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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:03:10 -0400
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Thanks to everyone for the kind words. I have really enjoyed working on 
this project over the years and am finding it hard to disengage! I am 
staying on the mailing lists and am still a committer, so I will be 
monitoring doc issues in my spare time when I can.

You have all been terrific to work with, and I look forward to seeing 
Derby continue to improve.

Best wishes,
Kim

On 9/19/2014 7:54 AM, Knut Anders Hatlen wrote:
> Camilla Haase <camilla.haase@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> I've been working on the Derby user manuals for quite a few years now,
>> but my project assignments have been changing and I won't have time to
>> spend on Derby in the future. New features will continue to be
>> documented, but staffing for fixing bugs will not be available.
>> Therefore, I would like to invite other Derby developers to help with
>> fixing documentation issues.
>>
>> I've spent the past few days weeding out these issues so that the ones
>> left are all legitimate (I think), though not all solvable at present
>> --
>> some depend on a software fix, others on updating our tools.
>>
>> Instructions on how to work with the documentation are on the Derby
>> web site (http://db.apache.org/derby/manuals/index.html) under "DITA
>> Source" and "Writing Guidelines." They are mostly current, though
>> there's an issue requesting some updates
>> (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DERBY-5182).
>>
>> A number of you have worked with the documentation before, and I will
>> be happy to answer questions from any of you, whether you're new to
>> the docs or just a bit rusty. I know you're all committed to
>> maintaining the quality of the manuals, so I hope we can preserve it.
>>
>> Thanks very much!
>
> Hi Kim,
>
> Many thanks for all the work you've put into the documentation, both
> improving it and making sure all new features get properly documented.
> You've helped the rest of us enormously, not only by writing docs, but
> also by providing early feedback when experimenting with new features
> and helping us improve them.
>