Reporting Doc Problems Is Too Difficult

[ivo welch]

I just wanted to let you know that the sensors documentation
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SensorInstallHowto is outdated for
12.04.1.   from a vanilla install, "service module-init-tools restart" does
not work (stop: Unknown instance: \n module-init-tools stop/waiting), and
"apt-get install sensors-applet" fails because it is unable to locate the
package.  probably a gnome-unity issue.  I appreciate that you are
maintaining these pages, so I wanted to spend a few minutes to help you.

alas, to do this, why can't I just click on the wiki and leave a comment?
 I have to wade through about 5 pages of all sorts of etiquette and
bug-reporting information, with fro and to links, then I have to create an
account with a capitalized-numerized password with a capture, email back,
search for who to tell this plain issue to (I still haven't figured out who
to tell about this, which is how I stumbled onto the documentation team
email list.)  I am also not competent to edit the wiki, simply because I do
not know the solution here.  I only know that the docs need updating.

the wikis should really have a "leave comment" or "report problem with this
page" button at the end that simply collects relevant notes from users.
 the quasi-maintainer of the wikis can choose to ignore them, of course, or
use them.

hope this helps.

/iaw

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Ivo Welch (ivo.welch at gmail.com)
http://www.ivo-welch.info/
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