User talk:Adhere

August 2012

All stages of the LaTeX process at DP (content provision, proofing, formatting, and post-processing) have regularized to the point that none need manual attention.

The prospective projects page lists mathematical books that at least one volunteer would like to see produced. As in the past, shorter and typographically straightforward books and articles in English are generally preferred, given the small sizes of various labor pools. However, serious consideration should be made toward producing more monumental works that are likely to be of wide interest. (Lagrange's Mécanique analytique was suggested a couple of years ago. This is probably still too ambitious, but should be kept in mind.)

June 2011

Emphasis this summer is shifting toward content providing, focusing on shorter, relatively straightforward projects, and on longer projects having a committed PPer.

All known LaTeX projects have had a {LaTeX} tag added to the project title.

Given the extremely tight resource constraints in F2 and PPV, in-process LaTeX projects begun prior to 2009 should generally be F2-skipped, and PPed by DU-certified volunteers. Gradual progress has been made on these in the past year, with the predictable result that lingering projects are, on the average, more difficult or time-consuming to complete.

October 2010

Many dozen LaTeX projects are in various stages of production at DP, but by design none are currently in the rounds. LaTeX is "expensive" to produce, and volunteer resources are scarce. Instead, the present strategy is to focus on completing individual books, suspending additional work on projects having no PPer who is willing to supervise, finish, and post them.

A number of lengthy projects are in PP. Though progress tends to be especially slow from September to May, I anticipate many of these projects will be posted to PG by August 2011.

Between 6000 and 7000 pages' worth of books are waiting for F2, down from over 10000 pages one year ago. Considerable work has already been invested in these books, and posting them has the benefit of utilizing past efforts. Each of these projects needs to be re-run through F1 with a formatting coordinator, however, and in some cases the existing formatting is not worth keeping. As a ballpark estimate, these projects requires 1-2 hours' additional work per page. Each represents a serious and extended investment of time and emotional energy.

A handful of projects have completed one or more proofing rounds. An unknown number of projects (several dozen at a minimum) managed by PM LaTeX were prepped around 2005 but never released into P1. In an effort not to expend work needlessly, a project in these groups will not be released into P1 unless a committed PPer is willing to shepherd, complete, and post it, just as for projects in F2 waiting.

Finally, a small number of carefully-selected projects are currently in preparation. I am committed to PPing each, and expect others are likely to express interest once the projects are in the rounds.