Re: GNOME 2 schedule and issues

[Alexander Kirillov <kirillov math sunysb edu>]

As for templates and stylesheets: from my discussions with Eric it seems
that we  can give a working prototype (stylesheets+templates) by New
Year. I am not sure we can do it any earlier - we both have finals, and
during  Christmas the family would not let me do any work other than
wrap and unwrap the gifts 

Sasha
  

On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 11:35, John Fleck wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> As your release team liason and designated worrywart[1], I thought a
> report on the GNOME 2 schedule might be useful for those not following
> the discussions on the other lists.
> 
> The Schedule:
> *************
> 
> We have an ambitious schedule that will place great demands on us to
> get documentation out quickly:
> 
>    http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/schedule/
> 
> In brief, the key milestones are:
> 
>    January 11  UI FREEZE
>    January 16  RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Beta 1
>    February 20  RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Release Candidate 1
>    March 15  RELEASE - Gnome 2.0 Desktop Final
> 
> The Packages:
> *************
> 
> The packages to be included in the release can be found on the modules
> page - everything down through desktop-utils is included:
> 
>    http://developer.gnome.org/dotplan/modules/ 
> 
> The following people have volunteered to coordinate documentation
> for the various packages:
> 
> gnome-core: jfleck, sasha
> gnome-applets: tcurtis
> nautilus: muet
> gnome-utils: jfleck
> gnome-user-docs: needs a volunteer
> gnome-games: needs a volunteer
> various bits of API documentation: jfleck, aka TheDoomed
> 
> Conclusion:
> ***********
> 
> I realize this will be tough, because GNOME 2 is not yet usable
> enough for us to begin documenting many of the major pieces. But many
> of the minor pieces, especially the utilities, applets and games, have
> been ported and we can start work on them. Given our experience with
> the blizzard of documentation written in the month prior to the GNOME
> 1.2 release, I think it is doable, especially with the very capable
> Sun team added to our number.
> 
> In the near term, we need people willing to build GNOME 2 and begin
> banging on the infrastructure. Mikael Hallendal's Yelp help browser is
> coming along, but we need people testing it. Greg Leblanc and Dan
> Mueth have set up a template for the necessary Makefile.am's, but we
> need people to begin adding this to the packages to see how it works
> in practice and work out any build bugs now, before the documentation
> blitz begins in earnest next month.
> 
> We need people actually making XML documents so we have something to
> test.
> 
> GNOME 2 is buildable now (if I can, anyone can), and is usable in a
> crude but charming way. (Most importantly, Wanda has been ported and
> can keep you company on an otherwise rather desolate panel.)
> I sheepishly admit to not being brave enough to use it as my
> day-to-day desktop, but I am regularly using it for my GNOME 2 work
> and it is functional enough to do most anything right now.
> 
> Questions:
> **********
> 
> Among those out there slaving away furiously on the necessary tasks
> that need finishing - stylesheets, gnome2-db2html, Yelp, title page,
> licensing issues - where do you stand and what help do you need?
> 
> Who has converted docs to XML, and how has that gone?
> 
> Who has built GNOME 2 and played with the new help infrastructure, and
> how has that gone?
> 
> What other things have I not mentioned that need attention for a
> well-documented GNOME 2 to arrive on our users' desktops in March?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> John
> 
> [1] Yes, I looked it up, it is a conjoined word. Perhaps we could add
> it to the Style Guide? :-)
> -- 
> John Fleck
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