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Post by pi4t on Aug 5, 2009 12:46:52 GMT
No, I mean if say 1/2 the pages were completed and the other 1/2 were not started, it would show at 50%. And yes, book 22 has been released soon, hasn't it? You're going to have to move that too But I actually meant this page: www.projectaon.org/en/Main/Progress
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Post by outspaced on Aug 5, 2009 14:25:03 GMT
You're assuming a linear progression through the work, which simply isn't the case with how things get done. We already have lots of outstanding (un-resolved) issues posted on the Errata pages. When we start working on a particular book with a view to release, we discuss these issues and resolve them (either fixing them or rejecting them). Once we've done most of that, we use the XML source file to produce a test version which is pretty rough. Most of the images are missing, for example. We then use this test version of the HTML to check for other errors. And we get potential problems reported right up until the day before release, usually;* and sometimes these require some discussion meaning that the release is put off "indefinitely" until it can be resolved. Infrequently, we will ship the book with a view to revisiting for any outstanding issues at a later date. So there's really no scientific way of saying how close a book is to publication, and it changes each and every time an editor reports 1, 2, or a dozen potential issues. It's easier just to believe us when we say: "We will get all the books released." * Footnote: We only set a release date when all (known) issues have been fixed; if more surface just before the release, we're likely to scrap the release and fix the reports first. There's no way of telling how long each stage will take because it's very organic as well as being dependent on spare time of the people involved. FWIW Books 25-28 will probably not take as long as they contain noticeably less text than Books 21-24.
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Post by pi4t on Aug 5, 2009 15:07:20 GMT
OK
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