Or just update the existing OOo 3.3 guides. They're all available in .ODT format on the old OOo wiki. Seriously, updating existing material is likely to be much faster than starting from scratch, especially with a very small team.
Jean (former Co-Lead of OOo Docs and editor/publisher of most of the OOo user guides) On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 1:46 PM Jean Weber <jeanwe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A consideration: > The two licenses under which the OOo 3.3 user guides were published > are the same licenses as for the current LibreOffice user guides. If > the AOO Docs team chooses to go with Keith's #2, you might be able to > reuse quite a bit of LO 4.x material, with some amendment (and new > screenshots) as needed to account for differences between the > programs. That could potentially speed up the publication process > quite a bit. > > Jean > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 10:27 AM Keith N. McKenna > <keith.mcke...@comcast.net> wrote: > > > > Greetings All; > > > > Now that the proposal is finalized unless there are major objections to > > it, I would like to start a disscussion on how do we best implament it. I > > see two possible ways to go with it. > > > > 1. We start fresh and write all new documentation Under the ALV2 license > > for 4.2.x and take what is currently on the mwiki for the 4.1.x series and > > convert it to Writer files and get it under version control if it is > > needed for a possible 4.1.9 Release. > > > > 2. Start with the already published 3.3 odt documents and upgrade those to > > version 4. This could require the work being done outside of the project > > made up of the people on doc@ do to the 3.3 docs being under what is > > considered a catagory X license and may not be able to be stored in an > > Apache repository. > > > > If we want to go with #2 there is a way around the possible repository > > problem. > > > > I hope that this will generate a lot of comment on how this should happen > > so that we as a group can move forward with creating professional quality > > documentation for the project. > > > > Regards > > Keith --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: doc-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: doc-h...@openoffice.apache.org
