+1 rgds jan i On Jul 19, 2013 2:53 PM, "Dave Fisher" <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote:
> +1 > > On Jul 19, 2013, at 5:20 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > We currently have this link from the download page,from 2009, > > announcing end-of-life for OpenOffice.org 2.x: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol.html > > > > I'd like to update that page to also state that 3.x version prior to > > 3.4.x are also end-of-life. Why? We're unlikely to issue any more > > security patches for 3.3.0 or earlier. > > > > So the concrete proposal is: > > > > 1) Update the eol.html page to state that OOo 3.3.0 and earlier are no > > longer supported. > > > > 2) Create a new landing page for users of OOo 3.3.0 and before who are > > using a language version that we do not yet have a translation. > > Explain in this page that the earlier versions are no longer > > supported. List what translations are currently available and where > > they can be downloaded from. Give information on how they can > > volunteer to help translate AOO into their native language. > > > > 3) Configure the update notification server to OOo 3.3.0 users to this > > new landing page, if their language is not already translated. (Where > > there is a translation we already point them to the download page) > > > > 4) Blog post/announcement on end-of-life for OOo 3.3.0 and earlier. > > > > The end result is that: 1) We made it clear what versions are > > supported. 2) We did our due diligence to reach out to users of older > > versions. 3) We encourage new translation volunteers. > > > > No rush on this. It does not need to be done at the same time as the > > 4.0 announcement. It can follow a week or so later. > > > > -Rob > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
