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Paul Davis wrote:
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> After much consideration, I have decided on a change of plan for the
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> Ardour manual. As with many things in my life, I have to get
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> realistic, and there are 2 aspects of reality that have to be
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> acknowledged here:
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> 1) with the current plan for manual (Paul writes it), there will
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> be no manual.
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> 2) likely income from the manual is going to be pretty small,
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> insufficient to make ardour a viable income source to live
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> on, or even be a significant part of it.
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> I believe that a better strategy is to follow a wiki-based model,
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> where ardour.org will host a wiki (probably MediaWiki, as used by
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> Wikipedia), and anybody can contribute to the manual.
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> There is a proviso: I will still reserve the right to later publish a
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> manual (probably via CafePress), and collect any revenues that come
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> from it. I feel OK about this, given my own investment in Ardour's
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> development. If you don't feel OK this, then please just don't
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> contribute to the Wiki. Feel free to write your own documentation
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> elsewhere.
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>
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> So for the time being, there are a couple of immediate outstanding
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> tasks:
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> a) install mediawiki on ardour.org.
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> - taybin has sorta-kinda said he would do this, but he
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> may have a lot on his plate right now, and there may
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> be someone here with experience of mediawiki.
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>
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> b) move the material from the existing (LaTeX) manual into
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> the wiki.
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> Longer term, we will need tools to extract the documentation from the
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> manual and render it as HTML or LaTex. These might exist already. I
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> would also like someone (or more than one person) to take on the role
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> of day-to-day editor for the wiki, checking edits on a regular basis,
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> etc. etc. I will remain "executive editor", shaping the manual as I
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> see appropriate.
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> I hope that in making this decision, I am opening up possibilities,
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> not closing them down. Let me know what you think.
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> --p
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> _______________________________________________
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I also have not had much experience with a Wiki, but I will contribute
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where I can. And all conditions are entirely acceptable and
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reasonable. When I saw your previous stance regarding this issue,
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a similar idea occurred to me. Your efforts are truly appreciated.
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I will contribute where I can.
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Larry Lines<br>
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