On Thu, 2012-05-10 at 09:00 -0700, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do we want to do something to make folks aware of non-Apache packs for > > AOO > > > (3.4.0 and beyond). > > > > > > I don't know how this has been done in the past, if at all. > > > > > > Right now I know there is a download on freebsd.org, and Wolf has made a > > > Ubuntu build on ??? (I need to track this down) > > > > > > > > > Any ideas on this in terms of collection and placement? > > > > > > > Some other Apache projects list derived products on their websites, > > with a suitable disclaimer. See, for example what Subversion does: > > > > http://subversion.apache.org/packages.html > > > > ok, thanks for this bit of information... > > > > > > I think this is an important part of encouraging the ecosystem. A > > parent should be proud of his children's accomplishment, and not be > > jealous. So we want products based on AOO code to be popular, very > > popular. That is what success looks like, > > > > But I don't think we need to search the web for products to list. But > > if someone requests this we can discuss on a case-by-case basis. > > > > I didn't mean to imply this. I meant dealing with the packagings we are > sort of already aware of from list members here. > > > > But where to put it? It could be a link from the download/index.html > > to another page where we maintain that information. > > > > That sounds like a good idea to me...maybe even as a separate sub-category > a la "Additional Resources" so it's easy to spot. > > > > > > We'd probably want to have some standards for how these are listed. > > Otherwise one vendor wants a 50x50 icon, and the next wants a 75x75 > > and then the next wants 200x200 in order to show up better. We need > > to be fair. So that probably means the listings need to meet some > > requirement for length and content. > > > > > For example: > > > > 1) product must be based on Apache OpenOffice > > > > 2) If product uses Apache trademarks they must be used properly, i.e., > > permission where needed, attribution,etc. > > > > 3) product listing per some specification (see Subversion for one style) > > > > yes... > > I'm making an assumption based on what you're saying here, that you think > it would be better put up as an actual web page, where we could review > entries, rather than put up this new page as a wiki page. Yes?
I would agree - it's not something I would want to make self-service, as the wiki is, it would need to be gated so a web page for sure, IMO. //drew
