[Audacity-manual] Role of Manual Manager [was: Tracking changes across pages]

[Bill W. <bi...@go...>]

Gale wrote:
> I think that we need a single person who tracks source code changes 
> to take responsibility for tracking required Manual changes. That 
> person must read the SVN commits …

and

> A good commit message:
> 
> "FIXED Bug 2332 (P4): <hyperlink>Memory leaks in Equalisation 
>   effect (now 20 times faster); 
>   rewording of EQ buttons (affects Manual)."  
> 
> What I AM trying to do is see if we could make a formal system amongst 
> those working on the Manual for:  
> 
> * adding P1/P2 editornotes as soon as code changes are detected 
>   (unless there are few enough changes to fix them at once)  
> * make sure the Manual is searched so that nothing that needs to 
>   change is missed. 
> 
> I think the best way is for some single known person to do that, 
> but if someone has a better idea, please state it. 

Although this is not what I thought I was signing up for [ :-) ] I'm willing to give it a go, especially if the "improved" commit messages are adopted as standard practice.

I'd set up some way - on my computer -  to track these changes, then use the manual P1/P2 system to get the word out. We'll have to see how it works in practice.

-- Bill