On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <and...@pitonyak.org> wrote: > People come in and say "hey, how can I help". > > I would like to provide a solid answer, but, the best I can probably do is > to point them to this mailing list. Would be nice if we had a WIKI page or > document to spell it out. >
What we've done in other areas is point the user to this page: http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/index.html That has an introduction to the project and how we work. And then it has a link to a brief intro for each project area. As you see we have descriptions for QA, Localization, Marketing and Dev, but nothing yet for Doc. -Rob > So, I looked here: > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation > > The best I could find was a link to here > > http://www.openoffice.org/documentation/ > > None of the pages give concrete direction or suggestions. > > The ODF team uses Write documents with set styles and templates. For review, > you enable change tracking, make your changes, rename the document, then put > it back for the original author to accept or reject your changes. > > In GIMP, you edit an XML file and submit your changes directly to a lead who > integrates your changes. I submitted so many changes that I had direct write > access, but that occurred over time based on previous work. > > So, how does it work for AOO? It would be nice if it were spelled out on a > specific page. The best that I can figure is that anyone can simply edit the > WIKI and make direction changes with no review process. > > Yep, just jump in and change what ever you want. > > Would rather see clear direction that tells them this is what is expected, > and, if not, indicate what is expected. > > Also, are we making any provisions for having multiple versions of > documentation on the wiki? Consider when things are set for version 4 and we > start working towards something on the near horizon. Do we simply modify the > existing for what will be coming out in a few months? > > -- > Andrew Pitonyak > My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt > Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php >
