Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2004 6:42 pm Post subject: [Asterisk-doc] Is it time to ask for help?
Is it time to ask the asterisk-users and/or asterisk-dev list for some
help? We've all seen the amount of traffic in the asterisk-doc mailing
list drop, and I just don't want to see people start to leaving or
forgetting about the docs. I realize a lot of people have become
EXTREMELY busy recently (myself not excluded). I'm sure I could find
some time to add documentation to the book, but I'm not going to have
time to write new documentation. If we could get a bunch of people to
just pick a section to write, that would be amazing.
To be honest, I think we have a lot of good information about hard to
configure stuff, but I'm not happy with the installation chapter, where
I think we need some more information for the new people coming to start
with asterisk. From what I have read of the extensions.conf chapter,
that looks like it's coming along quite nicely!
I realize people have little time to contribute right now as I am also
in the exact same boat, but I'd hate to see all this hard work go to
waste... there is potential for a really great product to be produced
from this.
Posted: Sat Jan 24, 2004 12:12 am Post subject: [Asterisk-doc] Is it time to ask for help?
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Is it time to ask the asterisk-users and/or asterisk-dev list for some
help? We've all seen the amount of traffic in the asterisk-doc mailing
list drop, and I just don't want to see people start to leaving or
forgetting about the docs. I realize a lot of people have become
EXTREMELY busy recently (myself not excluded). I'm sure I could find
some time to add documentation to the book, but I'm not going to have
time to write new documentation. If we could get a bunch of people to
just pick a section to write, that would be amazing.
Just a crazy idea: perhaps a few developers who prefer to write code over
English could contribute by "time sharing." Since I have some Asterisk
coding work I'd like to get tone, I haven't been spending much time at all
on docs as I otherwise might. If an interested developer could just take
my little project, I could write a section he or she would like to see
written instead. If we could get a sort-of trading system, I think maybe
we could get some more work done. Obviously, this system could only be
used for small features, but I still think it could possibly work.
Just an idea...
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To be honest, I think we have a lot of good information about hard to
configure stuff, but I'm not happy with the installation chapter, where
I think we need some more information for the new people coming to
start with asterisk. From what I have read of the extensions.conf
chapter, that looks like it's coming along quite nicely!
The guy on the -users list who got his Lucent/Avaya Definity to work with
* sent me a PDF on how he did it for us to add to the book... I plan on
XMLing it as soon as I get my aforementioned little coding project done.
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I realize people have little time to contribute right now as I am also
in the exact same boat, but I'd hate to see all this hard work go to
waste... there is potential for a really great product to be produced
from this.
The book is so close to being filled in... I think the next person to
write something should get the ADGAOFT Award
(http://www.not-real.org/~nick/goldast.jpg) :-)
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Just my .02 cents CDN.
Reminds me of Dan Ackroyd (playing a provincial policeman) in Canadian
Bacon: "I do have to fine you. That will be a thousand dollars Canadian,
or 10 American dollars if you prefer." :-)
Nick
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