Manual and Guide Versions in the documentation

[David T.]

--- On Wed, 8/4/10, Thomas Bullock <tbullock at nd.edu> wrote:

> From: Thomas Bullock <tbullock at nd.edu>
> Subject: RE: Manual and Guide Versions in the documentation
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>, "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> Cc: "gnucash-devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 9:40 AM
> Thanks for pointing out the lists of changes.  I have
> scanned the current page and see what you mean. 
> 
> It looks like among what is there I could get an idea of
> the kinds of changes that occur.  A lot of the present
> entries mention bug fixes.  I hope to identify main
> software enhancements, the end results of all the individual
> correcting steps.  It is certainly a place not to be
> overlooked.
> 
> The present pages documents only from version 2.3.7 thru
> 2.3.14.  I have to review from 2.0.0 to 2.4 (whenever
> that is released), so I have a much bigger list.  Do
> you know where I can get changes listed from 2.0.0 thru
> 2.3.6?
> 
> Thanks.

Try http://gnucash.org/oldnews.phtml (it's listed at the very bottom of the main page).

> 
> Tom     
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David T. [mailto:sunfish62 at yahoo.com]
> 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 8:47 PM
> To: John Ralls; Thomas Bullock
> Cc: gnucash-devel gnucash
> Subject: Re: Manual and Guide Versions in the
> documentation
> 
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 8/3/10, Tom Bullock <tbullock at nd.edu>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Tom Bullock <tbullock at nd.edu>
> > Subject: Manual and Guide Versions in the
> documentation
> > To: "John Ralls" <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> > Cc: "gnucash-devel gnucash" <gnucash-devel at gnucash.org>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 2:23 PM
> > <<snip>>
> > 
> > Message: 8
> > 
> > Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:50:20 -0700
> > 
> > From: John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us>
> > 
> > Subject: Website Links
> > 
> > Also, the online manual and guide seem to be for 2.0;
> it
> > should be updated to 2.2.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > John Ralls
> > 
> > <</snip>>
> > 
> > John,
> > 
> > Your comment raises the question: What is the
> > process/method that documentation version reporting
> should
> > follow?
> > 
> > Looking at the little I have been working on in the
> Guide,
> > the top-level NEWS module shows a history of version
> changes
> > ending at version 2.0.1 dated 10/08/2006. Before
> that,
> > leading up to that point,  there is a trail of
> version
> > changes and implementation dates (I infer) with a
> brief
> > comment about reason for entry.
> > 
> > Since the documentation seems to be behind
> installation of
> > new features, is there a way to identify the features
> added
> > since the last point at which the documentation did
> match
> > the feature install? If that can be figured out, then
> that
> > provides a "to-do" list for documentation updates (I
> > assume). It also would suggest the order that patches
> should
> > be added, if documenting in the order of oldest to
> newest
> > feature first.
> 
> the main Gnucash page (www.gnucash.org) includes release
> announcements that include substantial lists of changes from
> version to version. I don't know if the lists are
> exhaustive, but they are sure exhausting to wade through. 
> 
> There may be a better way to get this information, since I
> believe it's culled from svn somehow.
> 
> David
> 
> 
> > 
> > Your thoughts and anyone else's experience would be
> much
> > appreciated to define the scope of what is needed.
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > Tom
> > 
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