[OpenStack-docs] Renaming Virtual Machine Image Guide

Lana Brindley openstack at lanabrindley.com
Mon May 25 20:26:33 UTC 2015


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I actually think it stands alone OK, and I'm generally against
creating 'mega-guides' that cover everything. We just need to work out
the best title.

L

On 24/05/15 06:42, Anne Gentle wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On May 23, 2015, at 2:46 PM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> For sure, I'm just thinking though...
>> 
>> This guide is actually quite useful to the Application Developer
>> audience we've been mooting recently. In fact, one of the first
>> things many would do after getting their credentials set is
>> acquire and upload an image.
>> 
>> Sticking an "admin" label on it might make it more difficult to
>> find for these folks.
>> 
> 
> Great point. One of our discussions was about dropping the
> self-sorting-persona-by-job-title naming. Plus articles rather than
> guides. On my phone so can't go into much depth but u think this
> instance is a great point about how we need to rethink audiences as
> first sort.
> 
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> 
>> Tom
>> 
>>> On 23/05/15 11:54, Anne Gentle wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On May 23, 2015, at 11:46 AM, Tom Fifield <tom at openstack.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> As in "OpenStack Admin User Guide"
>>>> (http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide-admin/ ) ?
>>> 
>>> There is a consolidation effort during the migration that seems
>>> relevant.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23/05/15 06:45, Anne Gentle wrote: Based on the
>>>>> discussion, sounds like it should become a chapter in the 
>>>>> larger admin guide.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anne
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Bernd Bausch
>>>>> <berndbausch at gmail.com <mailto:berndbausch at gmail.com>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> The term "virtual machine images" has the advantage of
>>>>> being quite specific, and, as Adrien points out, the
>>>>> disadvantage of simply being wrong. The term "cloud images
>>>>> guide" sounds a bit vague and unspecific. "cloud ready 
>>>>> images guide" is better. Does the word "guide" has to come
>>>>> at the end, or do we need this word at all?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is my mouthful: "Creating and managing images for
>>>>> your OpenStack cloud"
>>>>> 
>>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>
>>>>> 
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>>>>> 
>>>>> From: Lana Brindley [mailto:openstack at lanabrindley.com 
>>>>> <mailto:openstack at lanabrindley.com>] Sent: Saturday, May
>>>>> 23, 2015 3:51 AM To: openstack-docs Subject:
>>>>> [OpenStack-docs] Renaming Virtual Machine Image Guide
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi team,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Adrien has approached me at Summit to discuss renaming the
>>>>> Virtual Machine Image Guide to something more appropriate,
>>>>> probably something like the Cloud Image Guide. He
>>>>> originally proposed this in
>>>>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/openstack-manuals/+bug/1438597
>>>>> and I said I wanted to have more discussion about it before
>>>>> we made a decision.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Can you please reply to this email and let me know if you
>>>>> approve of changing the name of the guide and, if so, what
>>>>> you think it should be called? The main argument I can see
>>>>> is that the word ‘cloud’ is a broader definition than the
>>>>> word ‘virtual machine’ and we need to be a little more 
>>>>> generic.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lana
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lana Brindley Technical Writer Rackspace Cloud Builders
>>>>> Australia
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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>>>>>
>>>>> 
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>>>>> Anne Gentle annegentle at justwriteclick.com
>>>>> <mailto:annegentle at justwriteclick.com>
>>>>> 
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