[OPEN-ILS-DOCUMENTATION] Fwd: [Announce] Call for Proposals for Doc Sprint Summit v2.0

[Lori Bowen Ayre]

Getting Started Guide +1

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On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 1:17 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 07:11:38PM +0000, Duimovich, George wrote:
> >
> > I'd suggest the group focus on the core documentation (gaps + polish),
> > rather than making something completely new for the purpose of the
> > event. There are enough gaps to fill that can be considered "new"
> > documentation if "new" is what's required.
>
> I would be tempted to try and stick to the terms of the call for
> proposals; Google / FLOSS Manuals presumably wants to be able to say "We
> created X new books!" rather than "We updated / filled in gaps in
> existing documentation!". (That's pure conjecture on my part, not based
> on any inside knowledge.)
>
> In that vein, Robert's suggestion for a getting started guide would be
> an appropriately-sized standalone project that would also be able to be
> integrated into our existing documentation after the fact. I think that
> would have particular value if there was also a focus on the "Getting
> started with a production system" section; in the IRC channel we've
> noted that there are all kinds of knobs to tweak and tune that new sites
> trip over. It would be a real win to come away with a book that closes
> that gap.
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