[kde-linux] question about KDE versions

[Duncan]

Louis Hinman posted on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:28:53 -0400 as excerpted:

> If I were to upgrade to KDE 4.2.4, would I find the manuals better
> conformed to versions?

Some better, some worse.  One of the things Linux has problems with is 
outdated documentation.  The generally agreed reason is that it's not as 
much fun to write documentation as it is to code new features or even to 
fix bugs, so it tends not to get done very quickly, and when it does, 
it's soon outdated.

kde4 does tend to have more upto date documentation... where it has it.  
But a lot of it simply isn't there yet.  And in other cases, the old and 
now even /worse/ outdated documentation was just carried forward, tho in 
my experience that's for the non-kde-core apps.

Of course, one thing users who can't code can help with is the 
documentation.  If you'd like, and have the time to contribute, Anne can 
probably get you hooked up with the right people to get started.  
Alternatively, on the "What's this?" features in kde4, if they're not 
described yet, there's a link you can click that allows you to describe 
it and send it to the kde folks so they can add it.  That takes far less 
time than volunteering for the docs team, and doesn't have the commitment 
either.  You just send one here or there whenever you see something not 
documented and know what it does so can help.

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