[kde-doc-english] HEADS UP: New User Guide going into kdebase

[Lauri Watts]

Hi all,

The KDE user guide currently in kdenonbeta/doc/userguide-tng will be moved 
into kdebase - we propose to make the move on the 26th of December.

Everything currently in kdebase/doc/userguide will be replaced with the 
content of kdenonbeta/doc/userguide-tng

This is a *very* big document, and it's a complete rewrite - there is some 
text shared with other KDE docs, which will give a head start, but there is 
none shared with the existing User Guide.  I'm warning everyone now, because 
if you have a nearly complete translation of the existing user guide, you 
might want to finish it before we do the switch so your work is not lost.  If 
you have time, you might want to look over what's in kdenonbeta already, 
since we will also be using the next week to proofread and correct.

To preempt the obvious questions everyone has, here's a recap of the whys and 
hows.
* Why is this a complete rewrite and not re-using the old content?
Parts of the old user guide are licensed differently from other parts, and it 
is no longer possible to contact all the copyright holders to sort out the 
issues  - and there is (rather strong) disagreement between the ones we can 
reach as to what licenses are acceptable.  In other words, we *can* *not* 
reuse the old content without simply causing more problems in the future - 
this was done on purpose, and not just to annoy everyone.

* How important is this document?
The new user guide is intended to be *the* first point of reference for all 
user questions.  It's highly task based, covers the entire desktop (and then 
some) and may eventually preempt a lot of the content now in the specific 
user manuals.  Consider it a first run at the future of KDE documentation.

I suggest for i18n teams new to translating documentation, if you only 
translate one single document, make it this one. 

Regards,
-- 
Lauri Watts
KDE Documentation: http://docs.kde.org
KDE on FreeBSD: http://freebsd.kde.org
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