Ubuntu documentation

[Louise McCance-Price]

Hi all

I think that LinuxFormat review rating on Ubuntu documentation will 
change in due course (on their next review) with such an awesome team on 
board :o)

IMHO we need to concentrate on getting excellent documentation produced, 
not worry so much where it will live. Documentation has not been the 
focus until now - we have been intent on getting the Ubuntu distro out 
and that's why documentation couldn't be a priority then, but we are 
changing that now!

There's been much discussion about what the distinction is between the 
wiki and the website.
and I'm sure we'll discuss this in the meeting again. I know location, 
location, location, but the Documentation area on plone sites is well 
known we have a structured area on the site for documentation that is 
already in use, so let's use it.

It's my understanding from SABDFL that the wiki is to be a brainstorming 
area where things evolve quickly and
the community gets very involved. On the documentation side, he'd like 
to see that on the site, not on the wiki and the documentation team 
working on it there.

He's keen to move FAQs to go straight into 
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/faq
and HowTo's and tutorials into their areas - but if they are now 
finished, to put a line at the top "Work In progress" so people can 
contribute.

No doubt we'll have more discussion, but why don't we get FAQs in as a 
start? and make what documentation we do have, accessible to our users, 
as that really is the whole point. Good documentation that is very easy 
to find.

I am not around on Fridays, but am very keen to be in on the doc meeting 
so I hope I won't miss it.

Have a great weekend and thanks to everyone for their enthusiasm.

best
Lu