Re: quo vadis, docs

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 17:46 +0000, Phil Bull wrote:
> Hi Shaun,
> 
> On Mon, 2009-02-09 at 11:26 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> [...]
> > Steps that would help:
> > 
> > 1) Make it easier to run the latest development version.  I got
> > myself set up for working on 2.25 documentation yesterday, in
> > part to review your patches.  It took me most of the day Sunday
> > just to get 2.25 in front of me.  And I'm a programmer.  Most
> > potential writers are not.
> > 
> > 2) Provide better documentation for how to write documentation.
> > The GDP Handbook is outdated and overwhelming.
> > 
> > 3) Make documentation easier to write.  Mallard can help.
> > 
> > 4) Make it easier to see what documentation needs work.  Pulse
> > can help.
> > 
> > 5) Ensure the community can respond to potential new members.
> > This means that either I have to have a lot more free time, or
> > we need more trusted community members alongside me.  The former
> > doesn't seem likely, and the latter is kind of a Catch-22.
> > 
> > In my experience, (1) and (5) have been the biggest problems.
> > People grumble about the other three, but they usually manage
> > to figure it out.
> 
> I'll help out with (5) if you're happy for me to do so.

Hi Phil,

Your contributions have been excellent, and I'd love
to have you even more active with upstream.  If we
can accomplish half of what the Ubuntu documentation
team has, we'd be in great shape.

--
Shaun