[TYPO3-doc] 2011: Year of the DocBook

[François Suter]

Hi all,

In a previous post to this list, I explained how we (the Doc Team) were 
looking at converging with what the Phoenix team does for the documentation.

After discussing the pros and cons, we decided to move the official 
documentation of v4 to DocBook too. Actually this not really new as it 
had been in the air for a long while already. You can find more 
information on the project in the wiki:

http://wiki.typo3.org/DocTeam/DocBook_migration

I have applied for a budget from the TYPO3 Association to help along in 
this migration, as there will certainly be complicated or boring path 
where some financial incentive will help move things along. The budget 
has received a positive review from the Steering Committee, but final 
approval will be done during the next General Assembly (Feb 2011).

I would like to add that we are interacting with people from other 
open-source communities for this project and it is both very enjoyable 
and motivating.

Much discussion has taken place off-list until now, as we were on a 
rather strategic level. More discussion will happen in this list in the 
future.

Feel free to come up with questions, express your expectations or worries.

One particular note: it is not yet decided what to do for extension 
manuals. Obviously it should be possible to use DocBook too for those 
who want to, but we haven't yet a solution for those who don't.

Cheers

-- 

Francois Suter
Cobweb Development Sarl - http://www.cobweb.ch