On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > I'd like to move forward now with this proposal from July. > > > > I've updated the EOL page here to say that OOo 3.3.0 and earlier are > > no longer supported. That page also explains what this means. > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol.html > > > > I'll start to do the other 3 items now. I'll coordinate with Oliver > > on the update notifications. > > > > And here is a draft of the landing page we'd send users to who have an > older version of OOo if there is not an AOO version in their language: > > http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol-nl.html > > Regards, > > -Rob > +1 both look good to me > > > Of course, help on any of these items is welcome. > > > > Regards, > > > > -Rob > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Shenfeng Liu <liush...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> 2013/7/19 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > >> > >>> We currently have this link from the download page,from 2009, > >>> announcing end-of-life for OpenOffice.org 2.x: > >>> > >>> http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol.html > >>> > >>> I'd like to update that page to also state that 3.x version prior to > >>> 3.4.x are also end-of-life. Why? We're unlikely to issue any more > >>> security patches for 3.3.0 or earlier. > >>> > >>> So the concrete proposal is: > >>> > >>> 1) Update the eol.html page to state that OOo 3.3.0 and earlier are no > >>> longer supported. > >>> > >>> 2) Create a new landing page for users of OOo 3.3.0 and before who are > >>> using a language version that we do not yet have a translation. > >>> Explain in this page that the earlier versions are no longer > >>> supported. List what translations are currently available and where > >>> they can be downloaded from. Give information on how they can > >>> volunteer to help translate AOO into their native language. > >>> > >>> 3) Configure the update notification server to OOo 3.3.0 users to this > >>> new landing page, if their language is not already translated. (Where > >>> there is a translation we already point them to the download page) > >>> > >>> 4) Blog post/announcement on end-of-life for OOo 3.3.0 and earlier. > >>> > >>> The end result is that: 1) We made it clear what versions are > >>> supported. 2) We did our due diligence to reach out to users of older > >>> versions. 3) We encourage new translation volunteers. > >>> > >>> No rush on this. It does not need to be done at the same time as the > >>> 4.0 announcement. It can follow a week or so later. > >>> > >>> -Rob > >>> > >> > >> > >> +1 > >> > >> - Shenfeng (Simon) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >>> > >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, Nothing is going to get better. It's not.” -- Dr. Seuss, The Lorax
