Re: Subversion history

2011-06-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
HI, On 2011-06-18, at 18:08 , Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: +1 -Original Message- From: Simon Phipps [mailto:si...@webmink.com] Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2011 13:46 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Subversion history On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 12:55 AM, Greg Stein

The Old OOo Site

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, I periodically (read: every day) receive requests from OOo community members and OOo users to fix, alter or otherwise change the OOo site (www.openoffice.org). These requests include such things as expunging private information as well as normal updates. As we all know, the old OOo site is

Hello again….

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all, It's been quite a while, but I am coming out of lurking. I wanted to see the new OOo community develop, and also had to get my own business in order. Being intermittent in one's participation is not the best strategy. I've been keeping up with the discussions, and really have to applaud

Re: The Old OOo Site

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 8 November 2011 11:49, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lo...@apache.org wrote: Hi, I periodically (read: every day) receive requests from OOo community members and OOo users to fix, alter or otherwise change the OOo site

Re: The Old OOo Site

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi On 8 November 2011 15:52, eric b eric.bach...@free.fr wrote: Le 8 nov. 11 à 17:38, Louis Suárez-Potts a écrit : Hi, I periodically (read: every day) receive requests from OOo community members and OOo users to fix, alter or otherwise change the OOo site (www.openoffice.org

Re: The Old OOo Site

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Suárez-Potts wrote: On 8 November 2011 11:49, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lo...@apache.org wrote: Hi, I periodically (read: every day) receive requests from OOo community members and OOo users to fix, alter or otherwise change the OOo

Re: [Request] create ooo-disc...@incubator.apache.org mailing list

2011-11-08 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 8 November 2011 17:48, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: As a mentor, I have two comments: - When requesting a new mailing list, it is critical to clearly define the focus and expected community that would use a list.  In particular, showing specific threads on other lists that

Re: representing OOo (was Re: [Request] create ooo-disc...@incubator.apache.org mailing list)

2011-11-09 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 9 November 2011 05:25, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 8 November 2011 19:23, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: ... now the project's representative on all three ODF TCs at Oasis, as well as its representative to Software in the Public Interest

Re: [DISCUSS][WWW] Current Polish web site -- pl.openoffice.org

2011-11-09 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 9 November 2011 18:06, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 9, 2011, at 2:19 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: As many of you may know, per Dave's announcement about a week or so ago, we have a staging site of *MOST* (we're still finding areas that need to be re-pulled for one reason

Re: [VOTE] Trademark and Brand

2011-11-09 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 9 November 2011 22:47, Donald Harbison dpharbi...@gmail.com wrote: As promised, here's the ballot. Choose one, cast your vote.  If none of them get more than 50% of the binding votes, we will start a ballot for the top two contenders. a) Apache OpenOffice.org b) Apache OpenOffice

Re: [DISCUSS][WWW] Native-Language Sites (was: Current Polish web site -- pl.openoffice.org)

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 10 November 2011 13:46, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: It is not clear to me whether the diversity in N-L pages was by design or simply from lack of coordination. Intentional. My purpose in permitting the project leads in N-L (and for that matter, all the other projects) was based

Re: Shutdown of openoffice.org email forwarder: How to notify users

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Rob, On 10 November 2011 11:05, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: It looks like the email forwarder will not be migrating to Apache. Right  We don't want this to be a surprise to users.  We want them to have ample notice to adjust to this change.  I'd like to have a discussion on how we

OOo Business...

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
I continue (naturally) to receive many requests from businesses (small and large) to use the trademarked OpenOffice.org logo. I generally pass on these, as there seemed, until very recently, a mystery on how to proceed. I'm still in need of enlightenment, and would appreciate some guidance. * I

Re: [DISCUSS][WWW] Current Polish web site -- pl.openoffice.org

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi On 10 November 2011 12:40, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: I have noticed as each N-L project is ported that they are all unique. Each community has made its own choices about what is in the site.  At the ASF the PPMC must be responsible for governing the project. We must find a

Re: Help Docs Proprietary Documentation

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
hi On 10 November 2011 15:26, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: You'll want to ask Andrew Rist. I thought I just did :-) Louis D On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lo...@apache.orgwrote: During the last year of OOo @ Oracle, a lot of rather good material

Re: OOo Business...

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Rob, On 10 November 2011 16:09, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Could we use Bugzilla for this?  Even if the interface is too geeky for the requester, any of us could quickly transcribe the request into a new issue for tracking and workflow. Let's follow Don's and Dave's suggestions and

Re: OOo Business...

2011-11-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 10 November 2011 17:17, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 10, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Rob, On 10 November 2011 16:09, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Could we use Bugzilla for this?  Even if the interface is too geeky for the requester, any

Re: OOo Business...

2011-11-11 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
hi On 11 November 2011 05:39, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 10 November 2011 14:53, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: Uhm. I think a list is good… but. ... I can't give an accurate number right now, as the Web page is off. But I'd say toward the end

Re: ODF Plugfest in Gouda, NL (17th+18th Nov. 2011)

2011-11-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Unfortunately, I shall not be able to go. My loss. Louis On 11 November 2011 04:33, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann orwittm...@googlemail.com wrote: Hi, Thanks Rob for your feedback - it is welcome. Anything else? Is somebody else from our community attending? Thanks and best regards, Oliver.

Re: Is it time for a build machine?

2011-11-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Have you looked at what we were doing in OOo? If still up, you can see the releases notes and also the relevant tools.openoffice.org project pages, as well as qa.openoffice.org Am in wrong in believing it's good not to throw out the baby with the bathwater….? Louis On 14 November 2011 20:41,

Re: Is it time for a build machine?

2011-11-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Ross, On 14 November 2011 21:44, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: All services currently hosted by Oracle will be turned off at some point. OpenOffice.org now belongs to the Apache Software Foundation. It is our responsibility to provide what the PPMC requests of us, wherever

Re: Is it time for a build machine?

2011-11-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Ah, On 14 November 2011 22:59, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Sorry, my jetlag made me miss the were in the above sentence. Ignore my comment. And I was multitasking too much, while listening to dreary news reports about those with so much more money (and so little social

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Jim, I'd be happy to help draft this and promote it. As you may know, I've been wanting to send such a letter, anyway, and have independently been making efforts to communicate to the ecosystems (note plural). Further, as I was fairly instrumental in setting many of these up and certainly in

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 15 November 2011 13:31, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: Partly, I can see a number of FUDisms to address. Like there are only 2 main players within the Open Office ecosystem (Apache and TDF) and that people need to choose between one or the other; that the various versions

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 15 November 2011 14:38, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Louis, On Nov 15, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Jim, I'd be happy to help draft this and promote it. As you may know, I've been wanting to send such a letter, anyway, and have independently been

Re: Time for the ASF to send an Open Letter?

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 15 November 2011 14:41, Alexandro Colorado j...@openoffice.org wrote: great but we need to get more people from NLCs and forums and others involved. Then let's do what we did before, and start with the flakes left over from the avalanche and once again build a true and open community. Keep

Re: Blog Draft: OpenOffice.org Migration -- The Community Forums

2011-11-15 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Out of curiosity (and dumbness, I guess), I suppose I need a separate login/pwd to post to the blog? or to view the link below? Louis On 15 November 2011 16:21, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: This link should do it:

Re: [WWW][Policy] Rewriting contributing.openoffice.org

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, More shortly—have been in meetings galore for the last day… now staking tock of my shelved reeds. But... On 18 November 2011 12:36, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Dave Fisher

Re: Non-Apache maintenance release for OOo 3.3?

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-11-18, at 16:12, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Nov 18, 2011 7:11 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote

Re: Non-Apache maintenance release for OOo 3.3?

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-11-18, at 16:42, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: I wouldn't even start considering a proposal from TOOo without changes to their website where the ASF, Apache ownership of the OpenOffice.org trademark

Re: [WWW][Policy] Participate! - Rewriting contributing.openoffice.org

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-11-18, at 15:53, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: +1 on addition of Education -Original Message- From: eric b [mailto:eric.bach...@free.fr] Sent: Friday, November 18, 2011 12:38 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [WWW

Re: [WWW][Policy] Rewriting contributing.openoffice.org

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-11-18, at 18:50, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Hi Louis, I was making a much narrower point, that if I were looking to donate cash to an open source project, I would not think to look under a link that read

Re: [WWW][Policy] Rewriting contributing.openoffice.org

2011-11-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-11-18, at 21:07, MiguelAngel mari...@miguelangel.mobi wrote: El 19/11/11 0:50, Rob Weir escribió: On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: snip I pretty much did

Re: oooforum.org

2011-11-20 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 20 November 2011 05:38, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/11/20 FR web forum ooofo...@free.fr Hello, It's a disaster for the OOo Community. These pictures are prohibited in many countries. If this forum can't be administrated correctly. I suggest to contact the hoster to close

Re: oooforum.org

2011-11-20 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: snip Let's take this then as an opportunity? Clayton C used to be the admin for the forums  (oooforums) but with Oracle's departure—he was with Oracle and still may be—there was, to put it mildly, a hitch. I

Re: oooforum.org

2011-11-20 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 20 November 2011 15:48, Peter Roelofsen p_roelof...@tele2.nl wrote: The situation at oooforum.org is highly problematic. On the one hand it still has a large collection of very valuable posts, I believe largely in the Code snippets and Macros and API forums (the main reason why some people

Re: (Draft) Email forwarding public announcement

2011-11-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
… back…. Thanks, Rob; will cast eye over this shortly. Cheers, Louis PS then I'll bottom post ... On 30 November 2011 16:12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Note this is draft. But I'd like to see if I'm heading in the right direction.

Re: Ohloh

2011-12-03 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Rob, On 28 November 2011 16:03, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: FYI.  I've contacted an Ohloh admin to see if we can get the stats updated correctly again. Is there an update? I'd be curious to know the outcome. Thanks, Louis -Rob

Re: Help Docs Proprietary Documentation

2011-12-09 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
What then is the result of this? Can we use these works? I'd like, again, to see if we can use them (through purchase, even) in the laudable service of promoting Apache OO use globally. thanks louis PS sorry if I repeat myself. On 3 December 2011 03:00, Frank Peters fpe.mli...@googlemail.com

Re: About the Former Native Language projects

2011-12-10 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
. In both localisation and ecosystem building. And as to the developer communities: always a challenge, but I do have many years doing just this sort of thing, only now there is no shroud of suspicion palling motive. (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2011-12-10

Re: Off topic

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Ian, yes, your post was refreshingly OT :-) But not really, too, as I think it more generally points to the need to provide a forum for ecosystem activity. Q: Would Apache be the site for that? Or do we look elsewhere? I'd also like to think that we could make such a forum of ecosystem activity

Re: Off topic

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
HI, On 12 December 2011 18:24, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: forum for ecosystem activity. Q: Would Apache be the site for that? That all depends on what you mean by ecosystem activity. Apache exists to produce open source software for the public good. How nice. :-) I

Re: About the Former Native Language projects

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Claudio, One reason I have tried to stay more or less muted (besides being fiendishly busy) is because this Apache effort is a true community effort. Apache is doing brilliantly ensuring that processes are kept open and within the bounds of its charter and that we all are informed of the why,

Re: About the Former Native Language projects

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Michael I have pretty much ceased following the lists, as they seemed to stop following me. But I was wrong. I'll send a note to nlc, l10n and others Wednesday, informing them of the good news of their possible resurrection, even as Apaches :-) Cheers, Louis On 12 December 2011 18:36,

Let's move on

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
All, The new Apache OpenOffice is ready for you. We cannot and probably do not want to replicate what we have had here, but we can, I believe, take the best of it and move on. There is tremendous value in what we—no, you—have accomplished, and I have no interest, and I doubt you do, too, in

Re: Let's move on

2011-12-12 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
. And sorry for clumsiness— cheers, Louis On 13 December 2011 01:21, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: All, The new Apache OpenOffice is ready for you. We cannot and probably do not want to replicate what we have had here, but we can, I believe, take the best of it and move

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi Ross, et al., On 2011-12-13, at 09:31 , Ross Gardler wrote: On 13 December 2011 14:05, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 December 2011 11:12, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: I'm not sure where this meme of can't be done here in Apache is coming from. Maybe

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 2011-12-13, at 10:43 , Rob Weir wrote: This may be a bit hard to imagine, since OOo never really developed this kind of ecosystem. This was due to license and control issues. But we have the opportunity now to encourage a healthier ecosystem. You are in error. Actually, OOo did develop

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
are actually viable business models, and we showed as much with OOo's long tenure. The issue that we had to deal with was that the owning companies pretty much clipped our wings and prevented us from becoming what we could. But that was then. Louis On 2011-12-13, at 11:12 , Louis Suárez-Potts

Re: Off topic

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 13 December 2011 11:18, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:12 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-12-13, at 10:43 , Rob Weir wrote: This may be a bit hard to imagine, since OOo never really developed this kind of ecosystem. This was due

Re: old colored vs new monochrome icons

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 13 December 2011 12:12, Gianluca Turconi pub...@letturefantastiche.com wrote: Il giorno Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:28:45 -0800 (PST) Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org ha scritto: I would think that we should keep the new icons but effectively color code them: it doesn't seem difficult to do in

Re: old colored vs new monochrome icons

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 13 December 2011 17:49, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 12/13/2011 06:12 PM, schrieb Gianluca Turconi: Il giorno Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:28:45 -0800 (PST) Pedro Giffunip...@apache.org  ha scritto: I would think that we should keep the new icons but effectively color code

Re: old colored vs new monochrome icons

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 13 December 2011 19:52, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@openoffice.org wrote: On 13/12/2011 Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 12/13/2011 06:12 PM, schrieb Gianluca Turconi: snip I can only say that a colored icon set for OO is the second

Re: Problems with OpenOffice.org mailing lists

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all, On 13 December 2011 18:11, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@openoffice.org wrote: On 13/12/2011 Marcus (OOo) wrote: In the last ~24h I got more than a dozend spam messages in my inbox for moderation. So, something *is* actually working again. Same for me, it seems delivery is mostly OK

Re: URL redirection lost

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all, On 7 December 2011 10:53, FR web forum ooofo...@free.fr wrote: Since 4th nov. always page not found, is it possible to do something? We have a lot of links. Unable to rewrite it all. - Mail original - De: Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net À: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org

Re: URL redirection lost

2011-12-13 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
if they are not brought here. Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone On Dec 13, 2011, at 10:21 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, On 7 December 2011 10:53, FR web forum ooofo...@free.fr wrote: Since 4th nov. always page not found, is it possible to do something? We have a lot

Re: old colored vs new monochrome icons

2011-12-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, Gianluca, It's a pleasure to see you here again…. (Note: Gianluca was one of OOo's first and originating marketing leads, among other things. His tenure with and faith in OOo and the process is great) On 14 December 2011 09:17, Gianluca Turconi pub...@letturefantastiche.com wrote: Il

Re: Too many lists

2011-12-14 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, First, as I've stated below, I quite agree with Ross. Too many lists is not good, it's actually recipe for loneliness. It works against—very much against—precisely supra projects like Apache are meant to foster: cross-communication, discovery, serendipity. Recall: Our policy at OOo was

Re: So - anyone want to talk about Apache OpenOffice...

2011-12-21 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi Drew, et al., On 2011-12-21, at 20:34 , drew wrote: Howdy, Lot's of stuff breezing around, huh? OK - so it appears 'we' have made a public announcement of a 1st quarter release...cool. Guess it's time to actually decide on some of the issues Graham has been so articulate in

Re: Merry Christmas and some private thoughts

2011-12-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all and that includes Jürgen :-) Yes, this be a blog. :-) Perhaps others, too, can chime in? Briefly: I am delighted with the new founding of Apache OpenOffice and with the interest it has garnered. What better way to end the developer year? :-) I'd like to thank the Apache Mentors. People:

Re: [WWW] Changeover is Close - Final Tasks!

2011-12-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 2011-12-23, at 12:12 , Kay Schenk wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@openoffice.orgwrote: Kay Schenk wrote: [...] I left the N-L contacts alone for now, since I don't know what the status of that is. It is equally outdated, but it would

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Juergen, et al., We used to have on Ye Olde a pr@ list charged with drafting and then sending out, first in En, then in other tongues announcements related to OOo releases, etc. Apache of course maintains its own PR machinery. So, obvious question: What is the logistic to coordinate or to

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 2011-12-23, at 19:41 , Shane Curcuru wrote: But I have and idea. Why not make a blog post, and then use the new announce list (and various social media channels) to tell this story? That is what we did at an early stage in the PR evolution, before we worked with professional

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 2011-12-24, at 03:53 , Gianluca Turconi wrote: In data 24 dicembre 2011 alle ore 01:41:34, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org ha scritto: One might look in the obvious place: http://www.apache.org/press/ I read there: Any press release or news announcement that refers to The ASF

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all, Sorry, read messages in reverse order…. On 2011-12-24, at 06:45 , Ross Gardler wrote: Thanks Sally, So the message to the AOO community is to get the English language versions approved with enough time for translation. Or vice versa, to English. Not all original things start off in

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
to include new communities. I can help there-- Ciao louis Ross Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Dec 24, 2011 3:07 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-12-23, at 19:41 , Shane Curcuru wrote: But I have and idea. Why not make a blog post

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Sally, On 2011-12-24, at 05:14 , Sally Khudairi wrote: Thanks, Ross. I'm missing some context here. Who wants to do what, why, and when? We are still speculating. I had raised the idea of issuing a more or less formal press release, as OOo used to. Ross and Dennis pointed me to the official

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
, and if it's ready by then, great; if not, it goes out as it will. louis Kind regards. -Sally [from the mobile; pls pardon spacing/spelling errors] -Original Message- From: Louis Suárez-Potts Sent: 24/12/2011, 10:08 AM To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: sallykhuda...@yahoo.com; ASF

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
not use another. It would be great ifyou can wind down the previous b Blogspot gradually and migrate people to our blog. Ross Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Dec 24, 2011 3:07 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: On 2011-12-23, at 19:41

Re: IP Clearance Milestone

2011-12-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 2011-12-24, at 05:23 , Ross Gardler wrote: Sorry Sally It's just a heads up about the potential issue of multi-lingual press releases from AOO. The first instance will be the milestone release in Q1 2012, so no rush. Indeed. It's the end of the year, I have some time to catch up on

Re: OpenOffice for mac

2012-01-02 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Jared, Perhaps you meant 26 December? :-) The way it works is like this: those working on the code--those making the binaries, the stuff we users actually use, do it now pretty much on their own time, which for generally laudable reasons they volunteer to making people like me and you, I'd guess,

Re: [LEGAL] Something to solve: (c) Sun

2012-01-16 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Wow. louis 2012/1/16 Pavel Janík pa...@janik.cz: Hi, my build log contains 78 instances of:   Copyright: 2003 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. It is in this file: main/l10ntools/source/filter/merge/FCFGMerge.java:         sOut.append(Copyright: 2003 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.\n); -- Pavel

Re: Website Help

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 17 January 2012 17:54, kay.schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 11:32 AM, Roman Meisenberg

Re: Double dictionaries for languages

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 18 January 2012 05:35, Marco A.G.Pinto marcoagpi...@mail.telepac.ptwrote: Microsoft Office 2010 allows users to select between Portuguese pre-reform and Portuguese post-reform. I would be great if AOO would allow that too. Can this option be made available via a langpack? Further,

Re: Conflit Open Office / Smart Notebook

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Nicolas, Would you be able to be as precise as possible, and use our Bugzilla to file an issue? As you must be aware, being in support services, using Bugzilla and being specific are really the magic words that open doors. FWIW, I use SMART checking on my notebook, too--a Mac OS X Macbook--and

Re: Double dictionaries for languages

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
effort, waste time, and sow confusion. What procedures, then, are required to do what you want and to ensure that there will be regular maintenance of these dictionaries? Thanks louis Kind regards, Marco A.G.Pinto --- On 18-01-2012 14:53, Louis Suárez

Re: Sopa

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 18 January 2012 09:57, Damjan Jovanovic dam...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Donald Whytock dwhyt...@gmail.com wrote: As much as it would make a helluva statement, there's people out there who might really need to get the latest security patch of some Apache

Re: Conflit Open Office / Smart Notebook

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
All: Please keep in mind that not everyone is as proficient in English as you are. Nicolas seems to have used a not so great translator; hence the infelicities of word usage. (He seems, actually, to be francophone.) So, take allowances and keep in mind how what you say will be translated into

18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
All, Proposal: 1. Let's vote on supporting those who have protested the proposed US bills supposed to combat piracy but actually doing a lot more than that and none of it good. These two proposals: SOPA and PIPA. Wikipedia has a fair account: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

Fwd: Prix Ars Electronica 2012 - Call for Entries

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Maybe. Louis -- Forwarded message -- From: Prix Ars Electronica i...@prixars.aec.at Date: 18 January 2012 08:17 Subject: Prix Ars Electronica 2012 - Call for Entries To: Louis Suarez-Potts lui...@mac.com [Click here if the mail fails to display

Re: [RELEASE]: updating copyright and vendor in created packages

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Not 2012? louis 2012/1/18 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com: On 1/18/12 1:56 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi, it's again me who need advice or better feedback for a change. We build several package files for our binary releases (rpm, deb, pkg). The files contain a copyright and

Re: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Dennis, Read over Don's post. He was using an analogy, I believe, to make a point about SOPA. Louis On 18 January 2012 13:53, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: Don, What's your understanding of the connection between open-source encryption algorithms and SOPA/PIPA?  Where is

Re: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Thanks, Dennis: that was a good revelation. Sopa and Pipa are more than intrusive vehicles and worse than structures for arbitrary censorship (arbitrary: power wielded by unaccountable entities in the service of their own interests). The two bills sediment a regime of legacy power over the

Re: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-18 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
an interview with a community member who doesn't like the action they've taken.  In short, I just don't think we have time to socialize such an action on the part of even the AOO project before the protest would be over. D On Jan 18, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts lo...@apache.org wrote: All

Re: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-19 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
-18 11:11 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Sally, On 18 January 2012 22:11, Sally Khudairis...@apache.org  wrote: Sorry, Louis -- not ignoring you; have been offsite for most of the day. Actually, not a problem. I knew when I posted my first of several messages late last night that it was way

Re: Program an add-on for Word

2012-01-23 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Dennis, and also Joost (hello!) I found your comments and suggestions really useful. Thanks. Perhaps I could post them to my blog, ooo-speak? or we could link these to the A OO homepage? For others will surely have similar. (wii would do, too.) louis On 23 January 2012 11:14, Dennis E. Hamilton

Re: 18 Jan 2012: SOPA and PIPA Protest Banner

2012-01-24 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Thanks, but I meant informal mention. I sometimes informally mention things related to this, and also ODF. (Nonsense words? iPad's spellchecker.) -- Louis Suárez-Potts On 2012-01-23, at 23:31, Sally Khudairi s...@apache.org wrote: Hi Louis -- Regarding your query on issuing

Re: Request to use Extension / Templat drupal code

2012-01-28 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Drew, Sorry for late reply…. On 25 January 2012 13:20, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: Hi, I put this request to the infra ML the other day, but likely should of put it here first. I would like to get a copy of the Drupal code currently running the extension and template sites. After

admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi all, I used to have admin permissions on the old site. I no longer seem to. I receive requests (as does Florian E.) to delete mail mistakenly posted to the public lists, but I cannot do much about it directly. I can route to those who *do* have admin permissions on the old site, if you like.

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 30 January 2012 13:35, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi all, I used to have admin permissions on the old site. I no longer seem to. I receive requests (as does Florian E.) to delete mail mistakenly posted to the public

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi On 30 January 2012 14:07, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: On 2012-01-30 1:37 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: On 30 January 2012 13:35, Dave Fisherdave2w...@comcast.net  wrote: On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi all, I used to have admin permissions

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 30 January 2012 14:45, TJ Frazier tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com wrote: If the message is on one of the two documentation ML's (author or dev @doc.oo.o) I can remove it, or at least the SYMPA page says I can. You or the user can mail me at tjfraz...@openoffice.org, or bring the matter to this list

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Ross, On 30 January 2012 15:57, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 30 January 2012 19:45, TJ Frazier tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com wrote: On 1/30/2012 14:22, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: ... What specific things are being asked of you? To remove a specific email message posted

Re: [BUILD]: propose next Developer snapshot builds based on revision r1236920

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Thanks, Juergen, Am playing with it now and will send in comments. But, honestly, I seldom find issues, at least the way I play with it. Thanks. louis On 30 January 2012 15:48, Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com wrote: On 1/30/12 11:38 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi, I would like to

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
2012 16:18, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 30 January 2012 21:04, Louis Suárez-Potts lsuarezpo...@gmail.com wrote: I also do not appreciate your tone and implication that I am falsifying claims. That was not my intention, nor what I said. My point is that you tell us you

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 30 January 2012 17:24, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.org wrote: Hi, Rob Weir wrote on 2012-01-30 23:23: 2) If the question is sensitive, personal, confidential, etc.., then ask them to send it to the ooo-private list.  Again, they do not need to subscribe.  Anyone can

Re: admin permissions on old OOo

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Suárez-Potts wrote: ... What specific things are being asked of you? To remove a specific email message posted to a public list (documentation) by mistake. If the message is on one of the two documentation ML's (author or dev @doc.oo.o) I can remove it, or at least the SYMPA page says

Re: Proposal to close the Vietnamese Language User Forum

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi Drew, On 31 January 2012 00:34, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: Hi, I was poked by one of the folks on the forums today with regards to the Vietnamese Language site. The site has been left without any native language supporters for quite a while and is once again sprouting a nice

Re: Proposal to close the Vietnamese Language User Forum

2012-01-30 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 31 January 2012 00:54, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 00:38 -0500, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi Drew, On 31 January 2012 00:34, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: Hi, I was poked by one of the folks on the forums today with regards to the Vietnamese

Re: Proposal to close the Vietnamese Language User Forum

2012-01-31 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
On 31 January 2012 13:26, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 01:07 -0500, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi, On 31 January 2012 00:54, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Tue, 2012-01-31 at 00:38 -0500, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: Hi Drew, On 31 January 2012 00:34, drew

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