>     Coordinate with the Sun docs team so we take maximum advantage of
>     the docs they will be contributing to the community, make sure our
>     tools work as much as possible the way they need them to.
> 
> Style Guide - Pat Costello, John Fleck
>     Manage the Style Guide as additional bits are added, and as people
>     start actually using it.
> 
> Editing and Review - John Fleck
>     Set up an editing and review process so the GNOME 2.0
>     documentation matches the conventions of the Style Guide.
> 
> i18n - Volunteer needed
>     Coordinate with the translation community to make sure as many docs
>     as possible are translated.
> 
> DocTable - Greg Leblanc
>     Look into setting up a new DocTable to help manage the process
> 
> API - Jonathan Blandford
>     Define and write the GNOME 2.0 help API
> 
> ScrollKeeper - Dan Mueth
>     Work with the ScrollKeeper and help browser development groups to
>     make sure our help browser(s) take full advantage of
>     ScrollKeeper's features, and that our docs and doc packaging play
>     nicely with ScrollKeeper.
> 
> API Docs - John Fleck
>     Hassle developers to make sure all the GNOME 2.0 libraries are
>     documented early, along with a Transition Doc for 1.x-2.0 porting
> 
> QA - Volunteer needed
>     Do we want to try to set up a formal QA process for docs again
>     this time? This overlaps with the review/editing process, and with
>     the "package herders" noted below, so perhaps this is not needed.
> 
> GDP webmaster - Volunteer needed
>     Keep the GDP web page up to date as we tackle this stuff.
> 
> gnome-user-docs - Dan Mueth
>     Review status of docs in gnome-user-docs package, determine what
>     needs to be updated and make sure it gets done. (This person does
>     not need to maintain each doc. He/she only needs to make sure
>     someone is.)
> 
> Nautilus - Volunteer needed
>     Somebody needs to keep an eye on Nautilus since it is our official
>     help browser. We need to make sure it continues to work well in
>     this role. Whoever does this needs to communicate with the other
>     help browser groups, because, for now at least, all of the
>     converters (man, info and DocBook) live in Nautilus.
> 
> Context Sensitive Help - Volunteer needed
>     Somebody needs to see where this code is, if it works, and how it
>     is used.
> 
> release coordination - John Fleck
>     Coordinate docs issues with the GNOME 2 release team.
> 
> Packages:
> 
> We need someone to ride herd over the docs for each of
> the main packages in GNOME 2.0, to make sure documentation work is
> coordinated with the developers and translators, that the review and
> QA processes are completed, and that the work gets done on time.
> 
> gnome-core - Volunteer needed
> gnome-applets - Volunteer needed
> gnome-games - Volunteer needed
> gnome-utils - John Fleck
> Nautilus - Dan Mueth
> gnome-user-docs - Dan Mueth
> 
> ***********************************
> 
> 
> -- 
> John Fleck
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> 
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