[Bf-docboard] Bf-docboard Digest, Vol 141, Issue 2

Tue Nov 15 01:18:32 CET 2016

Hello Pragati Jain,

Currently, we have are having an issue with our version control software
and currently, it is not possible to download the repository until our
version control software
release the next version with the bugfix. Until then, if you want I can
give you a link
to a copy of the files via Google Drive or the like.

> Do we have a list of any active projects?

We have https://developer.blender.org/project/board/53/ although right now
the list is a little slim.
Over the next day, I will work on getting some more tasks on the list.

> Please help me get started..

You will want to start by reading
https://www.blender.org/manual/about/index.html
You can try to do as much as the steps as possible but you may get stopped
short
because of the for mentioned version control issue.

You will also need an account on https://developer.blender.org/

> Also, do we have any upcoming calendar meetups.

We do not have any official meetup because currently, only active authors
are me and a couple of others.
However, you can talk to us #blenderwiki on IRC Freenode. For more
information see:
https://www.blender.org/manual/about/contribute/index.html#contacts

I hope this helps,

Aaron Carlisle

On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 1:11 PM, Pragati Jain <pragati.c.jain at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hello everyone!
>
> I wish to be a contributor to blender documentation. Do we have a list of
> any active projects? Please help me get started..
>
>  Also, do we have any upcoming calendar meetups.
>
> Regards
> Pragati
>
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>>    1. Re: Add-on documentation in wiki or in manual ? (Julian Eisel)
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>> Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 16:02:01 +0100
>> From: Julian Eisel <eiseljulian at gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Bf-docboard] Add-on documentation in wiki or in manual ?
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Think it's fine to leave general pie usage documented in manual since
>> they are natively implemented in the source code. The pie menu add-on
>> is just a predefined and ready to use collection of pies. The Grease
>> Pencil uses pies even if the pie menu add-on is disabled.
>> However, we kinda abuse the Add-on system here a bit in that we use it
>> in place for a user preference option. Maybe we should add a UserPref
>> option for pie menus instead of having it as an Add-on. On top of
>> that, you could still have add-ons for custom pies (or eventually a
>> pie oven!). Thought of it before and it makes more and more sense to
>> me.
>>
>> Notice this is kinda off-topic, sorry for that :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Julian -
>>
>> On 5 November 2016 at 16:07, Gaia Clary <gaia.clary at machinimatrix.org>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi, Tobias;
>> >
>> > Thanks for the feedback.
>> > However i suspect there is a misunderstanding here.
>> > I do not refer to documentation of individual Add-Ons.
>> >
>> > I refer to documentation about "Scripting in Blender":
>> >
>> > https://www.blender.org/manual/advanced/scripting/index.html
>> > https://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Py/Scripts
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Gaia
>> >
>> >
>> > On 05.11.2016 15:53, Tobias Heinke wrote:
>> >
>> > Hello Gaia,
>> >
>> > There's the policy that add-ons are not doc. in the manual.
>> >
>> > Add-ons currently in the manual:
>> >
>> > Cycles :)
>> >  Import/Export files (just a list)
>> >  Pie Menu (my fault)
>> >  Im-/export UV layout (on by default)
>> >
>> >  Groups: Official/community, On/off by default
>> >
>> > Still covered are official on by default add-ons.
>> > The reason I added pie menus was, because the  information about it in
>> the
>> > wiki was scattered.
>> >
>> > The  reasons I see  not to add them:
>> >
>> > The manual already has over 1000 pages. (10 official on, 13 off, ~70
>> > community add-ons),
>> > Quality Assurance: the add-on author should be  responsible for doc. and
>> > maintenance.
>> > The wiki has personal pages, online editing.
>> >
>> > IMO the upgrade to the new wiki is the best solution.
>> > Or a separate repository for end user add-on documentation (probably
>> > impossible).
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Tobias
>> >
>> > Am 05.11.2016 um 13:03 schrieb Gaia Clary:
>> >
>> > hi.
>> >
>> > Yesterday i realized that we have Information about Add-ons on the
>> > wiki and in the blender manual. I believe this is not so cool because:
>> >
>> > - 2 places to be maintained and kept up to date
>> > - 2 places to point users to
>> >
>> > So what about migrating the addon related stuff from the wiki to the
>> > docs instead of improving the wiki pages? After all the manual
>> > meanwhile seems to be much better supported so it makes more fun
>> > to work there anyways (besides that it looks better)
>> >
>> > I am working on the wiki pages anyways at the moment so i could
>> > do the migration by cherry picking :)
>> >
>> > What do you think?
>> >
>> > cheers,
>> > Gaia
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