Future direction of Ubuntu Documentation/Meeting times

[Sean Wheller]

On Friday 29 July 2005 21:11, Corey Burger wrote:
> Now, the world is not going to end if our help mainpage doesn't
> improve and I am not going to leave the docteam.

Corey, everyone agrees that the front page must change. the question is, "To 
what?"

Matthew (PT) and yourself have a vision, but it is not shared by all. Others 
would like to be given the opportunity to contribute but feel they are not 
being allowed.

>
> I think all agree that the current main page needs improvement, we
> just need to find a common ground. This can be found, it will just
> take work. So instead of flaming, lets get to work.

Can you move this project into SVN so that those who are interested may 
contribute easily?

> Matt Galvin, now is the time we need to discuss this. We still have
> time before our writing freeze.

Looks like we have to dicuss it, when we should be writing text.

In response to Roberts approach, at least three people have voted
On Friday 29 July 2005 20:49, Matt Galvin wrote:
> > On 7/29/05, Sean Wheller <sean at inwords.co.za> wrote:
> > > On Friday 29 July 2005 05:15, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> > >
> > > I would give a +1 to your idea on getting a central page to
> > > display the rest of the documents.
> >
> > yes I agree +1
>
> +1

So with Rob that makes 4. The propsal is:

On Friday 29 July 2005 03:07, Robert Stoffers wrote:
> Whats the easy solution to all this? My idea was to simply have a page
> listing our documents, with a quick one/two liner on what each document
> was about underneath, eg:
>

Ubuntu Release Notes
 Take a look at what's new, what's improved in this release of Ubuntu.

> Ubuntu User Guide
>   An in depth book about Ubuntu...
>
> FAQ Guide
>   A list of common questions users have and the answers to those
>   questions.
>
> Ubuntu Administrators Guide
>   Aimed at system administrators, covers installation, administration
>   and configuration of Ubuntu as a server or workstation in a networked
>   environment.
>
> etc, etc...
>
> Obviously it would need some work, but it is simple, easy to administer
> and showcases all of our documents. There are no licencing issues or
> deep linking either. There is still a potential for duplication of work
> with this idea, but if we stay within scope this should rarely occur.

-- 
Sean Wheller
Technical Author
sean at inwords.co.za
084-854-9408
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