Typo's in the Ubuntu Book

[Jonathan Jesse]

On Sunday 07 October 2007 06:23:42 Mads Peter Rommedahl wrote:
> Hi
>
> Recently I downloaded the current svn trunk, and starting reading Chapter 1
> in the Ubuntu Book (/teamstuff/book) - there I have so far discovered at
> least two typos: On page 14: "Ubuntu includes on the order or 17,000 pieces
> of software on its central servers" which I guess should be " Ubuntu
> includes on the order of 17,000 pieces of software on its central servers"?
>
> and on page 27: " As mentioned above, Canonical Ltd. is a company founded
> by Shuttleworth with the primary goal of developing and supported the
> Ubuntu distribution." which should be " As mentioned above, Canonical Ltd.
> is a company founded by Shuttleworth with the primary goal of developing
> and supporting the Ubuntu distribution."
>
> How would I normally go about fixing these kinds of minor typos? I tried
> doing a .diff, but I guess that kind of stuff only works on .xml (the
> docbook stuff)
>
> Also, in some ways the book could perhaps do with a bit of updating? On
> page 7: " Born in April 2004 and at just under two years old at the time of
> this writing, a history of Ubuntu may seem premature. However, the last two
> years have been full ones for Ubuntu." could maybe do with some updating?
>
> Thanks
> Mads Peter Rommedahl

Good afternoon Madas,

THe version of the Official Ubuntu book that is currently located 
in /teamstuff/book is from the 1st Edition with the current version of the 
book being 2nd Edition.   I will be talking w/ JOno and the editor to see 
what exactly the goal of keeping /teamstuff/book current with the latest 
version and also if we should be moving it into docbook as well.

Jonathan