Hello all,
Sorry for the delayed response, I would like to carry on with the sections which I worked on in the first release unless someone else is working on it. ie ,. sound.tex and others.tex in prefs-hardware chapter. Please let me know if you guys want me to do something more. Regards, Sayantan Das ---------------------------------- http://computergyan.wordpress.com On 26 August 2010 11:59, Kevin Godby <god...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > It's time that we got started with our work on the Maverick edition. > > We need to compile a list of changes between Lucid and Maverick so we > can update those sections of the manual. We also need to discuss > things that we'd like to add or remove in the Maverick edition. > > Since we haven't been doing a very good job with IRC meetings lately, > I want to start this discussion on the mailing list. > > Benjamin's schedule > <http://humphreybc.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/dev-infographic.png> > has us down for a writing freeze as of September 10, so we need to get > moving pretty quickly. > > The scheduled milestones are: > > 10 September - Maverick edition writing freeze - no more material > will be added or removed - only edits will take place. > 30 September - Release candidate - Screenshots and editing should be > finished. > 10 October - Final release - PDFs will be uploaded to the website. > > Our time frame for the release of the manual is a bit shorter this > time as the release date for Maverick was pushed up from the end of > October to the 10th. So we need to get started immediately. > > Here are the basic steps we need to take: > > 1. Figure out what's changed in Maverick that we need to update in the > manual. Here's the list I have so far: > > * New installer > * Software Center changes > * Shotwell is replacing F-Spot > * New MeMenu and Sound menu > * Revised Update Manager > * Add walk-through on using the Wubi installer > > Please reply if you have things to add to this list. > > 2. Get authors to commit to making those changes in the manual. If > you'd like to volunteer to write new material or update existing > material, please reply to this email and let us know which section > you're interested in working on. > > 3. Get editors to proofread the manual. Once the new material has > been written, we'll need everyone to jump in and help find those pesky > typos and other errors. > > 4. Get volunteers to take updated screenshots. We'll use Quickshot to > update all of the screenshots in the manual. > > 5. Are there any changes to the book design that we should make? > > 6. What have I left off this list? > > Thanks for all your hard work -- this manual wouldn't exist without your > help! > > --Kevin Godby > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > Post to : ubuntu-manual@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-manual > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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