[Qgis-psc] Writing docs

[Anita Graser]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 12:35 PM Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> sorry to insist. I'd like to have your opinion before proceeding. Should
> we make a public announcement, or contact directly in private those who
> already did some work on docs?
>
> The first has the problem that we may get people that jumps in without
> previous experience, which can make the reviewers waste a lot of time, and
> that those who donated their time until now could feel usurped.
>
> The second may give the impression that we do not act transparently.
>

I think we can do both a public announcement and contacting established doc
writers at the same time. The public announcement can clearly state that
people with demonstrated experience will be preferred when selecting
writers for funded writing.

Do we have a volunteer (Yves?) who has agreed to manage the contributions?

Regards,
Anita





> Thanks.
>
> Il 09/11/2018 11:34 AM, Yves Jacolin ha scritto:
>
> Hello Paolo,
>
> Thanks to start this :) We have (only ?) 177 issues to finish 3.0 and 27
> for 3.2 which can be seen as a lot of ticket but can be closed quiet
> fast with help of funding and the community.
>
> Le 11/09/2018 à 11:29, Paolo Cavallini a écrit :
>
> Hi PSC,
>
> as you know, we have budgeted some resources to support documentation
> writers, and the money is largely unused. I suggest contacting potential
> writers to start the work effectively. I see two options here:
>
> * ask in public if someone is available, and divide the work among them
> * contact directly those who already worked on various parts of the
> docs, and ask who is interested.
>
> Which one is better for you?
>
> All the best.
>
>
>  We can contact Larissa (in cc) as she was interested few months ago.
>
> Larissa, are you still available for such work?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Y.
>
>
>
>
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