Re: release notes: first draft

[Bob Kashani <bobk ocf berkeley edu>]

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 14:05 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 23:57 +0800, Davyd Madeley wrote:
> > Ok guys and gals. I am announcing a preliminary draft of the release
> > notes for 2.14. We now require proof readers for spelling, grammar and
> > technical correctness.
> >
> > The latest committed version is online at:
> >     http://www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/C/index.html
> >
> > You can also check out the release notes from CVS:
> > http://cvs.gnome.org/viewcvs/gnomeweb-wml/www.gnome.org/start/2.14/notes/docbook/C/
> >
> > We are using gnome-doc-utils for translation. I hope the translators
> > know how to get all of that working, because I have no idea.
> >
> > Warning, I AM AN AUSTRALIAN, SPELLINGS MAY BE CONSIDERED INCORRECT. My
> > grammar is also pretty appalling. Please send through corrections for
> > these. Feel free to correct minor spelling mistakes yourself.
> >
> > Discussion should happen on list as appropriate or on the IRC channel
> > #release-notes on irc.gnome.org.
>
> Way later than I'd hoped to provide this, but I've
> attached a diff with some small changes.  This is
> strictly copy editing; I didn't touch content.
>
> Basically, the diff says this:

Seems you forgot to add the diff, Shaun...

Bob

> * I am a religious supporter of the serial comma.  Googling
>   for support brought up this very succinct argument:
>   http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/021201.htm
>
> * The GDP Style Guide says "file system".
>
> * "Shutdown" is a noun.  "Shut down" is a verb.
>
> * Some compound adjectives needed hyphenating.
>
> * Germans capitalize every last noun, but we don't.
>
> * Nautilus is referred to everywhere (inclding throughout
>   this document) as the file manager.  So a lone reference
>   to the file browser seemed out of place.
>
> * A few commas were missing, not just the serial type.
>
> This is great work, Davyd.
>
> --
> Shaun
-- 
Bob Kashani
GARNOME Project
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