User: jpmcc Date: 2009-03-27 18:01:37+0000 Modified: marketing/www/planet/atom.xml marketing/www/planet/index.html marketing/www/planet/opml.xml marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml
Log: Planet run at Fri Mar 27 18:00:13 GMT 2009 File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/planet/ ================================= File [changed]: atom.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/atom.xml?r1=1.1676&r2=1.1677 Delta lines: +83 -46 --------------------- --- atom.xml 2009-03-27 12:01:30+0000 1.1676 +++ atom.xml 2009-03-27 18:01:34+0000 1.1677 @@ -5,9 +5,85 @@ <link rel="self" href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml"/> <link href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/"/> <id>http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/atom.xml</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:25+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:28+00:00</updated> <generator uri="http://www.planetplanet.org/";>Planet/2.0 +http://www.planetplanet.org</generator> + <entry> + <title type="html">Quality anyone? Issue hunting was yesterday. And is now. And tomorrow.</title> + <link href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/quality_anyone_issue_hunting_was"/> + <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/30d01180665f9e6c</id> + <updated>2009-03-27T12:43:39+00:00</updated> + <content type="html"><p><font>You may remember that I triggered +and coached several &quot;24h <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/bug_hunting_party_issue_cleanup1">Bug +hunting parties</a>&quot; in the past. Measured by numbers, those +events were not as effective as we hoped. The efforts for &quot;marketing&quot; +and organisation were quite high compared to the outcome.</font></p> + <p><font>While we processed around 100 +issues during each of those 24h IRC parties, the constant &quot;flow&quot; +of newly written issues requires &quot;more&quot;. Around 1000 issues are newly written per month, see Thorsten Ziehms blog +&quot;<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/what_was_done_for_openoffice">What +was done in 2008</a>&quot;). My primitive calculation tells &quot;So +about 10 races per month are needed to deal with them&quot;. </font> </p> + <p><font>Thus we believe that a &quot;constant +issue hunt&quot; will bring much more people into the race and get +more issues processed. </font> </p> + <p><b><font>What shall be done?</font></b></p> + <p><font>The query below shows more than 600 +issues with target OOo 3.1 that need re-verification in master build +and be closed.</font></p> + <p><b><font>How shall this work?</font></b></p> + <ul> + <li><font>Install a dev 3.1 build from: +<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html</a>.</font></li> + <li><font>Open <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=VERIFIED&target_milestone=OOo+3.1&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=fulltext&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=fulltext&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&Submit+query=Submit+query">this +issue query</a>. </font> </li> + <li><font>Choose an issue of your choice. If +you do not have the equipment or knowledge for a certain issue, just +try the next one. There should always be issues for every &quot;level&quot;.</font></li> + <li><font>Check if issue is &quot;still&quot; +fixed. All those issues should contain feasible descriptions how to +reproduce the problem in OOo 3.0 or 3.0.1 and to verify the fix.</font></li> + <ul> + <li><font>If yes: Comment something like +&quot;Verified in master version OOO310_m8&quot;. Close it if you +have the rights to do so. Note that &quot;CanConfirm&quot; rights +includes &quot;CanClose&quot; rights.</font></li> + <li><font>If no: Comment something like +&quot;Still reproducible in master version OOO310_m8&quot; â And +add a short description of your findings like &quot;Bugdoc does not +crash the Office but Office freezes when I open it read-only from &quot;. +Reopen the issue and get help what to do now.</font></li> + </ul> + </ul> + <p><font><b>Need help? - Consider to ask QA pros +via IRC:</b><br /></font></p> + <p><font>Join the #qa.openoffice.org channel +on freenode.org. Those without CanConfirm rights can get fast +assistance to get the processed issues closed. Of course, IRC +communication woks only if you have &quot;the right folks responding&quot;. I am almost always in IRC while I am at work, normally &quot;Middle +European day time&quot;. So you have a fair chance to get quick +responses from me or others from OOo and Sun QA and development. +Many +of those who can definately help with </font><font>&quot;tricky&quot; issues </font><font>do other work but chatting all day. </font><font>What I already do is to invite developers for short discussions. </font></p> + <p><b><font> Quality anyone?</font></b></p> + <p><font>QA is mainly communication. If our +communication gets more effective, then the products quality can only win.<br /></font></p> + <p><font>So I hope to be seeing many more of you in IRC in order to help you getting a clue how to help to get +quality into OpenOffice.org without writing code. By processing and +closing issues to help keeping the overview.</font></p> + <p><font>Regards, Stefan</font></p></content> + <author> + <name>Stefan Baltzer</name> + <uri></uri> + </author> + <source> + <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> + <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> + <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> + </source> + </entry> + <entry xml:lang="en"> <title type="html">50 Million downloads and still counting</title> <link href="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/"/> @@ -91,7 +167,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -112,7 +188,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -186,7 +262,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -313,7 +389,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -334,7 +410,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -423,7 +499,7 @@ <title type="html">jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader</title> <link rel="self" href="http://www.google.co.uk/reader/public/atom/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast"/> <id>tag:google.com,2005:reader/user/06203502505240591501/state/com.google/broadcast</id> - <updated>2009-03-27T12:00:16+00:00</updated> + <updated>2009-03-27T18:00:15+00:00</updated> </source> </entry> @@ -533,43 +609,4 @@ </source> </entry> - <entry xml:lang="en"> - <title type="html">Latvia and UK Endorse ODF</title> - <link href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/cs9k25vlGrA/"/> - <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=518</id> - <updated>2009-03-09T16:51:07+00:00</updated> - <content type="html"><p>[From <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1050">SolidOffice</a>]</p> -<p>According to the latest <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/28/latvia-and-uk-odf/">ODF Alliance Newsletter</a>, the UK and Latvia have made moves in support of OpenDocument Format (ODF).</p> -<p>The CIOâs office in the UK has created a new page called <a href="http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/index.asp">Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan</a>. The ODF Alliance summarizes the UK CIOâs position as follows:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>The United Kingdom has joined the growing ranks of governments that have now endorsed the use of ODF. Under the âOpen Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Planâ the UK government will specify requirements by reference to open standards and require compliance with open standards in solutions where feasible. The government indicated it will support the use of ODF. It will also work to ensure that government information is available in open formats, and it will make this a required standard for government websites.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Earlier, Latvia made its decision to endorse and adopt ODF:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Latviaâs standards body, Latvian Standard (LVS), has officially approved ODF as a national standard. Latvia now joins Sweden, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, and South Africa as countries whose national standards bodies have formally approved ODF. Taiwanâs approval of ODF by its Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) was announced 21 January 2009.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Still waiting for something formal to be announced by the US Federal Government, but hereâs hoping!</p> - -<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> - -<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ODF" rel="tag" target="_self">ODF</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf+alliance" rel="tag" target="_self">odf alliance</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open" rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Open+Source" rel="tag" target="_self">Open Source</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/source" rel="tag" target="_self">source</a></p> - -<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> - -<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/i" border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> -<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?i=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" /></a> -</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/cs9k25vlGrA" height="1" width="1" /></content> - <author> - <name>Italo Vignoli</name> - <uri>http://www.italovignoli.org</uri> - </author> - <source> - <title type="html">OOopinions</title> - <subtitle type="html">marketing of open source software</subtitle> - <link rel="self" href="http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2"/> - <id>http://www.italovignoli.org/?feed=rss2</id> - <updated>2009-03-09T18:00:31+00:00</updated> - </source> - </entry> - </feed> File [changed]: index.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/index.html?r1=1.1683&r2=1.1684 Delta lines: +74 -35 --------------------- --- index.html 2009-03-27 12:01:30+0000 1.1683 +++ index.html 2009-03-27 18:01:34+0000 1.1684 @@ -36,8 +36,81 @@ <a href="rss20.xml"><img src="rss2.gif" alt="Link to RSS 2 feed" /></a> </div> -<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 27, 2009 12:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<p><em>Bloggings on marketing topics by project members - see <a href="#disclaimer">disclaimer</a>.<br />Last updated: March 27, 2009 06:00 PM GMT</em></p> +<h2>March 27, 2009</h2> +<h3> +<a href="" title="jpmcc's shared items in Google Reader"> +GullFOSS</a> : +<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/quality_anyone_issue_hunting_was";> +Quality anyone? Issue hunting was yesterday. And is now. And tomorrow.</a> +</h3> +<p> +<p><font>You may remember that I triggered +and coached several "24h <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/bug_hunting_party_issue_cleanup1";>Bug +hunting parties</a>" in the past. Measured by numbers, those +events were not as effective as we hoped. The efforts for "marketing" +and organisation were quite high compared to the outcome.</font></p> + <p><font>While we processed around 100 +issues during each of those 24h IRC parties, the constant "flow" +of newly written issues requires "more". Around 1000 issues are newly written per month, see Thorsten Ziehms blog +"<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/what_was_done_for_openoffice";>What +was done in 2008</a>"). My primitive calculation tells "So +about 10 races per month are needed to deal with them". </font> </p> + <p><font>Thus we believe that a "constant +issue hunt" will bring much more people into the race and get +more issues processed. </font> </p> + <p><b><font>What shall be done?</font></b></p> + <p><font>The query below shows more than 600 +issues with target OOo 3.1 that need re-verification in master build +and be closed.</font></p> + <p><b><font>How shall this work?</font></b></p> + <ul> + <li><font>Install a dev 3.1 build from: +<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html";>http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html</a>.</font></li> + <li><font>Open <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=VERIFIED&target_milestone=OOo+3.1&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=fulltext&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=fulltext&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&Submit+query=Submit+query";>this +issue query</a>. </font> </li> + <li><font>Choose an issue of your choice. If +you do not have the equipment or knowledge for a certain issue, just +try the next one. There should always be issues for every "level".</font></li> + <li><font>Check if issue is "still" +fixed. All those issues should contain feasible descriptions how to +reproduce the problem in OOo 3.0 or 3.0.1 and to verify the fix.</font></li> + <ul> + <li><font>If yes: Comment something like +"Verified in master version OOO310_m8". Close it if you +have the rights to do so. Note that "CanConfirm" rights +includes "CanClose" rights.</font></li> + <li><font>If no: Comment something like +"Still reproducible in master version OOO310_m8" â And +add a short description of your findings like "Bugdoc does not +crash the Office but Office freezes when I open it read-only from ". +Reopen the issue and get help what to do now.</font></li> + </ul> + </ul> + <p><font><b>Need help? - Consider to ask QA pros +via IRC:</b><br /></font></p> + <p><font>Join the #qa.openoffice.org channel +on freenode.org. Those without CanConfirm rights can get fast +assistance to get the processed issues closed. Of course, IRC +communication woks only if you have "the right folks responding". I am almost always in IRC while I am at work, normally "Middle +European day time". So you have a fair chance to get quick +responses from me or others from OOo and Sun QA and development. +Many +of those who can definately help with </font><font>"tricky" issues </font><font>do other work but chatting all day. </font><font>What I already do is to invite developers for short discussions. </font></p> + <p><b><font> Quality anyone?</font></b></p> + <p><font>QA is mainly communication. If our +communication gets more effective, then the products quality can only win.<br /></font></p> + <p><font>So I hope to be seeing many more of you in IRC in order to help you getting a clue how to help to get +quality into OpenOffice.org without writing code. By processing and +closing issues to help keeping the overview.</font></p> + <p><font>Regards, Stefan</font></p></p> +<p> +<em><a href="http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/quality_anyone_issue_hunting_was";>by Stefan Baltzer at March 27, 2009 12:43 PM GMT</a></em> +</p> +<br /> +<hr /> +<br /> <h2>March 26, 2009</h2> <h3> <a href="http://standardsandfreedom.net"; title="Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards » OOo Postings"> @@ -486,40 +559,6 @@ <br /> <hr /> <br /> -<h3> -<a href="http://www.italovignoli.org"; title="OOopinions"> -Italo Vignoli</a> : -<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/cs9k25vlGrA/";> -Latvia and UK Endorse ODF</a> -</h3> -<p> -<p>[From <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1050";>SolidOffice</a>]</p> -<p>According to the latest <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/28/latvia-and-uk-odf/";>ODF Alliance Newsletter</a>, the UK and Latvia have made moves in support of OpenDocument Format (ODF).</p> -<p>The CIOâs office in the UK has created a new page called <a href="http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/index.asp";>Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan</a>. The ODF Alliance summarizes the UK CIOâs position as follows:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>The United Kingdom has joined the growing ranks of governments that have now endorsed the use of ODF. Under the âOpen Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Planâ the UK government will specify requirements by reference to open standards and require compliance with open standards in solutions where feasible. The government indicated it will support the use of ODF. It will also work to ensure that government information is available in open formats, and it will make this a required standard for government websites.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Earlier, Latvia made its decision to endorse and adopt ODF:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Latviaâs standards body, Latvian Standard (LVS), has officially approved ODF as a national standard. Latvia now joins Sweden, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, and South Africa as countries whose national standards bodies have formally approved ODF. Taiwanâs approval of ODF by its Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) was announced 21 January 2009.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Still waiting for something formal to be announced by the US Federal Government, but hereâs hoping!</p> - -<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> - -<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ODF"; rel="tag" target="_self">ODF</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf+alliance"; rel="tag" target="_self">odf alliance</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open"; rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Open+Source"; rel="tag" target="_self">Open Source</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/source"; rel="tag" target="_self">source</a></p> - -<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> - -<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/a";><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/i"; border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> -<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:yIl2AUoC8zA";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:7Q72WNTAKBA";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"; border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU";><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?i=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU"; border="0" /></a> -</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/cs9k25vlGrA"; height="1" width="1" /></p> -<p> -<em><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/cs9k25vlGrA/";>by italovignoli at March 09, 2009 04:51 PM GMT</a></em> -</p> -<br /> -<hr /> -<br /> <a id="disclaimer" name="disclaimer"></a> <p><em>Disclaimer: all views expressed on this page are those of the individual contributors, and may not reflect the views of the File [changed]: opml.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/opml.xml?r1=1.1676&r2=1.1677 Delta lines: +1 -1 ------------------- --- opml.xml 2009-03-27 12:01:30+0000 1.1676 +++ opml.xml 2009-03-27 18:01:34+0000 1.1677 @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ <opml version="1.1"> <head> <title>Marketing Planet</title> - <dateModified>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:00:25 +0000</dateModified> + <dateModified>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:00:28 +0000</dateModified> <ownerName>Marketing Project</ownerName> <ownerEmail>[email protected]</ownerEmail> </head> File [changed]: rss10.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss10.xml?r1=1.687&r2=1.688 Delta lines: +66 -27 --------------------- --- rss10.xml 2009-03-26 18:01:41+0000 1.687 +++ rss10.xml 2009-03-27 18:01:34+0000 1.688 @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ <items> <rdf:Seq> + <rdf:li rdf:resource="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/30d01180665f9e6c" /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.solidoffice.com/?p=1075"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=657"; /> @@ -32,11 +33,75 @@ <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.theopensourcerer.com/?p=906"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.mealldubh.org/?p=644"; /> <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=520"; /> - <rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=518"; /> </rdf:Seq> </items> </channel> +<item rdf:about="tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/30d01180665f9e6c"> + <title>GullFOSS: Quality anyone? Issue hunting was yesterday. And is now. And tomorrow.</title> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/quality_anyone_issue_hunting_was</link> + <content:encoded><p><font>You may remember that I triggered +and coached several &quot;24h <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/bug_hunting_party_issue_cleanup1">Bug +hunting parties</a>&quot; in the past. Measured by numbers, those +events were not as effective as we hoped. The efforts for &quot;marketing&quot; +and organisation were quite high compared to the outcome.</font></p> + <p><font>While we processed around 100 +issues during each of those 24h IRC parties, the constant &quot;flow&quot; +of newly written issues requires &quot;more&quot;. Around 1000 issues are newly written per month, see Thorsten Ziehms blog +&quot;<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/what_was_done_for_openoffice">What +was done in 2008</a>&quot;). My primitive calculation tells &quot;So +about 10 races per month are needed to deal with them&quot;. </font> </p> + <p><font>Thus we believe that a &quot;constant +issue hunt&quot; will bring much more people into the race and get +more issues processed. </font> </p> + <p><b><font>What shall be done?</font></b></p> + <p><font>The query below shows more than 600 +issues with target OOo 3.1 that need re-verification in master build +and be closed.</font></p> + <p><b><font>How shall this work?</font></b></p> + <ul> + <li><font>Install a dev 3.1 build from: +<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html</a>.</font></li> + <li><font>Open <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=VERIFIED&target_milestone=OOo+3.1&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=fulltext&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=fulltext&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&Submit+query=Submit+query">this +issue query</a>. </font> </li> + <li><font>Choose an issue of your choice. If +you do not have the equipment or knowledge for a certain issue, just +try the next one. There should always be issues for every &quot;level&quot;.</font></li> + <li><font>Check if issue is &quot;still&quot; +fixed. All those issues should contain feasible descriptions how to +reproduce the problem in OOo 3.0 or 3.0.1 and to verify the fix.</font></li> + <ul> + <li><font>If yes: Comment something like +&quot;Verified in master version OOO310_m8&quot;. Close it if you +have the rights to do so. Note that &quot;CanConfirm&quot; rights +includes &quot;CanClose&quot; rights.</font></li> + <li><font>If no: Comment something like +&quot;Still reproducible in master version OOO310_m8&quot; â And +add a short description of your findings like &quot;Bugdoc does not +crash the Office but Office freezes when I open it read-only from &quot;. +Reopen the issue and get help what to do now.</font></li> + </ul> + </ul> + <p><font><b>Need help? - Consider to ask QA pros +via IRC:</b><br /></font></p> + <p><font>Join the #qa.openoffice.org channel +on freenode.org. Those without CanConfirm rights can get fast +assistance to get the processed issues closed. Of course, IRC +communication woks only if you have &quot;the right folks responding&quot;. I am almost always in IRC while I am at work, normally &quot;Middle +European day time&quot;. So you have a fair chance to get quick +responses from me or others from OOo and Sun QA and development. +Many +of those who can definately help with </font><font>&quot;tricky&quot; issues </font><font>do other work but chatting all day. </font><font>What I already do is to invite developers for short discussions. </font></p> + <p><b><font> Quality anyone?</font></b></p> + <p><font>QA is mainly communication. If our +communication gets more effective, then the products quality can only win.<br /></font></p> + <p><font>So I hope to be seeing many more of you in IRC in order to help you getting a clue how to help to get +quality into OpenOffice.org without writing code. By processing and +closing issues to help keeping the overview.</font></p> + <p><font>Regards, Stefan</font></p></content:encoded> + <dc:date>2009-03-27T12:43:39+00:00</dc:date> + <dc:creator>Stefan Baltzer</dc:creator> +</item> <item rdf:about="http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/";> <title>Charles Schulz: 50 Million downloads and still counting</title> <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/</link> @@ -327,31 +392,5 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/P2bG1jE1ySE" height="1" width="1" /></content:encoded> <dc:date>2009-03-09T16:52:59+00:00</dc:date> </item> -<item rdf:about="http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=518";> - <title>Italo Vignoli: Latvia and UK Endorse ODF</title> - <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/cs9k25vlGrA/</link> - <content:encoded><p>[From <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1050">SolidOffice</a>]</p> -<p>According to the latest <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/28/latvia-and-uk-odf/">ODF Alliance Newsletter</a>, the UK and Latvia have made moves in support of OpenDocument Format (ODF).</p> -<p>The CIOâs office in the UK has created a new page called <a href="http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/index.asp">Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan</a>. The ODF Alliance summarizes the UK CIOâs position as follows:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>The United Kingdom has joined the growing ranks of governments that have now endorsed the use of ODF. Under the âOpen Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Planâ the UK government will specify requirements by reference to open standards and require compliance with open standards in solutions where feasible. The government indicated it will support the use of ODF. It will also work to ensure that government information is available in open formats, and it will make this a required standard for government websites.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Earlier, Latvia made its decision to endorse and adopt ODF:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Latviaâs standards body, Latvian Standard (LVS), has officially approved ODF as a national standard. Latvia now joins Sweden, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, and South Africa as countries whose national standards bodies have formally approved ODF. Taiwanâs approval of ODF by its Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) was announced 21 January 2009.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Still waiting for something formal to be announced by the US Federal Government, but hereâs hoping!</p> - -<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> - -<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ODF" rel="tag" target="_self">ODF</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf+alliance" rel="tag" target="_self">odf alliance</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open" rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Open+Source" rel="tag" target="_self">Open Source</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/source" rel="tag" target="_self">source</a></p> - -<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> - -<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/i" border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> -<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?i=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" /></a> -</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/cs9k25vlGrA" height="1" width="1" /></content:encoded> - <dc:date>2009-03-09T16:51:07+00:00</dc:date> -</item> </rdf:RDF> File [changed]: rss20.xml Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/planet/rss20.xml?r1=1.687&r2=1.688 Delta lines: +65 -27 --------------------- --- rss20.xml 2009-03-26 18:01:41+0000 1.687 +++ rss20.xml 2009-03-27 18:01:34+0000 1.688 @@ -8,6 +8,71 @@ <description>Marketing Planet - http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet/</description> <item> + <title>GullFOSS: Quality anyone? Issue hunting was yesterday. And is now. And tomorrow.</title> + <guid>tag:google.com,2005:reader/item/30d01180665f9e6c</guid> + <link>http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/quality_anyone_issue_hunting_was</link> + <description><p><font>You may remember that I triggered +and coached several &quot;24h <a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/bug_hunting_party_issue_cleanup1">Bug +hunting parties</a>&quot; in the past. Measured by numbers, those +events were not as effective as we hoped. The efforts for &quot;marketing&quot; +and organisation were quite high compared to the outcome.</font></p> + <p><font>While we processed around 100 +issues during each of those 24h IRC parties, the constant &quot;flow&quot; +of newly written issues requires &quot;more&quot;. Around 1000 issues are newly written per month, see Thorsten Ziehms blog +&quot;<a href="http://blogs.sun.com/../GullFOSS/entry/what_was_done_for_openoffice">What +was done in 2008</a>&quot;). My primitive calculation tells &quot;So +about 10 races per month are needed to deal with them&quot;. </font> </p> + <p><font>Thus we believe that a &quot;constant +issue hunt&quot; will bring much more people into the race and get +more issues processed. </font> </p> + <p><b><font>What shall be done?</font></b></p> + <p><font>The query below shows more than 600 +issues with target OOo 3.1 that need re-verification in master build +and be closed.</font></p> + <p><b><font>How shall this work?</font></b></p> + <ul> + <li><font>Install a dev 3.1 build from: +<a href="http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html">http://download.openoffice.org/next/index.html</a>.</font></li> + <li><font>Open <a href="http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/buglist.cgi?issue_type=DEFECT&issue_type=ENHANCEMENT&issue_type=FEATURE&issue_type=PATCH&issue_status=VERIFIED&target_milestone=OOo+3.1&email1=&emailtype1=exact&emailassigned_to1=1&email2=&emailtype2=exact&emailreporter2=1&issueidtype=include&issue_id=&changedin=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=&chfieldvalue=&short_desc=&short_desc_type=allwords&long_desc=&long_desc_type=allwords&issue_file_loc=&issue_file_loc_type=fulltext&status_whiteboard=&status_whiteboard_type=fulltext&keywords=&keywords_type=anytokens&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&Submit+query=Submit+query">this +issue query</a>. </font> </li> + <li><font>Choose an issue of your choice. If +you do not have the equipment or knowledge for a certain issue, just +try the next one. There should always be issues for every &quot;level&quot;.</font></li> + <li><font>Check if issue is &quot;still&quot; +fixed. All those issues should contain feasible descriptions how to +reproduce the problem in OOo 3.0 or 3.0.1 and to verify the fix.</font></li> + <ul> + <li><font>If yes: Comment something like +&quot;Verified in master version OOO310_m8&quot;. Close it if you +have the rights to do so. Note that &quot;CanConfirm&quot; rights +includes &quot;CanClose&quot; rights.</font></li> + <li><font>If no: Comment something like +&quot;Still reproducible in master version OOO310_m8&quot; â And +add a short description of your findings like &quot;Bugdoc does not +crash the Office but Office freezes when I open it read-only from &quot;. +Reopen the issue and get help what to do now.</font></li> + </ul> + </ul> + <p><font><b>Need help? - Consider to ask QA pros +via IRC:</b><br /></font></p> + <p><font>Join the #qa.openoffice.org channel +on freenode.org. Those without CanConfirm rights can get fast +assistance to get the processed issues closed. Of course, IRC +communication woks only if you have &quot;the right folks responding&quot;. I am almost always in IRC while I am at work, normally &quot;Middle +European day time&quot;. So you have a fair chance to get quick +responses from me or others from OOo and Sun QA and development. +Many +of those who can definately help with </font><font>&quot;tricky&quot; issues </font><font>do other work but chatting all day. </font><font>What I already do is to invite developers for short discussions. </font></p> + <p><b><font> Quality anyone?</font></b></p> + <p><font>QA is mainly communication. If our +communication gets more effective, then the products quality can only win.<br /></font></p> + <p><font>So I hope to be seeing many more of you in IRC in order to help you getting a clue how to help to get +quality into OpenOffice.org without writing code. By processing and +closing issues to help keeping the overview.</font></p> + <p><font>Regards, Stefan</font></p></description> + <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:43:39 +0000</pubDate> +</item> +<item> <title>Charles Schulz: 50 Million downloads and still counting</title> <guid>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/</guid> <link>http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2009/03/26/50-million-downloads-and-still-counting/</link> @@ -310,33 +375,6 @@ </div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/P2bG1jE1ySE" height="1" width="1" /></description> <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:52:59 +0000</pubDate> </item> -<item> - <title>Italo Vignoli: Latvia and UK Endorse ODF</title> - <guid>http://www.italovignoli.org/?p=518</guid> - <link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~3/cs9k25vlGrA/</link> - <description><p>[From <a href="http://www.solidoffice.com/archives/1050">SolidOffice</a>]</p> -<p>According to the latest <a href="http://boycottnovell.com/2009/02/28/latvia-and-uk-odf/">ODF Alliance Newsletter</a>, the UK and Latvia have made moves in support of OpenDocument Format (ODF).</p> -<p>The CIOâs office in the UK has created a new page called <a href="http://www.cio.gov.uk/transformational_government/open_source/index.asp">Open Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Plan</a>. The ODF Alliance summarizes the UK CIOâs position as follows:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>The United Kingdom has joined the growing ranks of governments that have now endorsed the use of ODF. Under the âOpen Source, Open Standards and ReâUse: Government Action Planâ the UK government will specify requirements by reference to open standards and require compliance with open standards in solutions where feasible. The government indicated it will support the use of ODF. It will also work to ensure that government information is available in open formats, and it will make this a required standard for government websites.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Earlier, Latvia made its decision to endorse and adopt ODF:</p> -<blockquote> -<p>Latviaâs standards body, Latvian Standard (LVS), has officially approved ODF as a national standard. Latvia now joins Sweden, Brazil, Croatia, Italy, South Korea, and South Africa as countries whose national standards bodies have formally approved ODF. Taiwanâs approval of ODF by its Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) was announced 21 January 2009.</p> -</blockquote> -<p>Still waiting for something formal to be announced by the US Federal Government, but hereâs hoping!</p> - -<!-- start wp-tags-to-technorati 1.01 --> - -<p class="technorati-tags">Technorati Tags: <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/ODF" rel="tag" target="_self">ODF</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/odf+alliance" rel="tag" target="_self">odf alliance</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/open" rel="tag" target="_self">open</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Open+Source" rel="tag" target="_self">Open Source</a>, <a class="technorati-link" href="http://technorati.com/tag/source" rel="tag" target="_self">source</a></p> - -<!-- end wp-tags-to-technorati --> - -<p><a href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/a"><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/fpip94Mb9wnc4pqDaWfZT2Kg6Lo/i" border="0" ismap="true" /></a></p><div class="feedflare"> -<a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?a=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~ff/ItalosOOoBlog?i=cs9k25vlGrA:tIAjHe_p0GA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0" /></a> -</div><img src="http://feeds2.feedburner.com/~r/ItalosOOoBlog/~4/cs9k25vlGrA" height="1" width="1" /></description> - <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:51:07 +0000</pubDate> -</item> </channel> </rss> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
