-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > wrote: >> I'd like to move forward now with this proposal from July. >> >> I've updated the EOL page here to say that OOo 3.3.0 and earlier >> are no longer supported. That page also explains what this >> means. >> >> http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol.html >> >> I'll start to do the other 3 items now. I'll coordinate with >> Oliver on the update notifications. >> > > And here is a draft of the landing page we'd send users to who have > an older version of OOo if there is not an AOO version in their > language: > > http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol-nl.html > > Regards, > > -Rob >
Rob; I would suggest that you re-order the list of alternatives such that the non-recommended item is the last entry such as below: Download Apache OpenOffice 4.0.1 in another language that you are familiar with. Sign up for our announcements mailing list so you will be notified of new languages and releases when they become available. Volunteer to help translate OpenOffice into your native language. (Not Recommended) Continue running an unsupported version of OpenOffice This puts the non-recommended option further from the initial line of sight of the reader thus (hopefully) lessening the likelihood they will grab onto it as the preferred alternative. Regards Keith >> Of course, help on any of these items is welcome. >> >> Regards, >> >> -Rob >> >> >> On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Shenfeng Liu >> <liush...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> 2013/7/19 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> >>> >>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> - Shenfeng (Simon) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: >>>> dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJScDi2AAoJEH0fu5UhGmBCBWgIAKBTlZUBr7pzUr+AztM6dRRF 8lpQsYTUuOgXuyRNCoPXc+gW/A7UC4r2OgVNWdS2jRgs5S2IjgAaR3bfv/ncojIX x4HrXL5dDnW8v9rshBwewfgj+x6gDuFiP4ARkiq6Kz7XiztL4Knt57/Jo0xMEkzL DjPvTewEprqZOWSEIar6haMMP4gV1LgFmG4wCwcwCFMSZerCbAlsZa44C37gIUcp /PLzblxuYqDYYWEDzgvcqQHOwBSX/oZW4Wwc+es5LuLcZqUOhoDxrVciQoUcw61i fkZGvg64RL5qG/Qf3jxoIKFUqbBSVHR1BbNHThbj+KWO5InYZIIFODKMFEJwZyY= =gMXI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
