Hi :) +1 If there is time it would be nice to get the GS done for 3.6.x but since that is already available for people for all the other branches i think that can be safely left too.
I think i would suggest going even further and make a decision now not to do the full run of 3.7.x either! Just the GS in time for Christmas and either Writer or Calc to follow? Perhaps in the longer term deliberately doing half the guides for one branch and the other half for the next? Perhaps always the GS? In the new year perhaps consider dropping to doing 1 full set per year or per 2 years with updates every 6 months to cover new features and updates briefly in a short pamphlet. Could the pamplet be combined into a book to cover all the different modules/apps; Writer, Calc, Impress and all? Right now the Base handbook is the crucial one to get out there and hopefully without being too specific about which branch it's for. That could improve things in other areas of TDF so it's tactically important. Competitors barely manage 1 guide per 3 or 4 years so you have all been doing an incredible job! It's much appreciated by us lurkers and is getting out there and having an impact. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Jean Weber <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012, 11:16 >Subject: [libreoffice-documentation] Should we skip the guides for v3.6 and do >other work, then v3.7? > >As you all know, we are always running behind, sometimes very behind, >on writing user guides for the six-monthly releases of LO. We don't >have a full set of books for v3.5, and we decided some time ago not to >attempt to update the Writer or Calc guides to v3.5. We intended to >update them to v3.6, but with the people available I don't think we'll >achieve that goal, which is a major shame because those are the most >used books. > >In addition, we rarely find time or people to do other things on our >wish list, both production and marketing/distribution of our >documents. There are also docs project things that need doing, usually >by me, to document our processes and keep that info up to date and >organised and mentor newcomers. The list goes on... > >>From discussions here at the LibreOffice Conference, and similar >discussions at the Community Leadership Summit in Juy, I've been >collecting suggestions and ideas on how to attract and keep people who >can do productive work even if they don't have much time or don't >think they have the necessary skills. One approach that I really like >is the so-called "Easy Hacks" but for docs, not development (where >they are known to work very well). Setting up and managing a set of >easy hacks (and doing other project work) will take time away from >other things we are doing, but it has the potential of adding valuable >people to the group. > >So, to find time for some other work, and because I think that we will >not get very many of the v3.6 books done before v3.7 comes along, I >propose that we skip v3.6 user guides, work on other things, and go >directly to updates for v3.7. FYI, the code freeze for v3.7 is >scheduled for the first week in December, with release scheduled for >the first week of February. But updating for v3.7 means we also need >to incorporate changes that are included in v3.5 or v3.6. So there is >much work that can be done right now. > >I will write a separate note (or perhaps several) about the other work >that needs to be done from now until early December, and ongoing in >parallel with our user guide work. > >Meanwhile, comments? > >--Jean > >-- >Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] >Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
