Re: Documentation for new modules for GNOME

[Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>]

--- Adam Schreiber <sadam clemson edu> wrote:

> On 11/22/06, Joachim Noreiko <jnoreiko yahoo com>
> wrote:
> > That an... interesting choice of folder name for
> the
> > applet manual.
> > Is there a particular reason why it can't go in
> the
> > same help/ folder, or in a subfolder of help/ ?
> > Alternatively, you could combine them. Dictionary
> has
> > both an app and a panel applet, and one manual
> > covering both.
> 
> I believe it was done that way because it was
> expedient.  I seem to
> remember it also had to do with PACKAGE_NAME being
> used to launch the
> seahorse manual and I was having trouble getting the
> appropriate file
> to auto-launch.  Feel free to move stuff around if
> it will be easier
> for those maintaining the documentation moving
> forward.  We will adapt
> to the new way of doing things.

I really don't know the app at all, and I won't be
able to try it until it's in a Gnome stable release.
But looking at the applet manual, it's very small, so
merging it into the main manual might be a good move
(but not an urgent one).

Shaun, if you read this -- do you have any thoughts on
how to handle app/applet pairs in general?

> > Is it ok for GDP team members to make commits to
> the
> > help sections of your CVS? Do you want us to
> handle
> > patches on docs?
> 
> I think commits to the help sections and handling
> docs patches should be fine.

Ok. In that case, could you set the default assignee
to our mail alias please? 
Anyone who's interested in bugs can watch that to get notified.

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