Release Checklist for QGIS Manual version 1.0
Contents
Assignments
Assignments |
Contributor |
Sections Preamble, 1-3, 15,16, Appendices A, B, I , plus review of all sections |
Tara Athan <tara_athan at alt2is.com> |
Sections 4-7 |
Stephan Holl <stephan.holl at intevation.de> |
Sections 8-10 |
Otto Dassau <otto.dassau at gmx.de> |
Section 11-14 |
Werner Macho <werner.macho at gmail.com> |
Tasks to be done before feature freeze (25. Aug)
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.
TODO |
Contributor |
Completed? |
Convert to the new macros |
Tara Athan |
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Convert to the new macros |
Stephan Holl |
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Convert to the new macros |
Otto Dassau |
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Convert to the new macros |
Werner Macho |
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Review the image files so that we are consistent between the manual and metis |
Tara Athan |
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New style macro to add linux, windows and mac icons into figure or table captions |
Otto Dassau |
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Add templates for English to be used for user instructions in conventions.tex |
Tara Athan |
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Review and update chapters with already known new features in 0.11.0 |
Tara Athan |
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Review and update chapters with already known new features in 0.11.0 |
Stephan Holl |
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Review and update chapters with already known new features in 0.11.0 |
Otto Dassau |
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Review and update chapters with already known new features in 0.11.0 |
Werner Macho |
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Update the existing examples to use the new dataset, add examples as appropriate |
Tara Athan |
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Update the existing examples to use the new dataset, add examples as appropriate |
Stephan Holl |
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Update the existing examples to use the new dataset, add examples as appropriate |
Otto Dassau |
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Update the existing examples to use the new dataset, add examples as appropriate |
Werner Macho |
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Add platform-specific instructions, following the format in the conventions section |
Tara Athan |
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Add platform-specific instructions, following the format in the conventions section |
Stephan Holl |
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Add platform-specific instructions, following the format in the conventions section |
Otto Dassau |
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Add platform-specific instructions, following the format in the conventions section |
Werner Macho |
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Tasks to be done after the feature freeze (25. Aug)
TODO |
Contributor |
Completed? |
include a section covering all GRASS Modules available in QGIS with short description |
Otto Dassau |
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verify consistency of current documentation and examples, update as needed |
Tara Athan |
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verify consistency of current documentation and examples, update as needed |
Stephan Holl |
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verify consistency of current documentation and examples, update as needed |
Otto Dassau |
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verify consistency of current documentation and examples, update as needed |
Werner Macho |
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add documentation and examples for new features |
Tara Athan |
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add documentation and examples for new features |
Stephan Holl |
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add documentation and examples for new features |
Otto Dassau |
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add documentation and examples for new features |
Werner Macho |
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proofread |
Tara Athan |
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proofread |
Stephan Holl |
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proofread |
Otto Dassau |
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proofread |
Werner Macho |
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Tasks to be done after GUI freeze (01. Sep)
TODO |
Contributor |
Completed? |
Update Icons from a current local copy of QGIS source code (see grey-colored steps below) |
Tara Athan |
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-> Modify /user_guide/Makefile as follows a) change QGISPLUGINSSOURCE to the correct path for the local QGIS source code copy b) add commands to the target "updateicons" for any new plugins, verify the paths for existing plugins and modify if necessary |
Tara Athan |
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-> Create a folder "plugins_name_images" containing a Makefile for any new plugin |
Otto Dassau |
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-> Create a file "plugins_name.tex" and add it to user_guide.tex for any new plugin |
Otto Dassau |
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-> Execute "make updateicons" from the command line to update all icons from QGIS sources |
Tara Athan |
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-> Check and modify all Makefiles to be consistent with the new image names |
Tara Athan |
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-> Insert %FIXME comments for all latex errors resulting from missing images (This will happen for all screenshots and for missing icon images) |
Tara Athan |
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-> Check if the latex sources build correctly and commit these changes |
Tara Athan |
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-> Send an email to qgis-community-team with the following instructions a) execute "make clean" b) svn update your local copy c) please update your sections wherever %FIXME appears |
Tara Athan |
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create and add screen shots |
Tara Athan |
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create and add screen shots |
Stephan Holl |
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create and add screen shots |
Otto Dassau |
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create and add screen shots |
Werner Macho |
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change image names to agree with source |
Tara Athan |
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change image names to agree with source |
Stephan Holl |
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change image names to agree with source |
Otto Dassau |
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change image names to agree with source |
Werner Macho |
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Tasks to be done one week before release (08. Sep)
TODO |
Contributor |
Completed? |
include INSTALL.t2t into installation.tex |
Otto Dassau |
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Release Date is 15. September 2008