[Live-demo] [OSGeo] #1072: Remove QGIS guide docs

[Alex Mandel]

On 02/01/2013 06:05 PM, OSGeo wrote:
> #1072: Remove QGIS guide docs
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>  Reporter:  camerons  |       Owner:  live-demo@…              
>      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                      
>  Priority:  minor     |   Milestone:  OSGeoLive7.0             
> Component:  LiveDVD   |    Keywords:  qgis, 7.0                
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> 
> Comment(by hamish):
> 
>  I rather disagree, and propose that they be re-enabled in the QGIS
>  quickstart for 6.5.
> 
> 
>  The QGIS user guide (11mb) is part of the help text for the program and
>  therefore hold pride of place along side the executable binary. It's a
>  complete no brainer AFAIAC.
> 
> 
>  The Gentle Guide to GIS (4.7mb) is a wonderful eBook for GIS beginners (I
>  hadn't known about it before now), starting QGIS, and is a great intro to
>  what you'll find in many of the projects on the disc. We should have more
>  things like this on the live DVD, and take pains to promote them further.
>  While not specifically a dependency of any software project on the disc,
>  either is the "getting started with ubuntu" or OGC overview docs, and yet
>  I think we'll all agree that it is useful for them to be there.
> 
> 
>  best,
>  Hamish
> 

I agree with Hamish. There is a little or no in app help in QGIS right
now, it's all in the manual (eventually they will actually be linked
directly).

Thanks,
Alex