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Re: Edition?

 

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2010/2/26 Nasir Khan Saikat <nasir8891@xxxxxxxxx>

> i think Daniel Schury's suggestion is the most suitable solution. But i
> want to add that instead of using the release date we may use the the terms
> "first edition", "second edition" . then then name will be "Ubuntu Manual
> 10.04, First edition" , "Ubuntu Manual 10.10, Third Edition" ...
>
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Daniel Schury <Surst@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>> What about following Ubuntu? Calling the upcoming release Ubuntu Manual
>> 10.04, the next 10.10? So it would be clear, to which Ubuntu Version the
>> manual belongs.
>>
>> If it is planned to release updated versions between the Ubuntu
>> releases, what about naming them after their releasing date? So it is
>> very clear, which version is the last, without knowing anything about
>> name schemes?
>>
>> Example:
>> first release: Ubuntu Manual 10.04, release date 31.04.2010
>> second " : Ubuntu Manual 10.04, release date: 15.05.2010
>> .
>> .
>> .
>> nth release: Ubuntu Manual 10.10, release date: 29.10.2010?
>>
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>> Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>> Daniel Schury
>>
>> Am 25.02.2010 18:45, schrieb Benjamin Humphrey:
>> > My original plan was to have version 1.0 for lucid, then revisions to
>> > lucid would be like 1.1, 1.2 etc.
>> >
>> > Then the release for 10.10/lucid+1 could either be 2.0 or we just repeat
>> > what we've done for this release, 0.x for development and 1.0 for first
>> > release.
>> >
>> >> On Feb 25, 2010 10:25 PM, "Thorsten Wilms" <t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx
>> >> <mailto:t_w_@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> I proposed to use "Second Edition" and so on to mark follow-up releases
>> >> of our document as long as it is targeted at the same Ubuntu version
>> >> (Lucid).
>> >>
>> >> Today Kevin made a good point about "Edition" implying additions or
>> >> changes to the content beyond simple corrections.
>> >>
>> >> He suggested to use a combination of "Nth Edition", "Nth printing" on
>> >> the copyright page. Where the first would be incremented for
>> >> significants edits, the later for simple fixes. He didn't say the
>> >> printing number would have to appear on the title page.
>> >>
>> >> I'd like to have something on the title page that changes for each
>> >> release, but a full "Nth Edition, Nth printing" seems to be a bit much.
>> >>
>> >> My suggestion:
>> >> Use either "Version" or "Release" instead of "Edition". Increment the
>> >> single counter even for just a few spelling corrections, should we
>> >> decide to put out a release because of them. No need for a second
>> stage.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Thorsten Wilms
>> >>
>> >> thorwil's design for free software:
>> >> http://thorwil.wordpress.com/
>> >>
>> >>
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