http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586682 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=586682#c0 Summary: [Test Case 984611] [306404] Test Feature: Provide access to manuals Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Milestone 3 Platform: Other OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Documentation AssignedTo: jw@novell.com ReportedBy: mmaher@novell.com QAContact: ke@novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- STATUS: BLOCKED BUILD: Milestone 3 ENVIRONMENT: x86_64 STEPS TO REPRODUCE: Test Feature 306404 Description: In openSUSE 11.1 it is almost impossible for a regular user to access the official manuals. By default, only the complete set of HTML manuals is installed, while the PDFs are not installed by default. There is no way of easily locating the packages containing them unless you know the package names. In order to improve this Theoretically the HTML manuals should be accessible via the KDE or GNOME help center. In the past the help centers have made lots of trouble when integrating the manuals, so they almost always were either not available in KDE or GNOME. Since the release of KDE4, for example, they can no longer be integrated into the KDE help center. Apart from that, the help center has certain disadvantages: Therefore the PDFs have to be installed by default, too. Additionally an entry "Manuals" with links to the PDFs has to be added to the main menus of the GUIs (KDE, GNOME, XFCE,...). Furthermore, the manuals are not accessible directly from the media (the start-up guide being the sole exception), so one can only use them after having installed the system. Therefore providing Installation an Quickstart Guide is kind of absurd. I propose to host the PDFs under /docu in all repositories and create "empty" RPM packages just copying the PDFs from there. the term "manual" has to appear in the package name or at least in the summary of the package a Pattern "Manuals" is needed no proper search within the manuals too many clicks are needed to access a manual not printable users of other GUIs have no easy access to the manuals (via the filesystem only) EXPECTED OUTCOME: Feature is fully implemented and is working as described. ----------------------------- outcome: cannot see any quick/easy access for startup guides etc. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.