Problems with Dapper Release Notes for Kubuntu

Bug #48525 reported by Jonathan Jesse
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kubuntu-docs (Ubuntu)
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Jonathan Jesse

Bug Description

   The release notes (help:/kubuntu/krelease-notes/index.html) are full of typos ("Recomendations", "regulary", "preditctably", "Ubuquity", "seperate", etc.), read unprofessionally ("Wahoo a sweet new installer is available ...!!!!", "FREE of charge!!!!", etc.), and appear to be confused in other ways (a paragraph for "a sweet new installer" that talks about features in Breezy, and then a separate paragraph for Ubiquity which is the actual new installer). ColinWatson would like this to be reviewed by a good copy-editor and fixed in dapper-updates.
            Working on fixing the ReleaseNotes both for style and spelling/grammer. Please see JonathanJesse for more information on this.

Jonathan Jesse (jjesse)
Changed in kubuntu-docs:
assignee: nobody → jjesse
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Ran the release notes that are currently in svn through spell check and updated the document. Copied that over from trunk to branches/dapper. Waiting on rewriting the "style" to make it seem more professional.

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Uploaded spell corrections to this file to both trunk and branches/dapper. Received an email from someone willing to work on the style of this so will be writing him back to get that taken care.

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Sent diff to doc team to get it uploaded. Will also email Colin when doc.ubuntu.com gets updated so he can preview the guide to see if meets his acceptance

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Sent an email to Colin in regards to see if this solves his bug. Please see http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/release-notes/C/index.html

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :
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Update from Colin:

On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 04:03:17PM -0400, Jonathan Jesse wrote:
> I apologize for the delay on this but on the wiki page
> (https://wiki.kubuntu.org/KubuntuDapperKnownProblems) you mention the fact
> that the Kubuntu notes pretty much suck. So I have changed htem and they are
> currently sitting on http://doc.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/release-notes/C/index.html
> I was wondering if you could review them and see if they solve the request for
> change.

This is much better than it was. I suggest the following further
changes:

-Kubuntu is released regularly and predictably in order to provide you
-with the best Linux experience possible. The focus of Dapper Drake is
-long term, hence the LTS in the release name, of 3 years. The primary
-goal of this release was having a stable and polished release.
+Kubuntu is released regularly and predictably in order to provide you
+with the best Linux experience possible. The focus of Dapper Drake is
+long term support, hence the LTS in the release name, for 3 years on
+the desktop. Its primary goal is stability and polish.

-Sine our October 2005 release (version 5.10) a lot of changes have been
-made and here is the list...
+Since our October 2005 release (version 5.10), a lot of changes have
+been made:

Comma before "saving both time and bandwidth".

"New Installer

    On the Alternate Install CD, there is a new installer which will
    help with customizing your install of Kubuntu. From the menu, one
    can either install a server version of Kubuntu or the normal desktop
    version, along with the ability to repair a corrupted system."

This installer is not new. Heading it with "New Installer" is totally
wrong - the new installer is ubiquity, not anything on the alternate
install CD. I suggest heading the previous item with "New Installer
(Ubiquity)" rather than just Ubiquity, and making this item be something
like:

Alternate Installation Scenarios

    The Alternate Install CD uses the installation system familiar to
    users of Kubuntu 5.10 and earlier; it can be used in situations
    requiring more control of the installation process. From the menu,
    one can either install a server version of Kubuntu or the normal
    desktop version, along with the ability to repair a corrupted
    system.

"shipit.kubntu.org" -> "shipit.kubuntu.org"

"In the last version (Breezy), a release candidate was installed by
default, now get the final product."

Comma-splices (or run-on sentences) should not be used in formal
English. This would be better:

"In the last version (Breezy), a release candidate of OpenOffice.org was
installed by default; Kubuntu 6.06 LTS has the final product" would be
better.

As above, "Open Office" should be replaced by the proper upstream name,
"OpenOffice.org".

-Like previous releases, there are two flavors of CD, one is Desktop CD
-and the other is an Alternate Install CD.
+Two CD image flavors are available for download: the Desktop CD and the
+Alternate Install CD.

-Adept will help you with upgrading, don't worry it's quite painless.
+Adept will help you with upgrading; don't worry, it's quite painless.

-That's it, the next step is to apply the...

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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Uploaded changes to svn. Jonathan Riddell has uploaded the fix for it. Closing bug

Changed in kubuntu-docs:
status: Confirmed → Fix Committed
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Jonathan Jesse (jjesse) wrote :

Forgot to flag this as released as the changes have been released

Changed in kubuntu-docs:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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