Re: 2.4 docs status

["Eugene O'Connor" <eugene oconnor sun com>]

Hi Aaron, 

Breda and I are still working hard on the User Guide. However, it is
still very much a work in progress and we don't plan to put it back
until early October. Apologies for the delay, but as you know there is a
lot to it. I hope you'll still be able to do a technical review of it at
that time.

There might need to be some Ximian-specific parts of the User Guide. For
example, we are writing a chapter on the Sun One Connector, so you might
want to write one for Ximian Connector for Microsoft Exchange. 

Anyway, I don't know what is the best thing to do with regard to the
DocTable - perhaps put you down as maintainer instead of Pat?

Eugene

> Pat Costello wrote:
> 
> Eugene,
> 
> How do you want to handle Aaron's bid for clawback of Evo UG
> ownership? We could
> offer him maintainership, and stress that we do intend to include
> Aaron as the
> main technical reviewer.
> 
> Also, what to do about Aaron's request for us to putback our current
> version of
> the Evo UG? Presumably he means for the GNOME 2.4 release, i.e.
> putback by
> August 10. If we don't putback, then the 2.4 release continues with
> Aaron's UG.
> If we do putback, then we risk flak because we haven't finished yet.
> 
> What's your opinion about this topics? Other GTWFers also invited to
> opine.
> 
> Pat
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> John:
>   Might want to add me to the Evolution docs writer and/or maintainer
> list-- the Sun folk are indeed writing and maintaining, but then
> again,
> so am I...
> 
> (also, Eugene, Brenda, Pat-- pls send in your changes if possible, as
> we're beginning to plan for 1.6 and I'd love to have those merged back
> to the trunk before we go gallivanting off in new directions).
> 
> a.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 17:46, John Fleck wrote:
> 
> > Folks -
> >
> > I have updated the doctable so it is now in sync with GNOME 2.4
> release
> > modules list. There have been a number of people recently who have
> come
> > 'round volunteering, and there is a good list of things on the
> doctable
> > that are open and need doing. Some have been around a while, and
> some
> > are new for the 2.4 release.
> >
> > Doctable is here:
> >
> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gdp/doctable--.html
> >
> > The work falls into two areas - writing docs themselves and what
> we've
> > loosely called "maintainership".
> >
> > The distinction, in short, is that writers write docs and
> maintainers
> > deal with all the other crap that needs to be taken care of - docs
> > builds and the like.
> >
> > For one-app packages like Zenity, the maintainer and the writer are
> > likely to be the same person. For big multi-app packages like
> > gnome-utils or the applets, maintainership means riding herd over
> all
> > the docs in the package, acting as a docs go-between with the
> package
> > maintainer, keeping track of docs build and omf issues, hunting for
> new
> > docs writers when old ones slip away, watching for changes from one
> > major release to the next.
> >
> > Here are the packages that need fresh docs love:
> >
> > acme - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > gconf-editor - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > in gnome-applets:
> >       modemlights - needs writer
> >       multi-load - needs writer
> >       battstat - needs writer
> >
> > gnome-games is a bit of a tangle, and really needs a maintainer to
> >       figure out what has docs and what needs 'em.
> >
> > gnome-media needs a maintainer. Irene is doing some of the docs, but
> >       someone needs to poke around and see what else is needed.
> >
> > gnomemeeting - I am told there is someone working on docs. I've been
> >       unsuccessful in contacting him, and I suspect they may need
> >       some help.
> >
> > gucharmap - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > totem - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > zenity - Glynn Foster, the developer, has done some docs, but would
> be
> >       a happy guy if someone would take over responsibility for
> >       maintenance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> 
> ------------- End Forwarded Message -------------
> 
>     ---------------------------------------------------------------
> John:
>   Might want to add me to the Evolution docs writer and/or maintainer
> list-- the Sun folk are indeed writing and maintaining, but then
> again, so am I...
> 
> (also, Eugene, Brenda, Pat-- pls send in your changes if possible, as
> we're beginning to plan for 1.6 and I'd love to have those merged back
> to the trunk before we go gallivanting off in new directions).
> 
> a.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 17:46, John Fleck wrote:
> 
> > Folks -
> >
> > I have updated the doctable so it is now in sync with GNOME 2.4 release
> > modules list. There have been a number of people recently who have come
> > 'round volunteering, and there is a good list of things on the doctable
> > that are open and need doing. Some have been around a while, and some
> > are new for the 2.4 release.
> >
> > Doctable is here:
> >
> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gdp/doctable--.html
> >
> > The work falls into two areas - writing docs themselves and what we've
> > loosely called "maintainership".
> >
> > The distinction, in short, is that writers write docs and maintainers
> > deal with all the other crap that needs to be taken care of - docs
> > builds and the like.
> >
> > For one-app packages like Zenity, the maintainer and the writer are
> > likely to be the same person. For big multi-app packages like
> > gnome-utils or the applets, maintainership means riding herd over all
> > the docs in the package, acting as a docs go-between with the package
> > maintainer, keeping track of docs build and omf issues, hunting for new
> > docs writers when old ones slip away, watching for changes from one
> > major release to the next.
> >
> > Here are the packages that need fresh docs love:
> >
> > acme - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > gconf-editor - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > in gnome-applets:
> >         modemlights - needs writer
> >         multi-load - needs writer
> >         battstat - needs writer
> >
> > gnome-games is a bit of a tangle, and really needs a maintainer to
> >         figure out what has docs and what needs 'em.
> >
> > gnome-media needs a maintainer. Irene is doing some of the docs, but
> >         someone needs to poke around and see what else is needed.
> >
> > gnomemeeting - I am told there is someone working on docs. I've been
> >         unsuccessful in contacting him, and I suspect they may need
> >         some help.
> >
> > gucharmap - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > totem - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > zenity - Glynn Foster, the developer, has done some docs, but would be
> >         a happy guy if someone would take over responsibility for
> >         maintenance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >


> Aaron Weber wrote:
> 
> John:
>   Might want to add me to the Evolution docs writer and/or maintainer
> list-- the Sun folk are indeed writing and maintaining, but then
> again, so am I...
> 
> (also, Eugene, Brenda, Pat-- pls send in your changes if possible, as
> we're beginning to plan for 1.6 and I'd love to have those merged back
> to the trunk before we go gallivanting off in new directions).
> 
> a.
> 
> On Mon, 2003-07-21 at 17:46, John Fleck wrote:
> 
> > Folks -
> >
> > I have updated the doctable so it is now in sync with GNOME 2.4 release
> > modules list. There have been a number of people recently who have come
> > 'round volunteering, and there is a good list of things on the doctable
> > that are open and need doing. Some have been around a while, and some
> > are new for the 2.4 release.
> >
> > Doctable is here:
> >
> > http://developer.gnome.org/projects/gdp/doctable--.html
> >
> > The work falls into two areas - writing docs themselves and what we've
> > loosely called "maintainership".
> >
> > The distinction, in short, is that writers write docs and maintainers
> > deal with all the other crap that needs to be taken care of - docs
> > builds and the like.
> >
> > For one-app packages like Zenity, the maintainer and the writer are
> > likely to be the same person. For big multi-app packages like
> > gnome-utils or the applets, maintainership means riding herd over all
> > the docs in the package, acting as a docs go-between with the package
> > maintainer, keeping track of docs build and omf issues, hunting for new
> > docs writers when old ones slip away, watching for changes from one
> > major release to the next.
> >
> > Here are the packages that need fresh docs love:
> >
> > acme - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > gconf-editor - needs writer/maintainer
> >
> > in gnome-applets:
> >         modemlights - needs writer
> >         multi-load - needs writer
> >         battstat - needs writer
> >
> > gnome-games is a bit of a tangle, and really needs a maintainer to
> >         figure out what has docs and what needs 'em.
> >
> > gnome-media needs a maintainer. Irene is doing some of the docs, but
> >         someone needs to poke around and see what else is needed.
> >
> > gnomemeeting - I am told there is someone working on docs. I've been
> >         unsuccessful in contacting him, and I suspect they may need
> >         some help.
> >
> > gucharmap - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > totem - needs maintainer/writer
> >
> > zenity - Glynn Foster, the developer, has done some docs, but would be
> >         a happy guy if someone would take over responsibility for
> >         maintenance.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John
> >