Re: [VOTE] Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation

2011-06-10 Thread eric b

Hi,

[ +1 ] (non binding) Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation


Thanks !
Eric Bachard

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http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re : Request: Can proposed committers introduce themselves?

2011-06-08 Thread eric b

Hello,

My name is Eric Bachard. In the real life, I'm Professor of Applied  
Physics at UTBM (see [1]).


In my spare time, I'm contributing to free software, as core  
developer. Contributing to OpenOffice.org since 2004, my skills are  C 
++ / C, objective C, shell and Perl. I know well OpenOffice.org  
source tree, build system, code too, and can work for all major ports  
(Windows, Mac OS X , Linux), including on some precise parts like the  
framework, the abstraction layer, Impress too.


Used to mentor students with EducOOo (more than 15), and with Google  
Summer of Code (mentored 4 students, in 2006, 2007 and 2010 for it),  
I am willing to contribute to the code and train students to OOo.


My vision is to see the OpenOffice.org accepted, Education Project  
become sort of a Laboratory dedicated to OpenOffice.org, and see a  
day there is a real bridge between OpenOffice.org and the Educational  
world. Mostly :


- sharing the knowledge, honestly ;
- working with students, teachers and schools : hear them, and catch  
the Fun they can bring us ;

- attracting new developers : critical for OOo ;
- innovating : always ready to test a new idea in the code :-).

Some of my roles and contributions :

-  Founding member of EducOOo [4]
-  OOo4Kids and OOoLight main developer  [5] [6]
-  Education Project since 2007 (current Project Lead)  [3]
-  Mac OS X native port of OpenOffice.org : was the Project Lead  
(2005 -2007)


Last but not least, I'm not a native speaker, so please, be gentle,  
and apologies for my terrible english :)



With best regards,
Eric Bachard



[1] UTBM :  http://www.utbm.fr
[2] OpenOffice.org Domain developers : http:// 
wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/DomainDeveloper

[3] OpenOffice.org Education Project : http://education.openoffice.org
[4] EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
[5] OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org
[6] OOoLight : http://wiki.ooolight.org


Le 7 juin 11 à 19:12, robert_w...@us.ibm.com a écrit :


By my count we have now have over 60 individuals listed on as proposed
committers for the Apache OpenOffice project.   I think this is a
respectable start, though obviously the project will need to have a  
strong

commitment to recruiting additional developers and growing the project
further,

On the list are many names on the list familiar to me, some from the
OpenOffice.org community,  some ODF experts, some involved in  
training and

certification, some in globalization,  some from downstream projects,
commercial and open source, Symphony, RedOffice, EducOOo, even some  
TDF/LO

names.

There are also a lot of names that I do not recognize.  This is  
good as

well.  I may have need of some new friends soon ;-)

I think it would be good if the proposed committers who have not  
yet done
so, could post a quick note to the list, to introduce yourself and  
your
interest in this project.   Think of this as an opportunity to  
introduce

yourself to your future collaborators on Apache OpenOffice.

Regards,

-Rob

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To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org
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Re: Code covered by the Oracle grant

2011-06-07 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 7 juin 11 à 06:01, Ralph Goers a écrit :


It is my expectation that if we make reasonable requests and that if
those requests are within Oracle's power to fulfill those requests,
that we will obtain subsequent software grants.


Sam, for me this is the only area where I question whether I will  
vote for the proposal.  From what I read in Christian Lohmaier's  
summary Oracle has supplied about 50% of the OOo source code. His  
summary ended with Apache OOo is far from being able to deliver  
something that is even close to OOo as it is now.   As I've said  
before, I don't want to see the project start off with an extremely  
large amount of work to do just to get something working.




There is a simple way to create a correct set of files :

- download the OOODev mercurial bundle,
- extract one milestone,
- remove the metadatas and you should obtain a full tree
- verify the tree is buildable

This tree could be used to create a new repository, based on svn or  
whatever.  What I propose is really not that difficult, and if you  
need volunteers, I can help.



Note this method has some pros :

- create the exact list of files is extremely easy, and lot of tools  
can be used in that purpose.

- to verify what is missing is extremely easy too


At the end, create a diff between the initial list provided by Oracle  
and the one we created, from a buildable tree.




  In later posts I see you got more files added to the list by  
Oracle and a list of more missing files from Simon.
I would hope that the list of files to be delivered grows to the  
point where those far more familiar with the code than I am can  
verify it is at a reasonable starting point before we vote on this.





At the beginning, why didn't Apache Foundation ask Oracle to provide  
a full and buildable tree, and then remove what could cause problem ?


I must be stupid, but I do not understand the logical ...


Regards,
Eric Bachard

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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 6 juin 11 à 02:28, William A. Rowe Jr. a écrit :


Because Oracle and TDF, in confidential negotiations, could not  
come to an agreement.



Also that's one more reason why OpenOffice.org should be hosted by  
the Apache Foundation.


For the memory, LibreOffice and TDF have been created without the  
community being informed. Only several people were aware.



More precisely, as OpenOffice.org Project Lead, I was not even  
informed such thing was happening : we discovered everything defined,  
and the roles distributed.


No discussion : follow us, or die.




And I think that's all that need be said on the matter.




Maybe, but starting now, I think everything _must_ be transparent.


Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: Added Education Project idea to the OpenOffice.org Apache incubator

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi Ross,

Apologies, I just retrieved the mail one minute ago, sorting the n  
750 mails I received from this list.


Le 2 juin 11 à 12:13, Ross Gardler a écrit :


On 02/06/2011 10:30, eric b wrote:

Hi,

For the record, I added the Education Project idea on the wiki page
(http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal).

The idea we defend since several years, is to work with High  
Schools and

Universities, train students, detect potential good ideas, write code
(contribute back to OpenOffice.org when the code desserves it).

Feel free to improve the idea :-)


If this is something that the OOo proposal wants to take forward I  
would be happy to help facilitate this through our Community  
Development Project (this is the PMC that runs our mentoring program).


Thank you very much, I appreciate a lot :-)

Mentoring is essential in the Education Project, because our main  
goal, after create a strong bridge with Educational world, was to  
attract new developers.


I'm a bit lost with the Apache Fondation website. Do you have links I  
could read ?


Thanks in advance,
Eric Bachard

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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: [Libreoffice] Proposal to join Apache OpenOffice

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 6 juin 11 à 19:00, Ian Lynch a écrit :

Look guys, this is going round in circles. I'm not an ASF or TDF  
member but I spent quite a lot of time and effort on OOo and ODF in  
the past so I care what happens. The fact is the software grant is  
made. My understanding is that if the code goes into the incubator  
it does not even guarantee it will emerge as a marketable product.



Why do you believe that ?

Several people like me are simply waiting for checkout the sources. I  
really expect myself to begin asap, per see where we *really* are.



Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: OpenOffice.org Summit Proposal

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 6 juin 11 à 20:21, Greg Stein a écrit :

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 14:18, Alexandro Colorado  
j...@openoffice.org wrote:


I'll surrely can make it to the US if needed. OSCON is good, but  
would like
to know if there will be enough OOo people there to ensure there  
would be an

useful exchange.


More than zero is better than we have so far :-)




Alexandro isnot joking, and pointed a big issue : there will be  
nobody from OOo represented (I mean the one who put their names on  
the wiki)


Words are missing me (sorry, I'm not a native speaker), but there is  
something wrong ...



Regards,
Eric Bachard

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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: Added Education Project idea to the OpenOffice.org Apache incubator

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi Ross,

Le 6 juin 11 à 23:52, Ross Gardler a écrit :



Thank you very much, I appreciate a lot :-)

Mentoring is essential in the Education Project, because our main  
goal,
after create a strong bridge with Educational world, was to  
attract new

developers.

I'm a bit lost with the Apache Fondation website. Do you have links I
could read ?


The community development PMC is at http://community.apache.org the  
mailing list is d...@community.apache.org




I bookmarked them, thanks !  Anyway, I'll probably subscribe to the  
dev@ list, and present myself soon.





Most of our activity is on GSoC,


EducOOo applied, but for some reason we were not accepted by Google.  
To be honest, I suspect something wrong, or worse on Google side.


= the draft is here : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/GSoC2011


but we do have the occasional person going through our programme  
independently. We'd like to step that up a gear, but haven't had a  
great deal of success.


If we can, we'll share our know-how. Nevertheless, I must recognize  
it is difficult for us, too, but we are lucky with some students who  
did a great work.


See our welcome students : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ 
WelcomeStudents





Maybe your existing work will finally help us realise that.



Would be great to share and improve :-)

I'll try to make it short : everything is shared online on our wiki  
(most of the time). The most recent Google SoC I mentored was last  
year,  were I mentored Michal Spiziak :


See : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/User:MSpisiak
+  http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ImproveMathEquationEditor/ 
Baseline_AlignmentEquations

and:  http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ImproveMathEquationEditor

In fact I mentored (partialy) a second student, Jonas Finnemans  
Jensen, with Fridrich Strba


See : http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/ooo-build/SummerOfCode/ 
2010/Jonas


The previous  Soc were in 2006 with Pierre de Filippis.  It was my  
first participation, and we were at the beginning og the Aqua port of  
OpenOffice.org (I was the project Lead), so not much code has been  
written, but there as good excuses, discovering the beast. You can  
find some traces here : http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ 
MacOSX:_Complete_User_Interface_respecting_Aqua_Human_Interface_Guidelin 
es , but I can find more information if you need it.


In 2007, yet for the native Mac OS X port, I mentored Ismael Merzaq:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Log_Mac_Meeting_20th_April_2007

Was more productive. See http://lebasket.free.fr/blog/


But that's not all.  We use to work with students, and their schools,  
and we try to explain how we hacked the code online (yet on the  
wiki). Important : the OpenOffice.org developers often helped us, and  
they had a big role in the story too.


More information on our list of schools who participated is available  
here - http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/WelcomeStudents
The features are proposed by teachers, and when everybody agrees, we  
implement what we can.


Some examples :

New Start Center : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ 
NewStartCenterBehavior
Toolbars and levels : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ 
ToolbarsAndUserLevel

New cursors :  http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/AddNewCursors
Protected preferences : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ 
PasswordProtectedPreferences  (the page has been seen more than  
27,000 times ... )


+  Online ClassRooms http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/ClassRooms

and so on

Other features : the annotation mode, made by students from Ecole  
Centrale Nantes, and reverserd to OpenOffice.org
As you can see, the list is very long, but we really can do a lot  
with schools, and the Education Project is really a good compromise  
to introduce FOSS.


Last but not least, I have seen some valuable developers join the  
list on the incubator page, and I'm confident they will probably  
contribute too :-)



Regards,
Eric Bachard

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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: Added Education Project idea to the OpenOffice.org Apache incubator

2011-06-06 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 7 juin 11 à 01:44, Ross Gardler a écrit :


Eric,

Thanks for the background.



You're welcome :)


It would be great if you can repost this to the dev@community.a.o  
list if the podling is accepted.



Sure I'll do. But like you wrote : only if the podling is accepted.



It's off topic for this list, but very much on topic over there.



I'm sorry for the off topic. I just wanted to provide some facts, and  
figures.




Note, I've signed up as a mentor on the proposal.
We need to convince Ian Lynch to get involved too (if he's not  
already), but I'll work on him later ;-)



So far, Ian never helped us, but who knows  :-)


Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread eric b

Hi,


First over all, I'm not a native speaker, but I think I can answer.

Apologies if I'm off topic, this thread is extremely difficult to  
follow.



Le 5 juin 11 à 09:41, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit :

I was thinking about binary-only components such as a linker  
library or shared library that was under a non-Apache license but  
that needed to be included in deployments of OpenOffice.org.




As builder / dev since years in OOo, we separated

- build dependencies : the builder MUST install something to make the  
build possible.
- install dependencies : the user must install something to be sure  
OpenOffice.org will launch and work correctly


I suppose we are talking about the second one.

If in this case, and if this can be helpfull for you, the policy for  
external code was handled by external project - http:// 
external.openoffice.org/
Martin Hollmichel (Sun / Oracle employee the last time I've heard of)  
is IMHO the one to be contated for further information.


Back to install time now. More basicaly, we currently have :

1) Windows


Windows build, is provided as a set, auto-installable : no need to  
link to anything else, the set is linked to system dll only.


Nothing must be installed so far, excepted Java, but Java missing is  
not an issue.


Please somebody correct me if Im wrong.


2) Mac OS X

Since we removed as much as possible to any dependencies (I was one  
of the actor of this cleanup), the set is currently provided as disk  
image, containing everything.


Java is the one shipped on the system, and if ever Java is not  
installed, OpenOffice.org will work anyway (some features missing only).



3) Linux

It is very easy to provide a standalone product, without the need to  
use other system binaries, and I confirm this is possible. The facts  
are different : to avoid as much as possible to have the same libs/ 
binaries in the installed set (avoiding twice installation of the  
same dependencies), it is common to link wiht system libraries and  
binaries at buildtime, considering the user will have to install the  
dependency himself.  This is the same for a lot of applications on  
Debian, e.g. and make the full installation lighter.


Please not this is true for a majority of Linux's but there could be  
one excpetion I'm not aware.


4) FreeBSD and OpenBSD do the same (I wrote a ports makefile for  
OpenBSD, and things are similar)


Please correct me if I'm wrong.

5) Solaris

I don't know




That would require a different version of the binary-only component  
for every platform environment the Apache code is expected to build  
for and deploy to.





I don't think this is mandatory at all, but I can be wrong.



Since OpenOffice.org code is mostly C++ and the trend is to remove  
the Java dependencies (at least over on LibreOffice), this seems  
more awkward than whatever the benefit might be.





I already removed all Java dependencies in OOo4Kids and OOoLight in  
OpenOffice.org for all ports, and that's not a problem.




I need to step back and look at this more carefully.  My starting- 
out assumptions are that OpenOffice.org builds don't depend on  
binary-only components in deployed distributions.



I think so too, but I agree a clear choice must be made very soon.


  In addition, I'm trusting that any dependencies on third-party  
source code or binary libraries are either non-toxic, can be worked- 
around/done-without for as long as we'd need to have an alternative  
in place.  Whistling in the dark here ...





Hope my mail will help you.


Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: OpenOffice.org dependencies at runtime. was: Re: OO/LO License + Why LO needs the AFL 2.0 to exist (quickly)

2011-06-05 Thread eric b


Le 5 juin 11 à 10:09, eric b a écrit :


Hi,


First over all, I'm not a native speaker, but I think I can answer.

Apologies if I'm off topic, this thread is extremely difficult to  
follow.



Le 5 juin 11 à 09:41, Dennis E. Hamilton a écrit :

I was thinking about binary-only components such as a linker  
library or shared library that was under a non-Apache license but  
that needed to be included in deployments of OpenOffice.org.




As builder / dev since years in OOo, we separated

- build dependencies : the builder MUST install something to make  
the build possible.
- install dependencies : the user must install something to be sure  
OpenOffice.org will launch and work correctly


I suppose we are talking about the second one.

If in this case, and if this can be helpfull for you, the policy  
for external code was handled by external project - http:// 
external.openoffice.org/
Martin Hollmichel (Sun / Oracle employee the last time I've heard  
of) is IMHO the one to be contated for further information.





Apologies, the most up to date information is here : http:// 
wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/External/Modules  (the previous  
link looks outdated)



Regards,
Eric Bachard
--
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Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-03 Thread eric b

Hi James,

Le 3 juin 11 à 05:07, James Kosin a écrit :


On 2:59 PM, Luke Kowalski wrote:

The following project is being sent in as an incubator candidate.
regards
luke


Okay,

First, I've been reading the talking points going back and forth on  
this for about 1-2 days now.  And there are some valid concerns.

(1)  The project as a whole is LARGE.  Some may even call it HUGE.



Indeed, it is :-)




Despite those complaints, I don't believe there is a size limit on  
the size of a project; however, it brings up LOTS of questions on  
Why?  How?

and Who is to blame?
Basically, are the developers able to support the project entirely  
on their own?



See below


  If so, showing some supporting evidence as to how.



If this can help, I'm building OpenOffice.org  (1.x, 2.x and 3.x), on  
all platforms (Windows, Mac and Linux). since 2004, and contributing  
to bugfixes and fix build breakers since 2005.


As a game or stupid bet (choose the right word), and to have Fun with  
students, I forked OpenOffice.org (basicaly OOo3.2.1_m19) to create  
OOo4Kids, and OOoLight.

See : https://adullact.net/projects/ooo4kids1 for further information.

This is basicaly the same size as OpenOffice.org tree, but  
simplified. We forked OpenOffice.org to avoid a boring QA process,  
but are eager to contribute back when the students write interesting  
features. So yes, this is possible : since more than a year, we  
provide major ports, means Windows (including portable version), Mac  
OS X and Linux Intel and even ARM versions, in 17 locales.


With that, I can say I know well the OpenOffice.org build process  
(all platforms excepted Solaris), and as I wrote, I'm ready to  
participate, help if I can, and to share my knowledge, and participate.


But maybe I misunderstood your question ?


Granted learning code is fun in my opinion but it won't lead to a  
good outcome in the long run without some very knowledgeable people  
supporting the project.



I completely agree, and the most obvious way to create something  
sustainable is to start soon (urgent). And to document.


Just as example, I'd suggest something like that (maybe a bit  
outdated) : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/EnvironmentSetup


This is essential to propose the same asap for the incubator project.



Having 2 or even 3 people supporting a project of this size is
a sure sign of failure.



I hope more will join :)


Unless these people really are major contributors with evidence and  
know how to back them up.





Another thing coming is that IRC is essential for helping newcomers.  
What about discuss those points directly ?  (e.g. on  
#dev.openoffice.org , server : irc.freenode.net ?)


IMHO, the role of Oracle developers is essential, and we should  
firstly invite them to join. The problem is, that we don't know how  
Oracle management announced the donation, and how things have been  
done internaly.





(2)  The licensing is also an issue, and a serious one at that.



From my little own side, I just would like to say, for an individual  
contributor, is the story of the contributions. Any patch or code has  
a lifetime, and is not that important after all : what remains is  
you did that a day.


But I know we are not that much in this situation, and I'll stop  
there :-)



Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
qɔᴉɹə
Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Added Education Project idea to the OpenOffice.org Apache incubator

2011-06-02 Thread eric b

Hi,

For the record, I added the Education Project idea on the wiki page  
(http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/OpenOfficeProposal).


The idea we defend since several years, is to work with High Schools  
and Universities, train students, detect potential good ideas, write  
code (contribute back to OpenOffice.org when the code desserves it).


Feel free to improve the idea :-)


Regards,
Eric Bachard

--
qɔᴉɹə
Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
Blog : http://eric.bachard.org/news







Re: Blondie's Parallel Lines...

2011-06-02 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 2 juin 11 à 17:16, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit :


I do have a question though. To me it's unclear whether the Openoffice
project has any real development ressources. I see so far one  
developer and
Rob, who I know to be a distinguished engineer from IBM but who has  
never

contributed code to OpenOffice, if I recall.



I never heard of any line of code from yourself in OpenOffice.org  
either.


Can you point us some links please ?



I'm a bit surprised by this as TDF has now over 200 developers,



That's obviously not true :  I myself follow LibreOffice development  
lists since the beginning, reading most of the changes and patches,  
and I don't see 200 developers, means people able to write some new  
feature of fix serious bugs in any OpenOffice.org derivative product.


Of course you can add contributions from Oracle devs either, but  
that's a lie too, since all OpenOffice.org cws's were added, without  
Oracle devs being informed they contributed :-)


Maybe you counted 200 people -say hackers- who contributed in various  
ways, simple patches or little removing ?


To be more objective, count around 30 people sending code and really  
able to implement something in LO. But considering serious changes,  
this is another story, and you shouldn't, for credibility reasons go  
in this direction.



Eric Bachard

--
qɔᴉɹə
Education Project:
http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Education_Project
Projet OOo4Kids : http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page
L'association EducOOo : http://www.educoo.org
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Re: Blondie's Parallel Lines...

2011-06-02 Thread eric b

Hi,

Le 2 juin 11 à 17:57, Greg Stein a écrit :


Whether one group has more committers than the other doesn't matter  
either. There are Apache projects with just a half-dozen people
working on them. That is sufficient for the Foundation, so we can  
just ignore number comparisons.





I fully agree, but discussions must be based on realistic information.


Regards,
Eric Bachard

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Re: OpenOffice - Wiki - Required Resources - Subversion vs. Mercurial vs. Git

2011-06-02 Thread eric b


Le 2 juin 11 à 22:26, Christian Lippka a écrit :


Hello,



Hello Christian,

The Open Office Proposal Wiki currently lists a subversion  
repository as a required resource.


We already had subversion for some time as the repository for the  
main code and it didn't work well for a project this size. I do not  
like to start a religious ware so from my point of
view both git or mercurial should be fine and preferred over  
subversion.




Good catch.

I can confirm the same using subversion for OOo4Kids repository (base  
on OOO320_m19) : it is scheduled to migrate to git soon (and create  
OOoLight repo at the same occasion).


And to avoid religion war, I remember one very interesting discussion  
on d...@openoffice.org list. Could be usefull to read the thread as  
starting point ? (I need to retrieve the entre though ..)



Regards,
Eric Bachard

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Rép : OpenOffice.org Apache Incubator Proposal

2011-06-01 Thread eric b

Hi,

First, apologies for the new thread, due to my late arrival on this  
list.


As developer for OpenOffice.org since 2005, and having some knowledge  
in OOo source code, I'm interested to contribute to the new  
OpenOffice.org (as dev).


Where are the essential links to start ? e.g. I created an account on  
the wiki, but I don't know whether I can add something yet :-)


Thanks in advance,
Eric Bachard

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