Are we keeping and LTS and a non-LTS manual?
On 10/09/2014 08:49 PM, jeffrey Flaker wrote: > I am interested in what ever is necessary. I can work on smaller > sections due to time constraints. As time allows, I may pick up a > larger section. I am USA English only. I can edit for clarity, > grammar, spelling, et al. > > Thanks > Jeff Flaker > > > On 10/09/2014 11:21 AM, Hannie Dumoleyn wrote: >> To all, >> Where do we go from here? >> Finishing the last version of our manual, 14.04 LTS, was a real >> struggle. There were hardly any contributors to do the job. As you may >> have noticed, we did not start Utopic because we did not get enough >> new active contributors in time. >> We would like to start a discussion on what to do next. >> >> Is the manual useful to Ubuntu users? >> Below you find statistics on the number of printed purchases and >> downloads of our manual. >> >> How many active members do we have? >> @ all, please let us know via this list if you are still interested in >> contributing as an author, editor, translator, screenshot editor or >> coordinator. After receiving your reactions, we can make up a list of >> all remaining ACTIVE members. We would also appreciate it if those of >> you who do not wish to continue contributing let us know of this >> decision. >> >> Standard versions or only LTS versions? >> We could opt for the publication of LTS versions (every 2 years) only. >> This means less work for a small team like ours, but it implies the >> risk of contributors losing interest. >> @all: please let us know if, as an active contributor, you would >> prefer to contribute to all versions or only LTS versions. >> >> How can you contribute? >> By dividing the work in chapters and sections, contributors >> (authors/editors) can decide what chapter they want to work on. Some >> sections are very small, others are lengthy. If you want to >> contribute, but do not have much time, you can just choose a small >> section. >> We also need author/editor coordinators. This will require more time. >> Let us know if you are interested. >> >> Current situation >> It is too late to start working on the Utopic version. In order to be >> able to decide what to do next, we urge all of you to respond to this >> email As Soon As Possible, but before October 17th. >> >> Thanks, >> Hannie >> >> ================= >> >> Here are some statistics. >> >> The number of printed book purchases since the beginning of 2014 (only >> showing the 13.04, 13.10, and 14.04 editions): >> >> Erste Schritte mit Ubuntu 13.04 - 741 >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 - 63 >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 - 212 >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 - 56 >> Premiers pas avec Ubuntu 13.04 - 29 >> Premiers pas avec Ubuntu 13.10 - 120 >> Primeros pasos con Ubuntu 13.10 - 10 >> >> Here are the totals for the downloads (since the beginning of time): >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 >> - English: 194,721 >> - German: 47,899 >> - Greek: 40,111 >> - Dutch: 19,657 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04e2 >> - English: 91,472 >> - German: 19,712 >> - Lithuanian: 6,397 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.10 >> - English: 73,569 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 11.10 >> - English: 25,378 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04 >> - English: 72,840 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.04e2 >> - English: 44,465 >> - German: 33,481 >> - Spanish: 28,668 >> - French: 6,778 >> - Dutch: 14,688 >> - Slovenian: 449 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 12.10 >> - English: 19,5683 >> - French: 32,050 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.04 >> - English: 51,245 >> - German: 26,676 >> - French: 16,632 >> - Slovenian: 1,941 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 13.10 >> - English: 76,883 >> - Spanish: 17,503 >> - French: 48,170 >> >> Getting Started with Ubuntu 14.04 >> - English: 13,021 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
