Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 2, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: TL;DR version: I think I see people talking past each other for a bunch of reasons, and I have a compromise proposal that might make things easier. It's at the bottom, and explained in some detail in the middle. Welcome to the discussion.

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Michael Meeks
Hi Rob, On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 21:26 -0400, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Finally, I think we're exaggerating the difficulty of getting out a release of OpenOfice. LibreOffice did it very quickly. And so did IBM with Symphony. This is not rocket science. I am impressed by your

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Roman H. Gelbort
El 03/06/11 05:15, Ian Lynch escribió: We are getting demand for OpenOffice certification not any other name. +1 This is a global and urgent demand by the companies that migrate to OpenOffice.org... and we can't satisfier. --

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Rob, On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 21:26 -0400, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Finally, I think we're exaggerating the difficulty of getting out a release of OpenOfice. LibreOffice did it very quickly. And so did IBM with Symphony. This is

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
That is what I was suggesting and which Rob claims he won't need because its so easy. {Terse? Mobile!} On Jun 3, 2011 3:23 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 3, 2011, at 10:05 AM, Michael Meeks wrote: Hi Rob, On Thu, 2011-06-02 at 21:26 -0400, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote:

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Stupid question time: If TDF already has the *build* infrastructure, then isn't *that* a clear choice of where at least some level of cooperation can occur. After all, the ASF provides source... the TDF could provide the builds?? (but that's not all, of course)... what a fantastic idea!

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
Um, it seems to me that this discussion of builds and distribution belongs on the dev list of the podling when/if there is a podling. Unless someone feels that there's a problem so gigantic that it should motivate -1 votes for the podling itself. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Christian

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 03/06/2011 16:04, Benson Margulies wrote: Um, it seems to me that this discussion of builds and distribution belongs on the dev list of the podling when/if there is a podling. Unless someone feels that there's a problem so gigantic that it should motivate -1 votes for the podling itself. I

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 03/06/2011 16:00, Christian Grobmeier wrote: Stupid question time: If TDF already has the *build* infrastructure, then isn't *that* a clear choice of where at least some level of cooperation can occur. After all, the ASF provides source... the TDF could provide the builds?? (but that's not

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
Of course it does... but we are discussing ways where we can use all aspects of the existing communities to give the IPMC a warm-and-fuzzy regarding voting +1 On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: Um, it seems to me that this discussion of builds and distribution belongs on the

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Benson Margulies
I'll go away on this. My concern has been to avoid setting an impossible bar of organized cooperation as a prerequisite to voting for the podling. It would be a wonderful thing if cooperation breaks out, but I think that it is unrealistic to achieve very much of it before the podling launches.

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 03/06/2011 16:00, Christian Grobmeier wrote: Stupid question time: If TDF already has the *build* infrastructure, then isn't *that* a clear choice of where at least some level of cooperation can occur. After all, the ASF provides

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: Please see Simon Phipps' email earlier today that contained a very similar suggestion with some more detail, it would be nice to bring these two threads together. Simon's email, from what I can tell, boils down to: 1. The podling goes

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 03/06/2011 16:43, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: Please see Simon Phipps' email earlier today that contained a very similar suggestion with some more detail, it would be nice to bring these two threads together. Simon's email, from what I can

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 12:06 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 03/06/2011 16:43, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: Please see Simon Phipps' email earlier today that contained a very similar suggestion with some more detail, it would be nice to bring these two

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: Please see Simon Phipps' email earlier today that contained a very similar suggestion with some more detail, it would be nice to bring these two threads together.

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: Ahhh... Yes I see something missing from Simons mail here. I assumed that the LibreOffice distribution would gradually migrate to using the core components proposed here (Apache ODFSuite as Simin called it) and thus

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: If I were voting on this incubator proposal (and of course I know I am not), I would want to know that the people proposing it had a grasp of the enormity of the task and a plan for dealing with it /from day one/ and not from an undefined

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Simon Phipps
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: If I were voting on this incubator proposal (and of course I know I am not), I would want to know that the people proposing it had a grasp of the enormity of the task

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 14:14, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: ... color me confused: first Simon slams the ASF for not actively engaging TDF and others (although we, of course, did) but now his suggestion is to

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: When I read Jim's email, I took it to mean your tweets[1]. Not your emails to this list. Greg:  I am being told by Sam Ruby to not talk about these topics

RE: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-02 Thread Allen Pulsifer
Hello Simon, This is a noble proposal, but there are is an important prerequisite. The LibreOffice is currently only accepting contributions licensed under the LGPL. The LibreOffice project cannot take those contributions and insert them into an Apache Licensed project without the approval of

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-02 Thread Simon Phipps
On 3 Jun 2011, at 02:32, Allen Pulsifer wrote: Hello Simon, This is a noble proposal, but there are is an important prerequisite. The LibreOffice is currently only accepting contributions licensed under the LGPL. The LibreOffice project cannot take those contributions and insert them

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-02 Thread robert_weir
Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote on 06/02/2011 08:12:40 PM: 2. This incubator project, which sets out to be the Firefox of OpenOffice, should proceed pretty much as described, but under a name other than OpenOffice (just as Firefox got a different name). Something like Apache ODF

Re: Proposal for OpenOffice Incubator strategy

2011-06-02 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/2/2011 7:12 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: This is purely my own thoughts, and there's no doubt room for improvement although I have run it past a few wise friends before posting it. But I suggest that without this clear demarcation of new-project and business-as-usual-project it will be