On Tue, 2011-06-14 at 23:07 -0400, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > Has Apache for certain accepted OOo? > > Any ideas how this will affect the code base for LO? Increase / decrease > the likelihood that the code will merge? > > I read that the code was given to Apache but that the translations were > not.... I can find the quote if needed, but, the source likely does not > matter. More interested in how it affects the products and how that > filters back to this group and the decisions that we make. > > How quickly is LO diverging from OOo? > > If things diverge too much and/or too quickly, then we likely need to > pick a project and just go with it. I have a strong preference that this > not occur and, if possible, the baseline tracks with the two products. > > It feels like there are numerous uncertainties so it will likely be > difficult to make a sound decision at present. > > That said, more than happy to create macros and an extension that > packages those macros to help with the process of handling documentation > for multiple products.
I am collecting information and organising my thoughts on all of this (and related topics) and will be writing at more length, probably within the next day or two. Meanwhile, some random comments in response to your note... My impression is that although LO code is diverging from OOo code, in most cases the effect, if any, on the user-facing product is one of additional features and options, which can be handled relatively easily in documentation. This situation may change if/when some major UI design changes are agreed upon and implemented, but IMO that won't happen this year -- such things take a long time to discuss before decisions are made. Many thanks for the offer to create macros and an extension to help with producing docs for more than one project. However... The LO docs team, such as it is, may or may not want to join forces with us to reuse material. That's a topic to be discussed there as well as here, and I intend to start that discussion soon. If you could manage to subscribe to the LO Docs list, that would be useful. (I've seen your other note about past unsuccessful attempts, so I realise this may not be an option.) documentation+subscr...@global.libreoffice.org --Jean -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to authors-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands send email to sy...@documentation.openoffice.org with Subject: help
