Re: 2.4 docs status

[Aaron Weber <aaron ximian com>]

Eugene:
  Up to you. I should listed in there somewhere just so people can find
me if they need to.  As to the upstreaming, October's fine-- whenever
they're ready. :)
a.

On Wed, 2003-07-23 at 10:45, Eugene O'Connor wrote:
> 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
> > >
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