| 2006-12-16 15:42:54 |
Andrew Frank |
bug |
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added bug |
| 2006-12-17 23:51:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
launchpad: status |
Unconfirmed |
Needs Info |
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| 2006-12-17 23:51:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
launchpad: statusexplanation |
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Andrew, Launchpad hosts many projects, not just Ubuntu, and even Ubuntu has many many subprojects, documentation being just one of them. However, it's likely that maintainers of software in Launchpad (including Ubuntu) haven't thought much about how to use it to attract contributors like yourself.
Can you give the URL of a page where you'd expect to find information about contributing to the documentation? Did you find <https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-doc> during your previous search? If so, was it helpful? |
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| 2006-12-19 00:31:06 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
i did not find a place on launchpad where suggestions for the improvement of documentation could be reported. i am not yet experienced enough with ubuntu that i want to edit in the wiki, but as a beginner i see points where not enough documentation is available (or the documentation is not clear) and beginners spend time and get frustrated about 'stupid questions' (e.g. i did not find a place where it is clearly stated that ubuntu supports out of the box only WEP for WLAN).
finding a problem in documentation is neither a bug report nor a new feature, so i suggest to add a new heading for such issues. documentation is very important!
thank you for a great effort - ubuntu makes installation on a laptop much simpler!
andrew
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i did not find a place on launchpad where suggestions for the improvement of documentation could be reported. i am not yet experienced enough with ubuntu that i want to edit in the wiki, but as a beginner i see points where not enough documentation is available (or the documentation is not clear) and beginners spend time and get frustrated about 'stupid questions' (e.g. i did not find a place where it is clearly stated that ubuntu supports out of the box only WEP for WLAN).
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This means that Launchpad should have a site-wide search (bug 3153), but it also means that <https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-doc> should contain more explicit information on how to contribute. |
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| 2006-12-19 00:32:40 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
bug |
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assigned to ubuntu-doc (upstream) |
| 2006-12-19 00:33:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
launchpad: status |
Needs Info |
Rejected |
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| 2006-12-19 00:33:27 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
launchpad: statusexplanation |
Andrew, Launchpad hosts many projects, not just Ubuntu, and even Ubuntu has many many subprojects, documentation being just one of them. However, it's likely that maintainers of software in Launchpad (including Ubuntu) haven't thought much about how to use it to attract contributors like yourself.
Can you give the URL of a page where you'd expect to find information about contributing to the documentation? Did you find <https://launchpad.net/products/ubuntu-doc> during your previous search? If so, was it helpful? |
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| 2006-12-20 01:50:35 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
title |
reporting of documentation missing |
Not obvious enough how to contribute to Ubuntu documentation |
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| 2006-12-20 05:03:04 |
towsonu2003 |
ubuntu-doc: status |
Unconfirmed |
Fix Released |
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| 2006-12-20 05:03:04 |
towsonu2003 |
ubuntu-doc: statusexplanation |
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added references for bug reporting to the following documentation. please feel free to reopen the ubuntu-doc portion of this bug if you think that's not enough. thanks
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu
I'm not sure if need that info in here[1] as well (referred to by the offline documentation using System > Help > About Ubuntu > Participate in Ubuntu)
[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/#head-99200d53850f24e7233ee89b1f2fb9e5a9699c4c |
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| 2006-12-21 03:48:29 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: status |
Fix Released |
Confirmed |
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| 2006-12-21 03:48:29 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: statusexplanation |
added references for bug reporting to the following documentation. please feel free to reopen the ubuntu-doc portion of this bug if you think that's not enough. thanks
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ContributeToUbuntu
I'm not sure if need that info in here[1] as well (referred to by the offline documentation using System > Help > About Ubuntu > Participate in Ubuntu)
[1] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/#head-99200d53850f24e7233ee89b1f2fb9e5a9699c4c |
None of those pages are pages on Launchpad. |
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| 2006-12-21 04:40:22 |
towsonu2003 |
ubuntu-doc: status |
Confirmed |
Needs Info |
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| 2006-12-21 04:40:22 |
towsonu2003 |
ubuntu-doc: statusexplanation |
None of those pages are pages on Launchpad. |
> None of those pages are pages on Launchpad.
We don't have any page on launchpad, do we?
I quote (Dapper's) offline help page on "Participate in Ubuntu":
"You don't have to be a software developer to help improve Ubuntu. You can participate by translating Ubuntu into your own language, test it on desktops, laptops, and servers, help improve the Ubuntu web site with guides and tips for users, answer questions on the forum or mailing lists, contribute artwork, and more. Any contribution, big or small, will shape the future of Ubuntu for all of us. To find out how to participate, visit this <webpage>!"
The <webpage> is http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/ , which seems to be part of ubuntu-website (upstream). If they can add some reference to "filing bugs for documentation" to section 5, would this be fixed?
If yes (and if my assumption on ubuntu-website is correct), I think it would be better to close this one and send this to ubuntu-website , what do you think? |
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| 2006-12-21 05:21:46 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: status |
Needs Info |
In Progress |
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| 2006-12-21 05:21:46 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: assignee |
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mpt |
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| 2006-12-21 05:21:46 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: statusexplanation |
> None of those pages are pages on Launchpad.
We don't have any page on launchpad, do we?
I quote (Dapper's) offline help page on "Participate in Ubuntu":
"You don't have to be a software developer to help improve Ubuntu. You can participate by translating Ubuntu into your own language, test it on desktops, laptops, and servers, help improve the Ubuntu web site with guides and tips for users, answer questions on the forum or mailing lists, contribute artwork, and more. Any contribution, big or small, will shape the future of Ubuntu for all of us. To find out how to participate, visit this <webpage>!"
The <webpage> is http://www.ubuntu.com/community/participate/ , which seems to be part of ubuntu-website (upstream). If they can add some reference to "filing bugs for documentation" to section 5, would this be fixed?
If yes (and if my assumption on ubuntu-website is correct), I think it would be better to close this one and send this to ubuntu-website , what do you think? |
Ah, I have permissions to fix it myself. :-) |
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| 2006-12-21 05:26:23 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: status |
In Progress |
Fix Released |
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| 2006-12-21 05:26:23 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
ubuntu-doc: statusexplanation |
Ah, I have permissions to fix it myself. :-) |
fixed |
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