Minutes of the General Meeting of the Ubuntu Manual Team Date of meeting: 1 May 2011
Location: #ubuntu-manual on irc.freenode.net Meeting logs: http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/05/01/%23ubuntu-manual.html#t21:08 Attendees: * godbyk (chair) * ChrisWoollard* (minutes) * c7p* (minutes) * rickfosb (editor in chief) * Hannie * IlyaHaykinson * CrustyBarnacle * JasonO * Teotw Kevin Godby called the meeting to order at 20:08 UTC. Screenshot resolution update Currently the screenshots are taken at a resolution of 1024×768. This generates screenshots that can take up a lot of space on the page. godbyk offered to create a PDF that shows the screenshots being limited to the width of the primary text block (as opposed to the full page width). This PDF may be viewed at <http://builds.ubuntu-manual.org/builds/narrower-screenshots-test.pdf>. We need to decide if we want to limit the screenshots to this width or if they look better at their original width. Maverick edition The string freeze for the Maverick edition has been set for 14 May 2011. After the string freeze, a translation template file will be uploaded to Launchpad so that translation teams may begin work. The final preparations will then be made and the Maverick edition will be published. Chris Woollard will review the contributors list and add a past contributors section. The current contributors will be listed at the top (with roles/titles) and the past contributors below (names only). Translation editors will be listed in the English edition. Individual translators will be listed in their translated edition only. Chris will also alphabetize the contributors' names. Natty edition The current chapter assignments may be viewed at <http://bit.ly/gG59j7>. Rick Fosburgh will check in with the authors and editors regularly to assess the progress of each chapter and determine if more authors and editors are required. The following timeline was established for the Natty edition: * Milestone 1: lock down what needs to change (1 week) * Milestone 2: all sections are in, at least with stub content (week 5) * Milestone 3: copywriting down (week 10) * Milestone 4: content freeze (copyediting / screenshots done) (week 13) * Milestone 5: release (final bug testing done) (week 15) The natty bazaar repository will be created by Kevin Godby as soon as the Maverick edition has been finalized. E-book and other formats We've had some requests for additional formats including a Kindle e-book and a large-print edition. Kevin Godby will test different formats for generating a Kindle-compatible PDF and a large-print edition. Additional e-book formats and HTML formats will likely neccessitate using a different source format than TeX (such as Docbook). This source format change will be explored and implemented for the Ocelot edition. Prologue questions piratemurray had some questions about the prologue chapter. Rick will email him the responses. Quick reference Hannie proposed that we include a quick reference in the manual to help new users find their way around Unity. Links to some existing Natty guides were posted including <http://castrojo.tumblr.com/post/4795149014/the-power-users-guide-to-unity> and <http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/natty/>. Hannie will do some research on the existing guides to see if they sufficiently meet this need. The meeting was adjourned at 21:41 UTC. --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
