Ubuntu Docteam problems post string freeze

[Claude Paroz]

Le dimanche 09 octobre 2005 à 19:01 -0200, Matthew Thomas a écrit :
> On 8 Oct, 2005, at 1:09 PM, Claude Paroz wrote:
> > ...
> > I'm definitely in favour of (2), with a translator point of view.
> > While I understand the importance of freeze concept for code, I don't
> > see the point in freezing documentation at all, except maybe to keep
> > updates as small as possible.
> > ...
> 
> I can think of two other reasons for the freeze:
> (1) in case something in the docs triggers a crasher or hang bug in Yelp

Frankly, the risk is minimal, even lower than security updates.

> (2) to make the docs look less like embarrassing gibberish if you're
>      using a language other than English and haven't downloaded any
>      updates yet.

Just a matter of workflow : correction -> translation -> publication.

But I won't insist anymore. I understand this idea is not well received.
Considering this, I wonder if docs are worth being developped into the
distrib. Web sites don't suffer of this problem. Of course, this implies
a working Internet connection. But man pages are offline and maybe
sufficient for basic troubleshooting.

Claude