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Release Checklist for QGIS Manual version 1.0¶

Assignments¶

Sections Preamble, 1-3, 15,16, Appendices A, B, I , plus review of all section (Tara Athan)
Sections 4-7 (Stephan Holl)
Sections 8-10 (Otto Dassau)
Section 11-14 (Werner Macho)

This part is huge! I would like to have it done already on 18. August, so we have a little more time to cross check.

Convert to the new macros (all)
Review the image files so that we are consistent between the manual and metis: Tara Athan
New style macro to add linux, windows and mac icons into figure or table captions: Otto Dassau
Add templates for English to be used for user instructions in conventions.tex: Tara Athan
Review and update chapters with already known new features in 0.11.0: (all)
Update the existing examples to use the new dataset, add examples as appropriate: (all)
Add platform-specific instructions, following the format in the conventions section: (all)

include a section covering all GRASS Modules available in QGIS with short description: (Otto Dassau)
verify consistency of current documentation and examples, update as needed: (all)
add documentation and examples for new features: (all)
proofread: (all)

Update Icons from a current local copy of QGIS source code (see steps below)
- a) change QGISPLUGINSSOURCE to the correct path for the local QGIS source code copy: (all)
- b) add commands to the target "updateicons" for any new plugins, verify the paths for existing plugins and modify if necessary: (all)
Create a folder "plugins_name_images" containing a Makefile for any new plugin: (Otto Dassau)
Create a file "plugins_name.tex" and add it to user_guide.tex for any new plugin: (Otto Dassau)
Execute "make updateicons" from the command line to update all icons from QGIS sources: (Otto Dassau)
Check and modify all Makefiles to be consistent with the new image names: (Otto Dassau)
Insert %FIXME comments for all latex errors resulting from missing images (This will happen for all screenshots and for missing icon images): (Tara Athan)
Check if the latex sources build correctly and commit these changes: (Otto Dassau)
Send an email to qgis-community-team with the following instructions: (Otto Dassau)
- a) execute "make clean"
- b) svn update your local copy
- c) please update your sections wherever %FIXME appears
create and add screenshots: (all)
change image names to agree with source: (all)