On Jun 6, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 06/06/2012 08:13 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk: >> OK -- I hope this is the final. >> >> Rob -- I did see what you meant on the grad issues so I changed this a >> bit...and my spell checker was not functioning before so hopefully >> better now. Thanks for all the feedback. >> >> back later...again, formatting will be corrected later >> >> ===================================================================== >> Project Name and Brief Description: >> >> OpenOffice (was OpenOffice.org) >> >> * OpenOffice entered incubation 2011-06-13 >> >> OpenOffice is an open-source, office-document productivity suite providing >> six productivity applications based around the OpenDocument Format (ODF). >> OpenOffice is released on multiple platforms. Its localizations support >> have supported 110 languages worldwide. >> >> Most Important Items To Address Toward Graduation: >> >> 1. Review of distributed articles to ensure compliance with ASF policy >> 2. Given the size and scope of OpenOffice, continue work on "community >> readiness" especially with regard to >> organization and communication style. >> >> >> We have started preliminary discussion concerning graduation as we would >> like to propose graduation within the next month. >> >> Issues for IPMC or ASF Board Awareness >> >> - Leaks from ooo-private to outside agencies >> >> Possible leaks of information from the ooo-private email list are >> being investigated. Our first objective is to first establish if and >> how leaks occurred. Once full details are available we will be working >> to address the issue directly. No action is currently required from >> the board and an update will be provided, at the latest, in our next >> report. >> >> >> >> Community Development/Outreach Progress >> >> - Since our last report we have voted in 13 new Committers/PPMC members. >> - Since our last report, 2 committer/PPMC members have resigned >> - We have improved to act more as a self organized project to address >> and solve project related topics (e.g. forum moderation) >> - We were able to initiate transfer of SPI funds formerly earmarked for >> OpenOffice.org >> to the ASF. However, due to changes in the ASF Fundraising chair, this >> transfer has been postponed. >> Followup with ASF Fundraising is needed to complete this transaction. >> These funds, as previously discussed, will primarily be used for >> developer travel when needed. >> - We accepted an offer from SourceForge to host our older 3.3 version >> and provide client installs of >> latest release 3.4. This event was accomplished after much discussion >> among members and consultation >> with mentors. >> - Due to heightened interest, we are putting more resources (services, >> volunteers) into translation efforts >> - We are more putting effort into addressing trademark and third-party >> distributin requests. Ongoing emphasis as to >> how to accommodate and track these requests is becoming an important >> concern. >> - We are increasing our global reach by recruiting volunteers to help >> update and maintain the large set of native language home pages" >> - Established various social programming accounts for additional >> outreach: Twitter, Google+, Facebook >> - Setup two additional native language mailing lists >> >> >> Project Development Progress >> - Pootle services for the project were established and used. >> Translation services will be ongoing as new contributors for this >> service join. >> - We released Apache OpenOffice 3.4 on May 8, 2012. >> This release included: >> Six different client platform install versions in 15 languages >> Source tarballs in English >> Software development kit packaging for 5 platforms >> Language packs for 15 languages >> >> Over 3 million downloads the first month. >> A summary of downloads for the installs can be found at: >> >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/timeline >> >> - We are currently working on an alternate repository for category-B >> code to comply >> with graduation requirements >> - An SGA was received from IBM for IBM Lotus Symphony. >> We are now preparing to import IBM Symphony changes into the OpenOffice >> repository >> This should be complete by the time of the June board meeting. >> - We are putting renewed effort into the "user experience". Apache >> OpenOffice is an end-user >> product, the best quality product and best experience for end users is >> one of our primary goals. >> - Testing and implementation of old update service for OpenOffice has >> been accomplished. >> This service is for older OpenOffice clients to identify updates and, >> optionally, install >> an update if available. >> - Community support forums remain popular with users but registration >> seems to have stabilized. >> The ooo-users list also is quite active. >> As Apache OpenOffice is a client product, we continue to investigate >> ways to direct >> users to appropriate support venues. >> - The developer list, ooo-dev, now has 409 subscribers and is very >> active with post averaging about >> 100 per day > > Thanks a lot for volunteering to create the report and taking care of all the > details and fine points.
I agree. I also really like the way you did this on the list! Regards, Dave > > Marcus
