Re: Tuning Documentation & Translation schedules

[Ankitkumar Rameshchandra Patel <ankit redhat com>]

John Poelstra wrote:
> Ankitkumar Rameshchandra Patel said the following on 09/29/2008 02:19 
> AM Pacific Time:
> > Fedora Documentation team writes not only Release Notes but also 
> > guides like Installation Guide, Desktop User Guide, etc too. I 
> > wonder, why these documentation writing tasks are neither mentioned 
> > in Documentation schedule nor in translation schedule?
>
> Yes, this part of my "revelation" last week :)  We need to be very 
> explicit with the task names both in the documentation schedule and 
> the translation schedule.
>
>
> > Btw, I have got one more doubt. Why can't we put "Translate 0-day 
> > release notes for docs.fp.org" in the Launch phase as well, rather 
> > than in maintenance phase?
>
> I put it in the maintenance phase because that is when it 
> occurs--after GA, which is when the maintenance of a release begins.  
> Is there an important reason why you would like to have it in the 
> "Launch Phases"?
>
> John

Let me explain what I understand about "0-day changes". I think "0-day 
changes to release notes" means, the last minute changes came to 
release-notes writers. Please correct me, if I am wrong.

So, If my understanding about "0-day changes" is correct, then "0-day 
changes" should be applicable to "POT generation", which is already 
taken care, as well as "Po translations" also, which is put in the 
maintenance phase. After (ideally. could be on the same date, though.) 
"0-day translation of PO" task "0-day release-notes build updated rpm" 
task should happen. So, basically end users (local language users) 
whould get the latest release notes.

I can see, following three entries in the 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-10/f-10-docs-tasks.html


0-Day rel-notes generate POT 	Tue 2008-11-25 	Tue 2008-11-25 	0
0-Day rel-notes update docs.fp.org 	Tue 2008-11-25 	Tue 2008-11-25 	0
0-Day rel-notes build updated rpm 	Tue 2008-11-25 	Tue 2008-11-25 	0
GA Release 	Tue 2008-11-25 	Tue 2008-11-25 	0
Maintenance Phase 	Wed 2008-11-26 	Mon 2010-01-04 	404
Add translated zero-day updates to docs.fp.org 	Mon 2008-12-08 	Mon 
2008-12-08 	0.2


With respect to same "0 day release-notes updates" similar task should 
be found in 
http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-10/f-10-trans-tasks.html
Maintenance Phase 	Wed 2008-11-26 	Mon 2010-01-04 	404
Translate 0-day release notes for docs.fp.org 	Wed 2008-11-26 	Mon 
2008-12-08 	11.8


So, the point is, "Translate 0-day release notes for docs.fp.org" should 
be along with "0-Day rel-notes build updated rpm" as well. That means it 
should start and end on the same date "Wed 2008-11-26", which is 
currently starting "Wed 2008-11-26" and ending "Mon 2008-12-08".

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Regards,
Ankit Patel
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