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1. j1mc User Documentation , Writing Open Source Documentation

   Interesting thread about !docs in Meego. Can they be swayed from using Robohelp? :/ http://is.gd/b8KsE !wosdocs #meego

   Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:12:35 UTC from xmpp
   • Karsten Wade

     @j1mc Sometimes it takes people a while to understand why "unable to build from source" is a really big deal. Patience and persistence.

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:15:37 UTC
   • Karsten Wade Dave Neary

     @j1mc @dneary Take a look at #Publican. RHT team designed it to meet the complex i18n needs that Meego has. Fedora wiki+Publican=relnotes.

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:20:29 UTC
   • Shaun McCance

     @j1mc A proprietary help tool for an open source project?!

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:21:53 UTC
   • Shaun McCance

     @j1mc And FWIW, I tried to get somebody from Moblin to come to the Desktop Help Summit. Nobody seemed interested.

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:22:50 UTC
   • Janet Swisher

     @j1mc RoboHelp's webhelp framework is proprietary; not good for FOSS projects. OmniHelp is the only FOSS format for Javascript-y webhelp IKO

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:28:13 UTC
   • Karsten Wade Shaun McCance

     @shaunm @j1mc This idea of #meego being a "first opening of code" is worth considering http://bit.ly/bRYyGa

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:33:34 UTC
   • Shaun McCance

     @j1mc Huzzah! I don't think I've ever met Ian Lawrence, but he's my hero of the day. http://ur1.ca/spf9

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:34:27 UTC
   • Shaun McCance Karsten Wade

     @quaid Yeah, just read that, and it's fair. Can't expect everything to go completely community overnight. As long as it's on the radar.

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:36:38 UTC
   • Scott Nesbitt

     @j1mc Robo? In a FOSS project? If push comes to shove, there's a DocBook stylesheet that can output RoboHelp-like WebHelp, not as fancy tho

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:37:53 UTC
   • Karsten Wade Shaun McCance

     @shaunm My glance? I'm impressed by the discussion; it's constructive and the open source way. This is all happening better than RHL=>Fedora

     Wednesday, 31-Mar-10 22:57:09 UTC
   • Dave Neary Karsten Wade

     @quaid Thanks for the tip! Dimitris from Transifew mentioned #Publican I guess it'll be worth a look.

     Thursday, 01-Apr-10 08:26:53 UTC
   • Dave Neary Karsten Wade

     @quaid So how would you argue "unable to build from source" is a big deal?

     Thursday, 01-Apr-10 08:27:59 UTC
   • Karsten Wade Dave Neary

     @dneary Re: #FTBFS - http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Stuff_everyone_knows_and_forgets_anyway#Choose_open_tools_that_can_be_extended

     Friday, 02-Apr-10 00:38:49 UTC
   • Dave Neary Karsten Wade

     @quaid Have you seen the community management wiki Skud started? http://is.gd/baYuy - I've been documenting "Community antipatterns" there

     Friday, 02-Apr-10 08:50:53 UTC