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<h1>RE: First pass for LDP-Author-Guide</h1>
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<li><em>To</em>: "'David Merrill'" <<A HREF="mailto:dcmerrill@mindspring.com">dcmerrill@mindspring.com</A>>, jdd <<A HREF="mailto:jdanield@dodin.net">jdanield@dodin.net</A>></li>
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<li><em>Subject</em>: RE: First pass for LDP-Author-Guide</li>
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<li><em>From</em>: Gregory Leblanc <<A HREF="mailto:GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu">GLeblanc@cu-portland.edu</A>></li>
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<li><em>Date</em>: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 21:03:50 -0700</li>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: David Merrill [<A HREF="mailto:dcmerrill@mindspring.com">mailto:dcmerrill@mindspring.com</A>]
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:28 PM
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> To: jdd
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> Cc: ldp-discuss@lists.linuxdoc.org
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> Subject: Re: First pass for LDP-Author-Guide
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> jdd wrote:
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> >
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> [snipped extensively]
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> > For New Authors
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> > this paragraph is very confusing. It seems to say that
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> "you may write
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> > your documentation in the format of your choice"
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> >
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> > and
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> >
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> > "another LDP volunteer will translate your document into DocBook"
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> >
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> > I don't think this is the "normal" subscription method.
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> anyway I will
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> > probably very difficult to to this txt to docbook
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> translation (if not, why
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> > discuss about docbook!)
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> I was thinking about this today. Perhaps it _is_ better to have LDP
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> folks do DocBook. That would likely produce more consistent results,
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> especially when it comes to indexing. If, for instance, an indexer can
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> go through _all_ of the HOWTOs and index appropriate stuff,
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> we're likely
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> to get a better index.
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I like some aspects of this idea, but not others. Before I think this is a
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good option, we need to get some people who are good at some specific
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aspect. I'd love to get good at indexing, but I've got no idea how to go
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about it.
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> On actual software projects, some of the best gains from Open Source
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> methods is that people who specialize in certain aspects of
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> development
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> get to work on what they're good at. Wouldn't that principle apply to
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> the LDP as well? And, on a related note, wouldn't it be a
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> Good Thing to
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> have the CVS versions the "official" latest-and-greatest, to
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> facilitate
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> this? Without having been around here long, I feel a bit presumptuous
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> suggesting policy decisions, but then again I know I'll get
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> slapped down
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> if I'm off base. ;)
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Hey, that's what we're here for! :-) As for CVS versions being the
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"official" latest-and-greatest, I would REALLY REALLY like that, but there
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are a few problems left to overcome. I can outline them here if you really
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want, but it would be better to use the LDP-CVS list for that instead. I
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think that a message to discuss-subscribe@cvslist.linuxdoc.org will get you
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subscribed, but I'm not sure. If it doesn't work, let me know and I'll get
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detailed instructions. We need to have more discussion on getting CVS into
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place, but there haven't been many people interested in that, and I know
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what I would like to do, but I have no idea how to make it happen.
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> > we absolutely need a ONE SOURCE rpm (or tgz) that install
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> all this stuff
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> > in one step.
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> This _would_ be very, very helpful for those of us who are
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> interested in
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> doing the markup and/or authoring, but not struggling with tools. I'm
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> not sure what percentage of folks it would really work for.
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The problem with this is that there are a lot of individual components that
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need to work together. I will compile some links for the things that are
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needed for editors, but if we get a "work server", then I don't think that
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putting the processing tools together is worth while, as authors will be
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able to get ssh/scp accounts there, and use the "official" LDP tools to
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process their docs. Anybody know exactly where this process is at?
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Well, that's my two pence, later,
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Grego
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