[FM Discuss] Campcaster - publish?

[adam]

in booki you can already fork a book easily...


On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 10:58 +0200, Adam Thomas wrote:
> >>
> >> As for the need for manuals covering different software versions, I'm
> >> not sure of the best method.
> >>
> >> One option is to use  use Objavi (http://objavi.flossmanuals.net) which
> >> Publishes 'Published' manuals into different formats such as pdf, html,
> >> epub.  When you use objavi title the book using the desired version
> >> number for the software.  You could then host the manuals for older
> >> versions on your website while keeping the manual on FM for only the
> >> current version of Campcaster.
> >
> > great idea
> 
> That's exactly what we plan to do for the time being, archiving pdfs and 
> html. But for me it doesn't really solve the fundamental problem. We'd 
> love Floss Manuals to be the repository for all our documentation, not 
> just the most recent.
> 
> I think it's important that we can let our community and documentation 
> team retrospectively improve old manuals, update old links (great 
> example being our new mailing lists and support forums - we still help 
> folks with an old version :) ) etc. I think there's also some use in 
> comparing versions side by side and perhaps even updating multiple 
> versions at once...
> 
> Okay, well, I'm in 'wouldn't it be nice' land now, but consider it a 
> feature request for Booki ;)
> 
> Best, Adam T
> 
> p.s. I have maintainer options now - thanks!
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