[IAEP] [FM Discuss] The great OLPC/Sugar manual Booki migration begins

[Rita Freudenberg]

On Nov 28, 2010, at 9:47 PM, James Simmons wrote:

> All the Sugar manuals we wrote using FLOSS Manuals have to be migrated
> from the current TWiki site to the new Booki site at:
> 
> http://booki.flossmanuals.net

Does this apply only to finished manuals, or do we need to import "work in progress" too?

Rita
> 
> If you are the maintainer of one of these books you can easily copy
> the book over by visiting the site, getting an account, and doing
> three things:
> 
> 1).  Join the Group "One Laptop per Child/Sugar Labs".
> 
> 2).  Import the book using the "My Manuals" page.
> 
> 3).  Add the book to the Group.
> 
> I could import all the books myself, but that would make me the chief
> maintainer of the books, an honor I deserve about as much as Bristol
> Palin deserved to win on Dancing With The Stars.  If, after a
> reasonable amount of time (in other words, we have to migrate the book
> or risk losing it entirely) no maintainer comes forward I will import
> the books remaining.
> 
> As before, anyone can update any book.  The maintainer does not have
> any special privileges as far as I can see.
> 
> Some advice:
> 
> If you want to rename your book rename it in the TWiki Table of
> Contents page *before* you do your import.
> 
> I don't know how this affects translations of books yet.  I would
> guess that these books stay where they are for the time being.  I have
> brought up the question on the FM mailing list.
> 
> James Simmons
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