On 2/11/2021 7:30 PM, F Campos Costero wrote:
> Well, my day yesterday did not go as planned and I did not get back to
> this.
> What, if anything, needs to be done with respect to Marcia's Debian Install
> Guide? I looked through it and everything looks right, though I do not have
> the commands all memorized, so there could possibly be an error.  It would
> be good to give other people a chance to review documents before posting
> them but it is simple enough to review such a short document now. We are
> all developing the process and learning as we go, so we should expect some
> hiccups.
> 
> Keith - do you have any comments on Marcia's email?
> 
> Marcia - are you willing to give any more feedback about how to improve
> what we are doing?
> 
> I am keeping this message on the docs list, since I do not think general
> members of the dev list will want to see a detailed discussion. Feel free
> to correct me on that.
> 
> Francis

The problem is with the license and in the fact that she neglected to
inform the list that she intended to right the guide by herself and not
as a collaborative effort with the team.

Yes I do have comments for Marcia, and I will post them most likely in
the morning.

Regards
Keith

> 
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 9:43 PM F Campos Costero <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>>
>> Sorry, I did not do Reply All.
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
>> From: F Campos Costero <fjcc.apa...@gmail.com>
>> Date: Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 9:41 PM
>> Subject: Re: GNU Linux install guide - 6 pages....
>> To: <d...@openoffice.apache.org>
>>
>>
>> Marcia,
>> I am very sorry you have had a bad experience trying to contribute to the
>> docs team. I have just gotten involved myself and my views certainly do not
>> represent any official or team perspective. The docs group has made very
>> little progress for a long time due to many obstacles but I think there is
>> finally a bit of movement with the repair of the MediaWiki extension,  the
>> new repository and the decision to make odt the base format, insulating
>> most volunteers from technical issues that caused a lot of uncertainty. You
>> were certainly a very positive contributor  and I was very much looking
>> forward to working with you on the larger documents. Please do continue on.
>> I also strongly support your concerns being openly addressed and rectified
>> where that is possible.
>>
>> I want to review the previous emails before saying more, particularly
>> because it is getting late for me. I hope that tomorrow I can discuss with
>> you and other interested parties how to improve the docs team.
>>
>> Francis
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2021 at 8:17 PM marcia wilbur <ai...@well.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> I realize I did prematurely create a simple installation guide for GNU
>>> Linux users without realizing the licensure.
>>> This could be fixed.
>>> However, I received an email off this list from Keith stating the guide
>>> was not peer reviewed.
>>>
>>> I wonder, were these guides?
>>> http://openoffice-uni.org/
>>>
>>> this was also posted online.
>>>
>>> One recommendation - please make the onboarding simple and
>>> straightforward for those volunteering in this effort for documentation.
>>>
>>> I was just trying to be a positive force and influence for this project,
>>> but really and am disappointed by the docs team - well, particularly and
>>> the continued push to use the old docs, mix method of documentation and as
>>> I heard during fosdem = the idea... this project cannot move forward as a
>>> current offering - like a corporation
>>>
>>> I do encourage the docs team to move forward with current useful
>>> documentation for the project, working with developers in an effort to
>>> drive innovation.
>>>
>>> I hope you can move forward with these attitudes in a positive manner.
>>>
>>> Keith, all future communication should be made here.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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