On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 09:57 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:51 AM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 08:48 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Marcus (OOo) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Am 08/18/2012 06:38 AM, schrieb Keith N. McKenna: > >> > > >> >> Marcus (OOo) wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Am 08/02/2012 02:12 AM, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:37 PM, drew<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 18:28 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:24 PM, drew > >> >>>>>> jensen<[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 09:09 -0700, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Hi Kay; > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> I did some basic update to the FreeBSD porting site sometime ago: > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/freebsd/ > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> The site doesn't seem linked from the top-level porting site > >> >>>>>>>> though. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> I would prefer to spend my time on the code rather than on the > >> >>>>>>>> release > >> >>>>>>>> announcement, however feel free to mention explicitly the FreeBSD > >> >>>>>>>> port. > >> >>>>>>>> Just to make it clear: we still have some cleanup to do but the > >> >>>>>>>> port is > >> >>>>>>>> fully operational and FreeBSD users are fully aware that it's > >> >>>>>>>> available > >> >>>>>>>> on FreeBSD releases. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>>> Pedro. > >> >>>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> Hi Pedro, > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>>> Then for BSD it should be enough to just point to the page you > >> >>>>>>> updated, > >> >>>>>>> yes? > >> >>>>>>> > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> IMHO, we should consolidate all the porting links onto that one > >> >>>>>> page. > >> >>>>>> That way it gives one clear place to link to in the announcement, > >> >>>>>> but > >> >>>>>> also a single place we can link to from other places in the future. > >> >>>>>> For example, we should probably eventually have a link to the > >> >>>>>> porting > >> >>>>>> page from the download page. > >> >>>>>> > >> >>>>>> -Rob > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> hmmm - well, I'm just getting around to looking at things for this > >> >>>>> evening. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Looking at the page(s) now... *chuckling*.. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> This might not be the right place for what I thought was the task - a > >> >>>>> list of existing known ports which are not part of the official AOO > >> >>>>> release regiment. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> The porting page and it's associated pages seem more about the act of > >> >>>>> creating a port, with > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/porting_overview.html > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> and > >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/porting_implement.html > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> which starts off by pointing to this page: > >> >>>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Porting_Efforts > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> and that offers links to places such as > >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/udk/cpp/man/cpp_bridges.html > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> So do we really want a page for listing existing non-official ports > >> >>>>> that > >> >>>>> are known, a simple information service for our users without and > >> >>>>> explicitly stating such, endorsing the work - or do we want a > >> >>>>> resource > >> >>>>> for those wanting to perform a port to a new platform - for the > >> >>>>> announcement(s) that is. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Yes. ;-) > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Maybe the existing porting page remains as a developer-focused page? > >> >>>> It needs to be updated, of course, but maybe not as urgent. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> Then we also need a user-facing page about existing ports. Maybe that > >> >>>> could be a new page in the /download directory? > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> There is already a page which points to 3rd party software / packages: > >> >>> > >> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html > >> >>> > >> >>> Kay has created this to compensate the old distribution webpage which > >> >>> was totally outdated. > >> >>> > >> >>> So, what about to extend this new page with a "Ports" section from > >> >>> FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2 and others? > >> >>> > >> >>>> For the announcement the user-facing one would be the most > >> >>>> appropriate, yes? > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> I think so. > >> >>> > >> >>> Marcus > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >> Morning All; > >> >> > >> >> Just checking in on this thread to see if there has been any consensus > >> >> on how we should do this or if we should. As we are fast approaching > >> >> release of 3.4.1 I would like to get this into the Release Notes. > >> >> > >> >> As a stated bore I believe that it is important to get the information > >> >> out that these operating systems are not forgotten and that Apache > >> >> OpenOffice is available. > >> > > >> > > >> > As I haven't seen any different let's add these OSs with a statement to > >> > the > >> > "non_ASF.html" webpage. > >> > > >> > >> The announcement current links to: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ > >> > >> Is that the wrong place? That URL is the top listing if someone > >> searches Google for "openoffice ports. > >> > >> I'm happy to change the announcement to point to: > >> http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html > >> > >> But we would need to get some content there. It is in the CMS, so > >> anyone can edit it. > >> > >> -Rob > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Marcus > >> > > > > Ah, I was supposed to make up something for that - well it's Saturday > > morning and I can do that now.. > > > > to be sure - it is this page that gets updated: > > > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html > > > > yes? > > > > I think that is what Marcus was suggesting. Should probably have > mention of BSD, Solaris, OS/2 ports. And did we also agree on > WinPenPack and portableApps (or did they ever release an AOO version?)
Howdy, I think so, would of expected anyone wanting to object to have done so when it was mentioned before, that was with a very clear notice that we neither certify or endorse the work product on the page also. and... I believe they both did - will go double check that and get URLs. //drew > > -Rob > > > > //drew > > > > >
