[wp-docs] printed version?

[Lorelle VanFossen]

Michael spoke a little out of turn, perhaps. There are still discussions 
awaiting decisions and documentation updating to be done by Carthik, the 
master of the Codex ;-). He will be back soon and can address all of 
these issues.

Michael B, I know you are new to the documentation team, but you can 
browser through past discussions on the archives listed at the bottom of 
this email. There will see some of the past discussions we've had about 
protecting the rights of the contributors and other copyright issues.

Again, book or no book, we need to put our energies into filling in the 
gaps in the documentation. As familiar as I am with the Codex, the holes 
are big enough to drive a truck through and it is certainly in no way 
ready for "prime time book", even as a condensed help book.  And the 
decision to make it into a book is one that has to be made by Matt, not 
by "just anyone".

Such a discussion should also involve others on the Documentation team, 
many of whom are on vacation, so tabling this until Fall when others are 
present also might be a good idea.

I'm not stopping the process, just wanting to make sure that everyone is 
involved in the process.  Anyone can write a book on WordPress, though 
using the Codex without adequate and comprehensive permissions from all 
the "right folks" would really piss a lot of people off, something I'd 
like to avoid, and one has been written in German. As for the 
convenience of a printed book, more and more people are looking for 
books in digital form, so the future conversion of the WordPress Codex 
to pdf and such is something of greater value to more people. I, 
personally, read my books on my hand held computer, and I read alot, and 
haven't bought a paperback book in almost three years. I've paid for 
digital books, though. ;-)

Also, work is underway to connect the Codex more intimately with the 
Support Forum.  This will bring a lot of changes and I'm anxious to see 
where this leads.

Lorelle