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Josh Saddler wrote: |
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> Hello, it's that time of year again. The first release of the year is |
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> comin' up fast. If you examine recent CVS history, I just added the |
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> 2007.0 directory to draft/, and will shortly begin adding stuff to it. |
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> It's my intention to once again do a major version number change, in |
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> keeping with the 2006.0 --> 2006.1 change for all docs, so though our |
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> stuff is at 7.x, it will be 8.x, and in the case of the gtkfe and |
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> gli-dialog handbooks, 2.x to 3.x. |
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> Now, I think I've gotten the last changes to the current/2006.1 |
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> handbooks settled with the fix to bug 147358, so I anticipate having a |
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> relatively clean slate to work on in draft/. Any fixes to the current |
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> docs will of course be added to the draft/ docs. |
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> Anyway, that's my plan -- I've a few lists of TODOs for stuff, |
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> especially for the networkless docs, that will be fairly intensive. Now, |
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> from the translators point of view, what do you and don't you want to |
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> see me do to the docs in draft/? Yes, I've done two releases before |
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> this, but .... it's been awhile, so I don't entirely remember. For |
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> sanity's sake I'd like to make sure that my instincts are right. I won't |
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> be revbumping the stuff in draft/, but I assume it's okay to make as |
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> many changes as needed to the stuff in there....or will that mess with |
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> the translators heads? Will you guys be able to pick up on all the changes? |
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> Lemme know what you need me to do for you -- I'll be heading up the |
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> handbook efforts again. It's my job to make the work easier for you guys. :) |
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> Oh, and in good news (good despite the shift into "panic mode"), this |
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> release will see the fix of the media, so that things like the LiveUSB |
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> Howto (liveusb.xml) will work once again. |
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> I intend to partner closely with releng on this one; already I've gotten |
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> some good help with them for the installer docs updates, so thanks for |
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> all that. |
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> Ladies & Gentlemen: Start your engines! |
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Hi Josh, |
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I'll get together my PPC docs changes and get them in CVS asap. Do |
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we have a timeframe yet? |
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-Joe |
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