Jeffery, That will be determined after we have given everyone subscribed to the list (or anyone who would like to chime in, for that matter) a chance to respond.
Right now, we only have 4 cribs members, which may or may not be enough for LTS release intervals. Thanks, Thomas Corwin U.S. Navy - DEP - Machinist Mate Taylor Twp. Fire Dept. - Basic Firefighter / EMR > On Oct 12, 2014, at 2:59 PM, jeffrey Flaker <jfla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
