> Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2016 23:49:38 +0500 > From: "David T." <sunfis...@yahoo.com> > To: "David T. via gnucash-devel" <gnucash-devel@gnucash.org> > Subject: Recommended Change to Author LIsting in Documentation > Message-ID: <648ed8ff-7d36-4d18-8331-90d9e11e0...@yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, > > In response to seeing yet another new user sending a support request > directly to one of the people mentioned in the documentation, I created Bug > 775919 (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775919 > <https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=775919>) as a proposed > change to the way that the docs present the author attributions. In that > bug, > I state: > > I recommend the following: > > 1) Remove all individual names and email addresses from the documentation > title page, and replace them with a general attribution to "The GnuCash > Documentation Team." Since the current copyright is to this entity, I think > this is not only convenient, but also more accurate than the current list. > > 2) Place a large note on the title page identifying gnucash-users as the > proper > location to which to direct help requests. Section 2.4.2 is clearly not > prominent enough for new users. > > 3) Retain the list of contributors that show on the title page verso. I will > note > that this list omits email addresses. In addition, add a note there about > who > and what the GnuCash Documentation Team is. > > I propose: "The GnuCash Documentation Team is a self-designated group of > GnuCash users and developers who have volunteered to write this > documentation for the benefit of the broader user base. People who are > interested in joining this group are encouraged to express their interest on > the GnuCash lists (gnucash-users and gnucash-devel) for further direction.? > John Ralls thought that this change should be run past the Devel list, and
> so > here I am, giving it a run. As one of the named contributors, I personally > would prefer that my email not be included in the documentation, but I > defer to the general interest of the group. > > Cheers, > David T. Hi David, Sounds good to me. A link to https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists would be good. Regards, Chris Good
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