I've brought up this topic before, but was just browsing the kde forums and so I'll ask it of this mailing list again: What is the main reason that kde documentation cannot be formatted strictly for wiki and updated by users, and available primarily via internet access?
I've heard arguments of needing to have documentation for every release version of kde, but frankly I think that is a pipe-dream. The documentation is so out of date and incomplete for *any* release version that it would be further impossible to include docs for all releases! Also what is the need to include and make available by default offline documentation? Why can't the system admin (if one exists for whatever size network) simply download a hard copy of the wiki text and distribute it to users internally as the sysadmin and users deem necessary? Why is the kde team locked into the docbook format? Don't kde-doc members think their time would be much better served in not having to be a gate-keeper for document changes and additions? Don't kde-doc developers realize that many kde users would be happy to contribute to documentation efforts if it weren't purposefully so dificult to contribute? Why the "gate-keeper" mentality? Just curious. Seriously. Not a flame. -Mark Shelby -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-doc-english/attachments/20100610/f568fb84/attachment.htm
