[arch-releng] Official Arch Linux Install Guide changes caused by 2009.08

[Raul Leal]

1) Proposal looks good

2) I'm available for translating it to Portuguese, if you need me.

3) Can't help there...

4) How about http://approver.com/, http://www.writeboard.com/, or maybe even
google docs...

On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:06 PM, Dieter Plaetinck <dieter at plaetinck.be>wrote:

> Hi all,
> the Official Arch Linux Install Guide (
> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_Arch_Linux_Install_Guide )
> will need to be changed in various places because 2009.08 will use AIF and
> no longer archlinux-installer, which differ in various aspects.
>
> There are the IMHO following requirements:
> - current content should not be tampered with, so people who install
> 2009.02 now or in a few weeks have the correct guide
> - also after 2009.08 is released, the current guide should probably stay
> available (maybe under a different name "deprecated"?) for users who still
> use older discs
> - by the time 2009.08 is out, the documentation must match it, so we should
> start working on new documenation now.
>
>
> What I suggest is:
> - to copy the current page to a "new guide". the new guide gets a note it's
> only valid for 2009.08 and onwards. the current guide gets a note that says
> it's only valid until 2009.02
> - when 2009.08 is released, I would rename the current page to add
> "deprecated" or "old" to it.  and put the new guide in it's place.
>  (afaik you can't rename pages in wiki's so basically it would mean "copy
> paste all content to the other")
>
> I know AIF best so I would take the lead in doing (most of) the required
> documentation changes.
>
> 1) Is this a good proposal?
> 2) I can't do any of the other languages, could translators pitch in?
> 3) I currently have no write access to the install guide (I seem to have no
> administrator privileges).
> 4) What would be the best practice for me getting started on the new
> content, allowing others to contribute but not to ruin my work?  Lock the
> new page and have people email me with corrections?
>
>
> Dieter
>