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> On May 21, 2017, at 10:34 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: > > >> From: Dave Fisher [mailto:dave2w...@comcast.net] > >> Here are some of mine. I am sure others differ. >> >> (1) investigate and fix security holes. > > +1 > >> (2) frequent releases. > > +-0 or -1 > > In practice, a time interval of 12-15 months would be sufficient. More frequent releases are needed for two reasons. - security fixes - making sure we have several people who can be release manager. Feature releases can be on an interval you describe. > > Note: the release cycle of LO is much too short, even if this is always > presented as an advantage. > I could write "imho", but the truth is that the one is a tangible practice > problem for professional office users. Because I offer commercial support for > OO and LO, I know what I'm talking about. > >> (3) near one to one conversion to and from Microsoft Office. > > +-0 > > Do you know the story of the hare and the hedgehog? > http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm187.html > > > Yes, the users want that, but would not it be right and honest to tell the > users: > 'if you want MS Office, then use MS Office and not OO' Users want to convert to AOO but cannot easily. Users want to share with friends on MSFT. Having a great divide is not tenable. Perhaps this is an extension. > >> (4) deconflicted feature requests. > > I do not know what you mean specifically with "deconflicted". Raphael mentioned that feature requests bite each other. In prioritizing these we should pick which way. > > >> What do people think? > > I think _in the present situation_ it is better to work more and to discuss > less. Agreed, but I'd still like to know what others think. > > I am unfortunately not a programmer of OO, but I support the project with > user support, as a member of the project www.prooo-box.org and as a moderator > in the forum http://openoffice.org. > I have regularly supported the project through translations of the release > notes into the German language. Thank you. Regards, Dave > > > > greetings, > Jörg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
