ubuntu-docs Requirements?

[Phil Bull]

Hi guys,

On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 08:12 +0000, Matthew East wrote:
> >  * There is no current requirement for a "Getting Started Guide" or a
> > "Troubleshooting Guide." And so they don't exist, nor do clear plans for
> > them, as far as I know, anyway.
> 
> Well, I pointed out that this is essentially the role of the "New to
> Ubuntu" document, which at the moment isn't doing a very good job of
> it, or even any job at all. But we don't really have "requirements"
> for specific documents, we just try to develop documents which we feel
> suit the needs of our users, depending on the resources that we have
> available at the moment. Those are currently contained in our bzr
> branch, and there is a plan for an installation guide, which may be
> partially implemented: I don't know what stage that is at, but Phil
> will know more.

The installation guide didn't really work out how I planned. We have a
small amount of rough draft material, but not much. It would be nice to
get something like this done for Lucid, perhaps on a more limited scale.

With regards to the New to Ubuntu document, I think it's important to
invest some time in improving it this release cycle. Part of that
improvement process should involve setting out aims for the document, so
that we end up with something focused and useful. Is anyone interested
in taking the lead?

Thanks,

Phil

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