{Desktop 12.10 Topic] Holistic approach to Ubuntu documentation

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

That was the crux of my suggesting to move such stuff to
<wiki_page_name>EOL ? The information that applies to how to do something
in, say, 8.04 may well still be valid for 12.04. Where it is not, then it
should be moved out of 'current' to the ~EOL page.

Regards,

Phill.

On 20 April 2012 05:44, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<joerlend.schinstad at ubuntu.com>wrote:

> Den 19. april 2012 15:58, skrev Phill Whiteside:
> > warrants a bit of discussion. I'm dead against deleting stuff, for
> > example - some one may actually still be running 8.10, and see no
> > reason to change. We should not 'force' them to change because we have
> > deleted the information resource.
>
> My point is that a page with information about an unsupported version
> should be Obviously Invalid. If you've chosen to use an unsupported
> version, then you have to live with that. Users who choose to use
> supported versions should be prioritized – LTS users at the top. Exactly
> how this should be done, is a different issue. Right now, old, outdated
> information looks identical to updated, valid information. That is a
> problem.
>
> Instant recognition of information that's confirmed and reliable,
> instant recognition of information that is wrong, and instant
> recognition of information that must be treated with some caution. This
> creates confidence. You know what you're dealing with and what to expect.
>
> At no point should you have any reason to be suspicious, because that
> has a dramatic effect on your ability to learn. That's the main point.
>
> Jo-Erlend Schinstad
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