[Qgis-community-team] Insert "what's new" section into the QGIS user manual

[Junior Delaz]

Ok, thanks.


2015-03-23 16:53 GMT+01:00 Otto Dassau <dassau at gbd-consult.de>:

> yes, that's right.
>
> Regards
> Otto
>
> Am Mon, 23 Mar 2015 16:47:16 +0100
> schrieb Junior Delaz <delazj at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hi Otto,
> > Thanks for the invitation... I already follow the big work you and the
> > others do (Big UP!!!) and sometimes contribute even though I feel I'm
> more
> > a bugtracker than a writer.
> > So, if I well understand your reply, the "what's new" in QGIS 2.6 is just
> > an unfinished doc (as there are some sub-sections that are not writen)
> and,
> > in 2.8, it's expected to "just" list in this section the new
> > features/corrections, the detailed informations remaining in the
> changelog
> > page. Right?
> >
> > 2015-03-23 16:06 GMT+01:00 Otto Dassau <dassau at gbd-consult.de>:
> >
> > > Dear Harrissou,
> > >
> > > you are right, the "What's new" section is not updated yet. We already
> > > updated a lot of 2.8 features as you can see here:
> > >
> > > https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/commits/master
> > >
> > > but there is still some work to do and we would not mind to have more
> > > volunteers for the documentation. So you are welcome, if you find some
> > > time.
> > >
> > > btw, the "What's new" section always includes a link to the changelog
> > > website. We want to keep it short as a list in the manual.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Otto
> > >
> > > Am Mon, 23 Mar 2015 14:37:06 +0100
> > > schrieb Junior Delaz <delazj at gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > while reading the section "What's new" [0] in QGIS2.6 manual, i
> > > > remarked that it was really truncated, nearly empty. QGIS website [1]
> > > > gives indeed more informations. I'm wondering if these informations
> > > > available in the website shouldn't be included in the user manual
> > > > (maybe through a link to avoid duplicating translation's effort).
> They
> > > > are worthy of being there, no? Then, what's planned for QGIS 2.8
> > > > manual? It hasn't been modified in github [2], yet. Will "what's
> next"
> > > > section in the user manual be the
> > > same
> > > > that that the website already shows [3]?
> > > >
> > > > [0] docs.qgis.org/2.6/en/docs/user_manual/preamble/whats_new.html
> > > > [1] qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog260/index.html
> > > > [2]
> > > >
> > >
> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/blob/master/source/docs/user_manual/preamble/whats_new.rst
> > > > [3] qgis.org/en/site/forusers/visualchangelog28/index.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Harrissou
> > >
>
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