As you probably know, we're nearing the end of the Grand Documentation Project of LilyPond. It ends in Aug, so there's only three and a half months left.
For more general background about GDP, see: http://web.uvic.ca/~gperciva/ Unfortunately, after eight and a half months, we only have 2 sections of the NR finished. 4 sections are nearing completion, and 2 more are being worked on. At the current rate of progress, we probably won't even finish NR 1. We could really use more people getting involved. The following sections are open: * Rhythms * Vocal Unfretted strings Fretted strings Percussion Wind Chords Ancient The first two starred sections are much longer than the others; I would like to reserve those sections for people who have already finished a smaller section. That said, some of the later sections are very small -- say, 5 hours of doc work -- so they could be finished quite quickly and then you could move on to one of the two longer sections. If you don't want to take on an entire section but are still willing to help, let me know. I guarantee that I can find something useful for you to do. If you're concerned about your lack of lilypond knowledge, don't be. Every single doc helper has been forced to learn material while working on the docs. The question is not "am I better than anybody else to work on Percussion?", the question is "am I better than *nobody*?". If you have a personal interest in percussion, and are willing to spend some time learning how to do it and then documenting how you did it, then you're the best person. It all comes down to your time and knowledge. If you have little technical or lilypond knowledge, it will take more time. If you have lots of technical and lilypond knowledge, it will take less time. (although in that case I'll ask you to do more tasks, since we have far too many tasks to deal with) Finally, remember that documentation is much more useful than answering questions on this list. Nobody wants to say it, but since I'm leaving anyway I'll play the bad guy. Answering questions on -user helps one person. Working on the docs, although it takes more time, helps everybody in the future who reads the docs. Nobody reads the mailist archives[1]. It's the classic short-term vs. long-term dilemma, and I come down heavily on the idea of long-term help. [1] At least, nobody who *should* read them; some developers read them often. Cheers, - Graham, Documentation Editor. _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user
