Just so that this does not feel like no one is reading: although there is a long time I do not fidle with the docs, all things listed seem quite reasonable. On Thu, 3 Jun 2021 at 13:36, Jehan Pagès via gimp-developer-list < gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, developers, documenters and co-maintainers of the gimp-help > repository, > > This is just a small reminder for our plan to merge the Python 3 port (by > Jacob Boerema) and do the gimp-help-2-10/master branching this week-end, > i.e. in 2 or 3 days unless outstanding issues appear. If anyone has a > reluctance, this is the time to make it heard. > > Otherwise, my next and last message on the topic will likely be once we > have done the merge and branching! > Have fun and thanks everyone! 🙂 > > Jehan > > On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 3:46 AM Jehan Pagès <jehan.marmottard@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > Hello all! > > > > Some efforts is being made to improve a bit the documentation process: > > > > 1. A Python 3 port is being worked on right now by Jacob Boerema (see > > https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp-help/-/merge_requests/50). He nearly > > finished. I don't think anyone is against this since Python 2 is EOL, but > > if anyone has any comment, please feel free. Also Jacob has some issues > > with the `xml_helper.py` script so we wondered if this one was actually > > being used by anyone actually contributing to the documentation (because > if > > not, and it is not considered useful anymore, maybe some time can be > saved > > by dropping this script). > > In any case, feel free to test the associated branch and make any remark. > > > > 2. We are considering branching the tree (to `gimp-help-2-10`) so that > the > > `master` branch will be used for preparing the documentation specific to > > GIMP 3, whereas any work specific to the 2.10.x series can continue on > the > > new branch. > > > > We feel like these 3 plans could be done in about 2 weeks (so let's say > > the weekend of June 5/6), but if anyone feels like this is wrong, or that > > things should be done differently, please tell us before we merge the > > Python 3 port and branch the `master` tree, please. > > > > Róman Joost, Ulf-D. Ehlert, Marco Ciampa, Julien Hardelin, Michael > > Natterer and Michael Schumacher (all in BCC) in particular, you are the > > co-maintainers of this repository (if the `MAINTAINERS` and .doap files > are > > still up-to-date), so we'd appreciate your input in particular. Any other > > contributor is welcome to give an opinion too of course. We don't want to > > do any mistake. 🙂 > > > > The third plan we have (not within a 2-week schedule, but hopefully at > > least before GIMP 3 release) is that we wonder if a better process for > > releases of the documentation (on the website in particular) could not be > > done. Maybe we are wrong, but it feels like the release/update into the > > wild could be improved, couldn't it? > > What we are thinking are things like tagging the tree leading to > automatic > > (or at least easier) build then publication of the documentation online, > > probably through the Continuous Integration pipelines (we have been > > improving GIMP release the same way lately, by generating source tarballs > > automatically, and these days, we are doing the same with the Windows > > installer). > > > > So same here, if anyone has any opinion or wishes on how the > documentation > > process should be improved, we welcome the ideas and propositions. > > > > Thanks all! > > > > Jehan, on behalf of the GIMP team > > > > -- > > ZeMarmot open animation film > > http://film.zemarmot.net > > Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ > > Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot > > Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot > > > > > -- > ZeMarmot open animation film > http://film.zemarmot.net > Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/ZeMarmot/ > Patreon: https://patreon.com/zemarmot > Tipeee: https://www.tipeee.com/zemarmot > _______________________________________________ > gimp-developer-list mailing list > List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx > List membership: > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list > List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list > _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
