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This is the status of the Gentoo Documentation Project. It will be posted |
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regularly, but not with a static frequency. All questions can be posted to |
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gentoo-doc@g.o or to me personally. |
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The Gentoo Documentation Project, from now on abbreviated to GDP, has its own |
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project page (just like almost all other Gentoo projects). You can find it at |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/gdp. |
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This status mail will briefly discuss the following tasks, objectives and/or |
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projects related to the GDP: |
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- PDF documentation |
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- Translator script |
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- Gentoo Handbook development |
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- Translation-specific requests |
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** PDF documentation |
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Sadly enough, the previously discussed option (FOP) is a no-go. It requires a |
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working XFree installation, which is not allowed on our webservers. Blackace is |
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checking out if PassiveTex is a better solution, but he is having problems |
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getting pdfxmltex to work (as did I). |
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Don't expect Gentoo to provide PDFs really soon now. Creating them off-line is |
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no problem (lots of existing solutions) so perhaps some developer might publish |
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PDF versions of documents on his webspace at dev.gentoo.org (I'm checking out if |
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I will do that or not). However, this will *not* be an official location. |
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** Translator script |
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Xavier Neys has been improving his ruby-script that allows lead translators to |
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quickly grasp the situation of the translation efforts. More information is |
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available at http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.documentation/748. |
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** Gentoo Handbook development |
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The development of the Gentoo Handbook is continuïng (duh). The second part of |
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the Handbook is progressing, with 5 out of 7 chapters finished. This includes |
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chapters on: |
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- USE flags |
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- Portage |
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- Init scripts |
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The draft version of these chapters can be found online at |
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http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/draft/handbook.xml?part=2 |
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** Translation-specific requests |
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I have asked all translation teams to give some input on how the translation |
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process can be improved, what issues they have and how the documentation team |
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can help more. This resulted in a couple of requests, amongst which are |
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language-specific mailinglists and a GWN request for more volunteers. |
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The mailinglists for the Polish, German and Indonesian language have been |
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created to improve the translation efforts, and the GWN has asked for extra |
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volunteers for some languages. Some translation teams have already noticed more |
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volunteer requests. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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^__^ And Larry saw that it was Good. |
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(oo) Sven Vermeulen |
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