Contributing

Hi Rogerio, :slight_smile:

Today, I looked at your work on the Linux install instructions, in
view of using your version to replace the existing instructions on the
libreoffice.org site.

In the end, I put your version on hold because the work is not yet
*entirely* finished: the English needs proofreading for grammar,
punctuation and spelling. Also, you mentioned that the instructions
need validating with regard to the Mandriva (and certain other)
distributions.

Not exactly what I said, I DID test it, but I am a Debian man, so there
could be some way that is easier in other Distros

By the way all code was reviewed so you might want to look at the code you
used to install in the RPM based distros on your version, because I found
minor inconsistencies (su -c was used someplaces and only su in others)

The existing instructions are indeed more verbose, but they have been
validated in detail by various people (including by a couple of the
devs), plus they have been proofread language-wise.

If someone has time to do a thorough proofreading and technical
validation on Rogerio's work, I'll be happy to post it on
libreoffice.org.

At the moment, I don't have time. But if no-one has picked up the task
by the time my schedule is easier then I'll surely re-visit. I still
have this thread bookmarked.

Thanks for the work you've put in so far, Rogerio. I hope you
understand the POV and don't feel too mad with me...

David Nelson

You´re the boss, don´t sweat about it ... I am not mad in any way.

Rogerio

Hi, :slight_smile:

don´t sweat about it ...  I am not mad in any way.

Thanks for your understanding. I know how frustrating it is to spend
time and do work only to see it apparently wasted.

If no-one else gets around to it, then I will certainly proofread and
integrate it to the site ASAP.

Please do carry on working with us, when you have time, Rogerio. It's
good to have you on the team. Please do get involved with the Alfresco
work, if you have time.

In any case, thanks for your work. :wink:

David Nelson

Hi :slight_smile:

Please can we have a link so that 'anyone' can proof-read it?
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi Tom, :slight_smile:

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_LibreOffice_on_Linux

David Nelson

Hi :slight_smile:

I have checked just for spellings not even a grammar check.
1. Changed a couple of titles to Title Case rather than normal sentence.
2. Should <br> be <br />? I didn't change it.
3. There was a subsection covering Debian & Ubuntu that had a "su" command.
Presumably Debian doesn't have "sudo" but Ubuntu does. So, i split that
sub-section into 2 sub-sections; one for Debian and another for Ubuntu. If
Debian does use sudo then the 2 sub-sections could be recombined. Later on a
subsection for Debian & Ubuntu does use "sudo" for both distros.
4. Is Suse correct? I thought their name was now openSUSE
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse
So, i changed all to openSUSE.
5. 1 instance of libreoffice changed to LibreOffice because it was not in a url
or command-line command or other code, just a tpyo i think.
6. Can the source-code tarballs be used in Hurd distros aswell as Linux ones?
Can they be used in BSD OSes? Is the plural of Linux = Linuxes, Linii, Linices
or distros? The term 'Distros' may be changing slightly to include other
unix-based platforms.
7. i changed "dropdown" to "drop-down"
8. Titles shouldn't have <br> at the end right?
9. QuickStarter looked fine as it's camel-case and seems to be a name of
something?
10. I changed a title from
"Un-Installing a Previous Version of LibreOffice" to just "Un-Installing
LibreOffice" to make the section more useful. Added a line to say that
un-installing previous versions is a smart plan.
11. I think "deselect" should be changed to "de-select" but i left it as it
was. It was consistent through the document so i guessed it might widely used
in the rest of documentation in which case it is better to stay consistent for a
little niggle like this.

I thought i had proof-read this document before as many of the errors were tiny
issues that i had corrected somewhere before. These things take a lot less time
2nd time around so i am not worried about that but it does worry me that i might
have followed a wrong work-flow and stuffed something up for someone else? For
a wiki i should just click on the "Edit" tab at the top, do the changes, add a
summary of the changes made and click on "Save Page" at the bottom?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Hi :slight_smile:

I have checked just for spellings not even a grammar check.
1. Changed a couple of titles to Title Case rather than normal sentence.
2. Should <br> be <br />? I didn't change it.
3. There was a subsection covering Debian & Ubuntu that had a "su" command.
Presumably Debian doesn't have "sudo" but Ubuntu does. So, i split that
sub-section into 2 sub-sections; one for Debian and another for Ubuntu. If
Debian does use sudo then the 2 sub-sections could be recombined. Later on
a
subsection for Debian & Ubuntu does use "sudo" for both distros.

Debian has sudo, but it must be configured, but it's ok to let sudo for
Debian based distros. People will know what to do...

4. Is Suse correct? I thought their name was now openSUSE
http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=suse
So, i changed all to openSUSE.

This is the part David has to tell us for what exact distro he wrote the
initial install instructions, I tested them in openSUSE 11.3

5. 1 instance of libreoffice changed to LibreOffice because it was not in a
url
or command-line command or other code, just a tpyo i think.
6. Can the source-code tarballs be used in Hurd distros aswell as Linux
ones?
Can they be used in BSD OSes? Is the plural of Linux = Linuxes, Linii,
Linices
or distros? The term 'Distros' may be changing slightly to include other
unix-based platforms.

Now this is waaaaaayyyyy more geek than I can relate to, someone knows if we
can build the LibreOffice in other kernels?

7. i changed "dropdown" to "drop-down"

8. Titles shouldn't have <br> at the end right?
9. QuickStarter looked fine as it's camel-case and seems to be a name of
something?
10. I changed a title from
"Un-Installing a Previous Version of LibreOffice" to just "Un-Installing
LibreOffice" to make the section more useful. Added a line to say that
un-installing previous versions is a smart plan.
11. I think "deselect" should be changed to "de-select" but i left it as it
was. It was consistent through the document so i guessed it might widely
used
in the rest of documentation in which case it is better to stay consistent
for a
little niggle like this.

For me it is indiferent, even changing the term if something other seems
more precise.

I thought i had proof-read this document before as many of the errors were
tiny
issues that i had corrected somewhere before. These things take a lot less
time
2nd time around so i am not worried about that but it does worry me that i
might
have followed a wrong work-flow and stuffed something up for someone else?
For
a wiki i should just click on the "Edit" tab at the top, do the changes,
add a
summary of the changes made and click on "Save Page" at the bottom?

You could just add something like "reviewed the spelling" :wink:

Thanks anyway for this

Rogerio