lilypond-devel
[Top][All Lists]
Advanced

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

contributor/user split in docs


From: Graham Percival
Subject: contributor/user split in docs
Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2009 21:26:40 -0800
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17)

Hi all,

While I was working on the new website, I realized that the info I
was adding would work better as a manual rather than a few web
pages.  Therefore, in Feb (after 2.13 starts), I'll be creating a
new manual: the Contributor's Guide.

(I /was/ going to call it the Developer's Guide, but then I
realized that "DG" has rather a unfortunate meaning amongst
computer geeks in my generation, and if my friends heard that I
was working on the "new DG manual" I'd never live it down. :)


This will contain the INSTALL docs, doc policy, "working with
texinfo" stuff, the git guide, info about what all the branches
are, where to find gub, any potential tips to translators or
bugfixers, code style, policy for bug reports, checklist for
normal and major releases, etc.  Generally, I'll be combining all
the README documents that nobody (including me) looks at and
putting them all in one place.  I'll also try to write down all
the `oral tradition' knowledge about lilypond that various people
have.


... actually, on second thought, perhaps I don't need to wait.  I
don't think that anything in there should be translated; the
translators need to read enough English to understand the main
docs so they should be able to handle their instructions, and (for
better or worse) we do everything else in English.

John, your opinions as both Translation Guy and the person who'd
be adding the stubs for this to the build system?  :)
(starting from next Sep, I should have a linux machine powerful
enough to build lilypond, so my excuse will be gone.  However,
until then... ;)

Cheers,
- Graham




reply via email to

[Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread]