Rob, Are you referring only to the email on the TDF mailing list - I know which one that would be I'm sure, and I drafted but then did not send a reply to it.
I ask because I did not see that go any further then the ml, but that doesn't mean that it didn't. Thanks Drew On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> wrote: > On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:35:16 -0500 > Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:16 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > >> I'm reading FUD, from the usual misinformed suspects, saying that the > > >> "IBM donation to AOO is pure marketing fluff" and "IBM faked the > > >> donation of the Symphony code" and "IBM did not donate anything". > > > > > > Did they explain how one fakes a donation to ASF? > > > > > > > I assume he is confusing two different things: > > > > 1) The donation of Symphony, which was done via an SGA (Software Grant > > Agreement). This occurred last year. This was recorded by the ASF > > Secretary and the PMC was notified when this occurred. So there > > should be no doubts here. Symphony was donated to the ASF. > > > > 2) Publication of Symphony as a code base via an ASF release. After > > discussion the PMC decided not to go down that path. The preference > > was to do a slower merge of Symphony enhancements rather than to > > rebase AOO on Symphony. If we had done the rebase path this would > > have required additional work from the project, including IP > > Clearance, modifying file headers, etc. > > > > Maybe the belief was that the "slow merge" was not for real? It > > certainly is not very flashy. The fixes are very practical, mundane > > things, the nuts and bolts of what users most care about, > > interoperability, stability, etc. So we have not boasted loudly about > > these improvements. But maybe it is worth a blog post? > > > Certainly worth a blog (and elsewhere) mention that "forthcoming AOO 4.0 > will incorporate many features and fixes from IBM Symphony code donation; > this process will continue throughout further AOO releases" or words to > that effect. Would it be premature to mention timescale for AOO 4.0 release? > > > -- > Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> >
