Xubuntu Docs in svn and Ubuntu/Kubuntu FAQ Guide

[Robert Stoffers]

On Sun, 2005-10-23 at 17:27 +0100, Matthew East wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-10-22 at 23:41 +1000, Robert Stoffers wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have tracked down a copy of the XFCE4 user guide from their svn
> > repository as well as a few other things and committed them to our svn
> > under /xubuntu. I have the approval of one of the two authors to licence
> > it under our dual licence strategy, just waiting to hear back from the
> > second author.
> 
> Hang on a sec: what is the point of us releasing the xfce4 guide if it
> will already be packaged and released with xfce4 in Ubuntu (xubuntu).
> Isn't this just another case of us having unnecessary upstream docs in
> our tree? Or are you planning to modify the guide in some way? If so,
> what needs to be changed that can't be done upstream? Does xubuntu ship
> a modified version of xfce4?
> 
> Perhaps I am missing something.
> 
> Matt

I'm assuming that XFCE will be modified for Xubuntu, I see little point
in creating a whole new Ubuntu offshoot if it isn't. Whist I would be
forking the docs, I'm only doing so to create new screen shots and add
any Ubuntu-specific information to them, I don't plan on going too nuts
(I'm still primarily committed to the FAQ guide).  

I did want to discuss this at the last meeting, but due to forces beyond
my control (weather) I wasn't able to. The other alternative I was going
to propose was a short one page FAQ for Xubuntu instead, and have the
unmodified xfce user guide available via yelp somewhere. What would
people like to see?

Regards,

-- 
Robert Stoffers
Author/Maintainer - Ubuntu FAQ Guide
Email - rstoffers at gmail.com