Hi Gerry, Am 09.04.19 um 18:07 schrieb Gerry Liebling: > Hi Peter, > Thank you for this info. > I would certainly like to assist and pursue this (and perhaps other) issues > to the extent I am able. I am not a developer - any more. The last > programming I did was in Fortran and assembly language. FORTRAN was my first real programming language (after Motorola 68000 Assembler) when I was studying. Long ago... > But I am good at letter writing and agitating! So if there is any way I can > contribute in this capacity, please let me know. > On a slightly related subject - you said that you thought OpenOffice is > "anachronistic."
No, Peter didn't write that, he wrote "anarchistic" (describing our way of development). ;-) Regards, Matthias > On the Ubuntu Software Center there are other systems listed that appear to > provide similar functionality - like ONLYOFFICE. Do you have any experience > or comments about these alternative options? > > Gerry Liebling > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter Kovacs <[email protected]> > To: dev <[email protected]>; Gerry Liebling > <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Apr 8, 2019 6:16 pm > Subject: Re: Is it save to assume that Issue 12219, will not be fixed? > > Sadly this is not that easy to describe. I have no Idea what you are > good at, or interested in. > > If you are not a developer you can still go into a support role. Main > goal would be to attract new devs and keep the active ones motivated. > > We have per month one or two people interested with a developer > background. They are usually the follow the order type of people. (Which > we are all are trained for.) > > Our development community does not work that way. you are as a volunteer > in the lead. You are setting the goal. OpenOffice is IMHO quit anarchistic. > > Still we need support, convincing people to become involved. > > Another path I can imagine is, the most recited techie path. It is about > learning what there is to know and fix it yourself. > > Matthias on this list for example, was a user when he started with > OpenOffice. He taught himself how to build OpenOffice, and learned all > the tech stuff to make a release. > > He is today, one of two very important volunteer that are organizing > releases from the development tree. > > The third path I see is building a bazaar. If we could organize the > users, somehow to crowdfund, we could draw attention from companies that > build software on professional bases. Also we could attract new > companies to this Project. There is an alternative to payed forces, the > companies who today use OpenOffice, if we can convince two to provide > permanent developers / part time developers, we would also win. > > I know these are still pretty vague, more like various small visions. > Still, I hope it gives you a picture. > > > All the best > > Peter > > > On 08.04.19 03:51, Gerry Liebling wrote: >> Hi Peter, >> Thank you for your comments re. this open issue. If I wished to elevate >> interest in this issue, and perhaps encourage that it be addressed, exactly >> how should I go about it? >> Gerry >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Peter Kovacs <[email protected]> >> To: gerry.liebling <[email protected]>; dev >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sun, Apr 7, 2019 6:53 pm >> Subject: Is it save to assume that Issue 12219, will not be fixed? >> >> Hello Gerry, >> >> >> The dev <[email protected]> email list is much better for >> communication then the bug report. >> >> You have asked the following question in a bug report: >> >> Is it safe to assume that this issue will not be addressed in the foreseeable >> future? >> >> Long Story short: >> >> If the invest stays on the level as is, the answer is yes. >> >> It is up to the community to make a change. And everybody can make a change. >> >> There are lots of opportunities to get involved, but nothing that is low >> hanging or quickly done. >> >> If one wants to become involved it needs some endurance and stubbornness >> to get move. >> >> This is our biggest blocker in a lot of ways. >> >> >> HTH >> >> Petko >> >> >> >>
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