On 4/13/12 1:13 AM, Christoph Jopp wrote:
Am 12.04.2012 17:45, schrieb Rob Weir:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi,
On 2012-04-12, at 15:57 , Jürgen Schmidt wrote:
On 4/12/12 4:23 PM, Rob Weir wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Roberto Galoppini<[email protected]>
wrote:
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 5:02 AM, Rob Weir<[email protected]> wrote:
I think it would be good if we could get them the message that AOO 3.4
should be released soon, and that they are invited to download/install
our latest dev back and verify that their extensions work and make any
needed updates. We would point them also to the details of the
changes described in the readme file. Of course, we hope that no
changes are needed, but it is worth checking.
How would we get such a message out? There is no mailing list of
extension authors, right?
We could contact Extensions' authors via direct mailing.
How? Is this something that SF can send out, if we draft the text?
Also, is there any community mailing list or forum for extension
authors?
I guided all subscribers of the former api and extensions dev mailing list to
our ooo-dev list.
I think it actually also makes sense to initiate a new effort to get extension
writers. We did this several years ago, but at the time, b/c of the typical
politics of some big corporations, we ran up against some obstacles, that I
think won't exist now.
What I would like to do, then, is to have a programme that could work with
community colleges such as Seneca, with which I have contacts and with which
OOo had worked before, and with universities Eric B. has worked with. As well,
with the many smaller companies making up the ecosystem.
Do keep in mind that we realized many years ago that the best way to expand the
developer and contributor community of OOo was via the extensions. It was this
idea that impelled me, that compelled Juergen, that stimulated the early
creators of the Extensions project.
Would it make sense to start with a new list, ooo-extension-authors or
similar, with the aim to:
1) Develop a community of extension authors, where they can share tips
and techniques with each other, as well as with the AOO programmers.
2) Provide a single place where the AOO PMC can give head's up warning
of API changes or additions, advertise the availability of new dev
snapshots, and in general try to coordinate a release cycle where AOO
releases are accompanied by simultaneous availability high quality 3rd
party extensions.
3) Provide a place for new extension authors to ask questions and get support
I think in most Apache projects, the "users" list would be where such
topics would be handled. But our "users" are end users, not developer
users. So we would want a different list for this.
(ooo-dev was another logical place for this, but I think the traffic
level would be a deterrent for someone who is only interested in
extensions)
+1000 to all three points.
well, it was the initial idea to create further lists on demand. I don't
see this demand at the moment and would prefer if we continue for now
here on the list by simply using the tags [API],[EXTENSIONS] that we
have introduced at the beginning. That would make it easy for all to
create filter to focus on this email but it would also allows others
(newcomers) to see, read and join efforts that going into this direction.
Juergen
-Rob
louis
Juergen
-Rob
Roberto
-Rob
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