[desktop] ubuntu-docs branch ready for yakkety

[Stephen M. Webb]

On 16-06-17 01:26 PM, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> On 2016-06-17 18:32, Doug Smythies wrote:
>> On 2106.06.17 09:06 Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
>>> On 2016-06-17 16:45, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
>>>> One of the big things that should be coming up for 16.10 is that
>>>> we want to ship Unity 8 as a (non-default) alternative login
>>>> shell alongside Unity 7.  I'd really like to see if we can get
>>>> the ball rolling *now* on providing some good user docs for the
>>>> Unity 8 desktop where possible, although I'm not sure how docs
>>>> will be made available yet.
>>>
>>> <https://help.ubuntu.com/stable/ubuntu-help> currently consists of
>>> a few highlighted pages plus 10 sections of documents which detail
>>> various aspects of the desktop. One idea, for now, is to create a
>>> highlighted Unity 8 page and, if enough contents can be written
>>> within 3 months, an additional section.
>>
>> Interesting. I had always assumed that whenever Unity 8 stuff came,
>> that It would be added as a selection option one level higher, i.e.
>> here: https://help.ubuntu.com/ and the package version would be
>> completely independent.
> 
> So have I. But since Stephen now focuses on Unity 8 as an alternative
> desktop session, and not (yet?) on complete Unity 8 docs covering also
> phone and tablet, making use of the existing desktop guide structure
> might make sense.

Exactly.  In particular, logging in (which is common to both Uniy 7 and Unity 8) and possibly logging out and reverting
(in case someone accidentally chooses Unity 8 and regrets it) should be easy to find for the Unity 7 user.

Doug is right that we should probably have parallel help trees for the different versions when it comes to most stuff.
That's why I want to get the ball rolling now so we plan and discuss this.

The online docs at help.u.c are probably the target for 16.10, since there isn't any kind of native interactive help
application targeted for Unity 8 (yet).  Keep in mind there isn't a separate phone and tablet in the long run, just
Unity annd applications that work everywhere and adjust to the available hardware.

>> Your idea might be much easier to implement.
> 
> At least it would make it easier to focus on content instead of
> discussing markup language and other 'overhead' stuff. :)

In particular, the regulars around here are far better at content than I could hope to be, whereas I can probably take
care of some of the technical issues.

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Stephen M. Webb  <stephen.webb at canonical.com>