On 28/10/15 09:41, JZA wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 at 2:00 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 27/10/15 23:52, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >>> I was wondering whether we should remember Ian Lynch at the end of the >>> 4.1.2 Release announcement, with a sentence like >>> >>> "The OpenOffice community dedicates version 4.1.2 to the memory of Ian >>> Lynch, a member of the OpenOffice Project Management Committee and a key >>> contributor to marketing and education efforts, who passed away earlier >>> this year" [of course please adjust and fix in case] >>> >>> I have no idea on whether this is appropriate or not. I'm rather neutral >>> on the issue. Feedback welcome. Our memorial for Ian is at >>> http://www.apache.org/memorials/ian_lynch.html >>> >> >> >> my personal opinion is that we should keep the release announcement >> focused on the product. People behind and/or involved the project can be >> addressed in a separate blog where we can also remember project members >> who passed away. >> >> People leave the project or became less active (including me) and new >> people started to become more active and do more and more. I suggest to >> focus on the new fresh blood that can make the difference in the future. >> >> Juergen >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > I disagree with that view. To focus on the product, well we already have > companies for that. We are not a company, we are a community. And we dont > have 'products' we have 'projects'. The difference? well to start a project > is something that people can participate, not only purchase. So people > participation is key to the project. People are key to the project. > > FLOSS communities like KDE, Gnome, etc, have struggled but also succeed in > adressing the people behind it. This is just a great idea to do exactly > that in our community. > > Also the last line doesn't really make sense, how can we 'focus on the new > fresh blood' exactly? You mean dedicating the release after some n00b who > just got in the project, or writing a blog post about them... How can we > focus on fresh blood if they havent done anything yet, what would we write > about exactly? >
I think you misunderstand me, I simply mean that we should keep it separately. An announcement for a new release is about the release and nothing else. It can be possible to write about the people who are currently mainly driving the project and remember people like Ian who passed away. But again I would do this separately from a release announcement. People like Damjan for example who really does a good job should be or can be interviewed to learn about the motivation and work areas he focusing currently. Juergen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
