On Monday, February 04, 2013 09:58:45 AM webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > Well, I wrote this thread not thinking there would be time for another > RC version to come out before the launch. I was wrong. Right now there > is a 4.0.0.3 version out there for testing. I had a "bug" going from .2 > to .3 on my Win7 laptop but it did not happen going from 3.6.4 to > 4.0.0.3 on an XP laptop. After some "work", I did the command line > install again from .2 to .3 and it worked. The user profile conversion > is a problem though. People may need to reinstall all of their > extensions and/or user information. > > But, things are moving along. > 4.0.0.x used Persona[s] from Firefox's vast persona gallery. There are > some LibreOffice ones in that gallery now. > > Right now, I am waiting for the process to finish so the 3.6.5 NA-DVD is > shown on the DVD download pages. In a week or so there will be a > 4.0.0.x version there as well. For those who know me, I normally do not > try a .0.x version of a new line, OR create a DVD for it. I waited for > the 2nd or 3rd update before I did. Since there is a big push for the > new 4.0.x line, I decided to test the new line out with its first > offering and create a NA-DVD for it. > > Then there is some interest [again] in a French version of the North > American . . . project. It was an original goal to create a version of > such a DVD for the French and Spanish speaking peoples in North > America. Since I only speak English and "computer", I could to work on > that part of the goal. The first NA-DVD was created, to a finished > level, in the summer of 2011. That seems a long time ago, or just last > week, to me depending on what I have been doing. > > To be honest, I could not have done all of this without the people on > these lists. Of course there are those people I bounce things off them, > offline, to get some ideas fleshed out. > > For those who do not "know" me, I was forced to "retire" due to a > debilitating set of injuries and suffered 2 strokes after that [totaling > 3 so far]. I cannot work on any schedule that would make me enough to > live off of, according to the "disability judge". So, I volunteer my > time, here and locally with an organization dedicated to and for adults > with disabilities who's mandate it to do community service. I am now > the V.Pres. of their board of directors. My world is based on how much > I can do before the pain drives me to tears. So I try to do a little at > a time to get everything done between "pain management breaks". I am > dedicated to the TDF/LO cause to the point. . . let us say the only > thing is stopping me from doing more is the level of pain it causes. > > So, to all of us LO volunteers, keep it up. I will. > > On 02/04/2013 12:41 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > > Le 2013-02-03 09:36, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit : > >> On 02/03/2013 08:40 AM, Marc Paré wrote: > >>> Bonjour Fabian, > >>> > >>> Le 2013-01-31 08:44, Fabian Rodriguez a écrit : > >>>> On 13-01-31 07:39 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P wrote: > >>>>> As I said before, I would love to have the NA-DVD 4.0.0 version ready > >>>>> for the 4.0.0 official release next week. > >>>> > >>>> Excellent, let me know if you need any help. please send a reminder > >>>> link > >>>> to your previous work, perhaps others can pitch in too. > >>>> > >>>> F. > >>> > >>> I thought you had at some point created a FR disc. Do you still have > >>> that somewhere? There is also no FR official disk on LibreOfficeBox, > >>> would you consider doing this? Would this be too much work or could we > >>> get someone else from the FR community to join in and help? > >>> > >>> If not for the FR team, perhaps a version for the CA-FR market? We > >>> could call ourselves the CA-FR connection, I could see if I could > >>> help? :-) > >>> > >>> Tim: BTW ... how much time do you devote to making the EN disc? Not > >>> the extra time that you spend on the dictionaries, but the actual time > >>> to author the disc for a specific version? How much time does it take > >>> from start to finish? > >>> > >>> Marc > >> > >> NO > >> no one had the time to translate the disc to French or Spanish. > >> > >> If you know of someone who would do that, then it may be easy for me to > >> do the install modifications without knowing French or Spanish. I just > >> have to modify the linkswhen the new versions come out. > >> > >> ANY help is good. Having someone take on the translation to French > >> Canadian would be great. I can walk someone through the steps of > >> changing versions and burning a Windows DVD on a Ubuntu system [via K3b] > >> easy enough. > >> > >> The only "problem" would be is finding the French documentation to > >> replace all of the English ones. Also, you will need to replace all of > >> the extras from the "English only" versions to the ones that have the > >> "French language" option or is in French to begin with. > >> > >> For anyone out there who might be thinking about helping with the > >> translating, look at the online version of the DVD at: > >> http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.6-installs/install.html > >> Everything you will find on the DVD media should be shown there, except > >> some updates that have not been placed on the .iso files[yet]. It takes > >> so long to upload the .iso file and the "effort" to get it onto the > >> mirror system, the updates may wait till the next version before you see > >> it on the .iso file[s]. I have 3.6.5 on that site and the 3.6.5 .iso > >> file is in the "waiting queue" for the next "push" to the mirror system > >> which may be waiting for all of the work for the upcoming 4.0.0 release > >> to be done. I am almostready for the 4.0.0install files to create that > >> version of the NA-DVD. > >> > >> For anyone who wants to translate the NA-DVD to any non-English > >> language, all you have to do is download the .iso file [for all of the > >> CSS and theme files] and go from there. HTML editor and image editor is > >> all you may need. I can send you the label background templates and any > >> other thing I have that might help you do the work. > >> > >> ----- > >> > >> For the "time" involved . . . Why do you ask? [chuckle, chuckle] > >> > >> .... > >> > >> I do some edits of the pages every so often to update the extras or some > >> other thing. Not much time there on a weekly basis. > >> > >> For the creation of the .iso file to go from 3.6.4 to 3.6.5 or to 4.0.0, > >> that is done in the following steps. . . > >> > >> 1] download all of the install files, language packs, and helps packs > >> that are listed on the install page. Depending on the usage of the > >> connection to the LO server system, it does not take much time at > >> allwith cable broadband. > >> > >> 2] edit the install page to update the version number and links to the > >> new install versions. Most time find/replace in a text editor works > >> fine. > >> > >> 3] edit the "master label" to reflect the new version, or I could just > >> make one that does not need changing [3.6 instead of 3.6.5]. Replace the > >> new label in the "artwork" page. > >> > >> 4] burn a test DVD and make sure it works on Windows, since it is > >> created on a Ubuntu system. > >> > >> 5] if everything looks right, upload the .iso file[s] to a server that > >> is the one I have access to. Then it will be moved to its mirror > >> location when the schedule permits it. The uploading take about 9 to 10 > >> hours with my slow upload ability. > >> > >> The actual "total time" to take my 3.6.4 DVD and convert it to the 3.6.5 > >> version? Well, I got the announcement about 3.6.5 being out at 10 am and > >> I had the new version ready before noon. The most time used is the > >> download and upload times. I have tried to make the DVD pages simple > >> enough to need little time totake it to a new version. There is the time > >> that I do other modifications and additions. Downloading the updated > >> documentation and editing its page can take time out of my schedule > >> every few weeks. Looking for and adding/replacing extra packages to the > >> "extras" page takes some time, but not much really out of a monthly > >> basis. > >> > >> I added Artha tothe "extras" page since that wasthe best offline > >> dictionary - word definition dictionary - and thesaurus free package I > >> know of for Windows and Linux. If I find anything that would be good to > >> add, there is a little time there. > >> > >> BUT, on a whole, there is not much time out of a my monthly schedule to > >> do the work on the English DVD. A half hour hear, and hour there. > >> > >> I do want to go through the entire DVD, one day, and do a major update > >> to the design. New screen clips and text for the different > >> sections/pages of the DVD could be done. Maybe adding some step-by-step > >> directions on installing LOas part of the DVD instead of asking the user > >> to do to the on-DVD PDF documentation provided by our doc team members. > >> Big things like that are not easy and could take a lot of time. Simple > >> things like going from 3.6.5 to 4.0.0 does not. All I need it the 4.0.0 > >> install filesand it could be done that same day I download the files. > > > > Thanks for this information, it is really useful. > > > > BTW ... thanks too for taking care of the .iso work all these months. > > It is really appreciated. > > > > Marc Whats the link to the version for testing?
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