On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sep 29, 2011, at 1:54 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: >> >>> On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:00:04 +0200 >>> Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> <snipped - synopsis of the proposed move of forums to Apache> >>>> >>>> It is is still a confusing situation, and we finally started a draft >>>> of the necessary changes: >>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Changes+integrate+the+forums+into+the+AOOo+project >>>> but as you can see, it is incomplete and not yet voteable. Some more >>>> work is required. The offline time of the boards does not help, of >>>> course :( >>>> >>>> Hope I have expressed everything very well. >>> >>> Very well (and fairly) expressed, Christian. >>> >>> The comments by Peter Roelhofsen (floris_v on the forum) on the wiki page >>> cited above in general express the overall view of forum volunteers, I >>> think; we mostly feel that trying to impose the existing Apache structure >>> on the forms is overkill and may stifle it. I recommend that the comments >>> on the wiki page be carefully read; note that the forum is willing to >>> modify its structures to fit in with Apache, but there does not seem to be >>> a similar flexibility on the Apache side. >> >> We are individuals and volunteers here and some of us were busy with our >> paying jobs when this all blew up on the ooo-dev ML a few weeks ago. Some >> may appear less flexible than others. We are waiting for an actual proposal. >> > > +1 > > Also, if those who have been working on a proposal find themselves > circling around over the same issues and not finding a resolution, I'd > recommend starting a thread on ooo-dev, summarizing the remaining > issue, and start a discussion here. Maybe getting more eyes on the > remaining issues will bring in some different perspectives, new ideas.
All true, but there are enough comments on the proposal wiki page to update it. My guess is, after the comments are all build in, the proposal is near to be voted on. I might find some time to do it the next days, hopefully. Other volunteers (esp. from the forum) highly welcome :-)
