Edubuntu Handbook... postponing print version???

[Mario Đanić]

Hello Susan,

On 9/4/06, Susan Stewart <HedgeMage at binaryredneck.net> wrote:
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> Hey folks, I'm looking for some thoughts on whether we should postpone creating a print version
> of the Edubuntu Handbook to Edgy+1.
The handbook will be printed together with other books on Lulu, which
I think will be after release.
>
> Arguments in favor of postponing until Edgy+1:
>
> - -- Some things in my personal life cropped up, and I'm not sure how much I'll be around between> now and Edgy release day.
>
Arfgh, I know, same here :(

> - -- The Edgy release cycle is/was unusually short (barely four months compared to six months),
> and in that time, the Handbook team has taken on a lot: slight team reorganization, moving from
> wiki to DocBook+Subversion, getting Handbook out in print, changing from the Cookbook chapter
> breakdown to the Handbook one.  Having one less thing on our plate certainly wouldn't hurt right
> now.

>
> - -- The extra time would give us a better shot at making the print Handbook 100% polished (we
> don't even have cover art, etc yet).
>
>
> Arguments against postponing until Edgy+1:
>
> - -- We have to get the digital version of Handbook ready on time for Edgy anyway, and getting
> that into a print version isn't that hard.
>
> - -- We've been waiting since the early days of Cookbook to get something in print, and some of us
> are feeling anxious to see it done.
>
> - -- We could have the digital Handbook ready in time for the Edgy release, then take a week or
> two after that to get the print version in order, thus getting the best of both worlds.
>
>
>
> I welcome thoughts/opinions/etc.
I vote for a meeting.
>
Kind regards
> Susan (HedgeMage)
Mario

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