Ubuntu desktop documentation scope and location

[Doug Smythies]

Hi Daniele,

Thanks for your reply.

On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 8:21 AM Daniele Procida
<daniele.procida at canonical.com> wrote:
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> Here’s a little overview of some of the relevant properties:
>
> help.ubuntu.com
> Name: Official Ubuntu documentation
> Maintained in: deb packages in the Ubuntu distribution.
> Documentation system: Mallard

and DocBook until EOL for the 18.04 Severguide.

> Contribution: via Launchpad
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> https://ubuntu.com/server/docs
> Name: Ubuntu server guide
> Maintained in: Discourse

The 18.04 serverguide is still published on
help.ubuntu.com, until EOL.

Maintained in: DocBook

Note: I have not tried to compile it for
quite awhile, and wonder if I still can.

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>
> >>>> May be worth mentioning this page:
> >>>>
> >>>> https://help.ubuntu.com/rst
> >>>>
> >>>> It originates from a google docs document. So if you are in a
> >>>> hurry, that's one possibility as a temporary solution.
>
> Gunnar, are you able to tell me more about this?
> Despite my previous extensive researches, this is a publishing
> pattern that is new to me. Are there other examples of this?

It is the only one I am aware of. Gunnar will have to answer where it came from.

> (It’s also a problematic example, as it breaks the navigation links (cf. the “Official documentation” link at the top.)

That is a simple mistake introduced in revision 73.
I can fix it now (unless Gunnar wants to) and it'll be live tomorrow.

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... Doug