Tuning Documentation & Translation schedules

[Ankitkumar Rameshchandra Patel]

Paul W. Frields wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 02:21:24PM +0530, Ankitkumar Rameshchandra Patel wrote:
>   
>> 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.
>>     
>
> It's really "changes to support 0-day update," which might make it
> clearer.  Docs has to prepare the final Release Notes for the GA
> several weeks in advance so that composes can be tested, synced, etc.
> Invariably there will be material that pops up in the meantime which
> is important enough to have an update available for users to read on
> release day.  So we do another round of content importing (not a lot,
> usually), issue a new POT, have a few days for translators to
> incrementally update the content, and publish package updates and Web
> content.
>
>   
Thanks Paul!

It's clear to me now!

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Regards,
Ankit Patel
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