[Libreoffice] LibreOffice WikiHelp

[Jean-Baptiste Faure]

Le 11/12/2010 10:01, Jean-Baptiste Faure a écrit :
> Le 06/12/2010 17:04, Jan Holesovsky a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am sorry - I promised the LibO online help (WikiHelp) already the last
>> week, but it haven't happened; it needed more work than anticipated :-(
>>
>> Either way, the good news is that I am currently uploading the files,
>> and I'll make the site online as soon as it finishes, and I do few
>> trivial checks; it should be later today (ETA 5 more hours, I am
>> populating the database through the Mediawiki API, not directly).  So
>> far I am uploading only the English version.
>>
>> It will be read-only until RC2, so that it is easy to report bugs
>> against the tooling that converts the help from the format that is used
>> in the source code.  After RC2, I plan to open it for your edits &
>> improvements :-)
> Hi Kendy,
>
> I can't find any wiki page which explain this project. Does such
> web-page exists ? If not, I think such should be created as a reference.
>
> I think this wiki page should explain the rationale of the WikiHelp
> project and answer the very important questions that can be found about
> it in dev and doc mailing lists:
>
> - what about off-line help? I read somewhere that you want export
> WikiHelp to the system help of each platform for which we release LibO.
> That's right ?
> Many users, perhaps mainly in NLC, developing country or with restricted
> access to Internet, consider as a stopper to not have off-line
> (installed) localized help.
>
> - what about localization work-flow? How you plan to branch localization
> tools to WikiHelp?
>
> - what about QA validation of the on-line help? Help is part of the
> software and must QA validated: end-user and system administrator who
> install LibO must be able to have confidence in this reference.
> With other words: if you find an error in a wiki, you do the
> modification yourself. If you find an error in the off-line help, you
> file a bug report. It is not the same thing from the point of view of
> the end-user.
>
>
> Kind regards
> JBF
>
Hi,

I have another question about WikiHelp :
What about security ? How can you protect WikiHelp against vandalism and
spam if everybody is allowed to update this on-line help ? It seems it
is not so easy if you consider the wiki of OOo.

Best regards
JBF

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