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Re: Coming back to the assistant

 

On Sun, 2009-10-11 at 19:11 +0100, Andrew Sayers wrote:
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> Hey all,
> 
> A variety of things going on in my life have pulled me away from the
> assistant for many months now.  But with some gentle nudging from the
> Ubuntu Vancouver Local Committee, I'm trying to find some time to spend
> on RHA.  Thanks, new members!  My time's likely to be limited and
> unpredictable for the near future, but I'll do my best.
> 
> Before I was dragged away from the project, the 0.1 branch was in its
> maintenance phase, as 0.2 was being developed.  0.2 is a significant
> overhaul, throwing out bits that didn't work, reworking bits that didn't
> work right, and adding bits that were omitted before.  I've attached a
> beta version of 0.2, so people can try it out without downloading the
> source repository.
> 
> I've tested 0.2 enough to know that it will take you through at least a
> few screens, but I still haven't set up a virtual machine to test it
> against, so it may fall on its face after that.  Here are some things
> I'd really like people to test:
> 
> * Can you run the assistant?  Is it obvious how to start it, and get
> around it?  Would your gran say the same thing?
> * Can you connect to other people with the assistant?
> * The easiest way to access the documentation is through Advanced > More
> information on page 3.  Does the documentation make sense to you?  Does
> it seem like a reasonable way to organise the assistant?
> 
> I'm currently developing the 0.2 codebase here:
> 
> https://code.launchpad.net/~andrew-bugs-launchpad-net/remote-help-assistant/0.2
> 
> If you're interested in the programming side of things, feel free to
> download the code, play about with it, and upload your changes.
> Otherwise, suggestions are always gladly received on the list :)
> 
> Incidentally, the documentation is currently released under the GFDL
> because that's what GNOME recommends.  I'm not that comfortable with the
> GFDL, and it seems that I'm not the only one, as the Ubuntu
> Documentation Project prefers the Creative Commons ShareAlike license.
> I'm quite cautious about legal issues, and after literally minutes of
> searching, I've not been able to find a trustworthy guide to putting
> your documentation under the CC-BY-SA license.  If anyone out there
> knows of such a guide, please speak up!
> 
> 	- Andrew
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good to have you back Andrew!

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