Re: A question about existing practices

2013-03-21 Thread Joost Andrae
Hi Rob, But whatever the reason, I think it demonstrates that vote counts from the earlier years are extremely difficult to compare fairly with recent vote counts. And the fact that we don't even have a formal RFE for iOS or Android, even though we get daily requests for this via other means

Re: A question about existing practices

2013-03-21 Thread TJ Frazier
On 3/18/2013 11:12, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: ... - Dennis PS: My all-time favorite unreconcilable voted-for issue is the request for Reveal Codes in the manner of WordPerfect. Hi, Dennis, This is one of my favorites, too, and you might be of great help to my work. I read somewhere that

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread FR web forum
It has worked fine the 5 previous years. So there must be somthing that has been done on the hosting part. Maybe because PhpBB is outdated now. We are still in 3.0.9 instead of 3.0.11 I was probably just lucky, but I never saw the forum offline these days. Maybe because you stop just at the

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread FR web forum
- Mail original - De: Dave Fisher w...@apache.org In these situations it is best to get on irc #asfinfra and ask in general about it. Imacat might be there but there is usually at least one infra person on line. Result of my dialog with #asfinfra [11:15] @pctony fr__: this service is

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Le 20/03/13 21:14, Hagar Delest a écrit : With each passing day, we lose users that search some help on other forums. Not only that, but the wealth of information that is already there is no longer accessible. And yes, before the switch to new hosting, I can not remember it ever being down

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread Andrea Pescetti
FR web forum wrote: Result of my dialog with #asfinfra ... The issue is that MySQL has not been tuned and needs to be. You should contact the OOO community. OK, even though this does not explain why the forum performance degraded only in the last weeks. Infra is right in saying that they can

Re: building rpms for fedora rawhide

2013-03-21 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 20/03/2013 Kay Schenk wrote: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Building_on_Linux or maybe you could update some of the Fedora information when you get a moment? Actually, we have a dedicated page too: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Fedora_Build_Instructions

What is our best recommendation for 3.4.1 spell checking not working?

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
Users report that they install 3.4.1 and spell checking is not working. Redd squiggly lines under every word. Currently we point users to an exhaustive and exhausting list of possible remedies for this on the Forum. Very unhelpful, IMHO. I assume that in reality there is one predominate cause

What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help. Currently we point users to a forum post explaining how to rename or remove the profile. This beyond the skill level of most users. Is that the best we have now for a recommendation? I thought

Re: building rpms for fedora rawhide

2013-03-21 Thread Fred Ollinger
May I please an account? I'm building on fedora now. I'd like to point the first page to the second. Also, I do now have some minor updates. Sincerely, Fred On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 5:09 AM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: On 20/03/2013 Kay Schenk wrote:

Re: building rpms for fedora rawhide

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:11 AM, Fred Ollinger folli...@gmail.com wrote: May I please an account? No special request is necessary. Anyone can sign up for a wiki account and edit pages. Look for the create account link in the upper right of the page. Regards, -Rob I'm building on fedora

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help. Currently we point users to a forum post explaining how to rename or remove the profile. This beyond the skill level of

Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
I'd like to do some interviews, via email, with OpenOffice extension authors. These would be featured on the OpenOffice blog, which gets 5000 or so visits per day from OpenOffice users. This is a good way to promote your extension. If you are interested in this, please send me an email, with a

[sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Andre Fischer
Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony (Line, Area, Position and Size, Graphics, Page) - Context switching works and shows the decks and panels as they should appear in the finished sidebar. The missing

Re: Do we need a survey mechanism?

2013-03-21 Thread Kay Schenk
On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: KG02 - see comments inline On Mar 19, 2013, at 6:11 AM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: KG01 - see comments inline.

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread RGB ES
2013/3/21 Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help. Currently we point users to a forum post explaining how to rename or remove

Re: What is our best recommendation for 3.4.1 spell checking not working?

2013-03-21 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:00:26 -0400 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1 and spell checking is not working. Redd squiggly lines under every word. Currently we point users to an exhaustive and exhausting list of possible remedies for this on the Forum. Very

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread RGB ES
2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony (Line, Area, Position and Size, Graphics, Page) - Context switching works and shows the decks and panels as they should

RE: A question about existing practices

2013-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I just fired up Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 fixpack2 on an ODT document that I had handy and I could not find anything like an inspection tool. I couldn't find anything beyond a nice navigation tool in the sidebar and the usual show-non-printing/show-fields features. Perhaps I didn't know where to

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:24 PM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help. Currently we point users to a forum post explaining

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony (Line, Area, Position and Size, Graphics, Page) - Context switching works and shows

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:03 +0100 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread FR web forum
Well, the forums are fluids now (seems to be good since 01:00pm UTC+1). Who is the pixie or the little fairy? Congratulations to this mysterious wizard. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Mechtilde
Hello, can someone fix also the link to the DEBs. I get the error Forbidden Kind regards Mechtilde Am 21.03.2013 18:00, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/21/13 6:00 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony (Line, Area, Position and Size, Graphics,

Re: What is our best recommendation for 3.4.1 spell checking not working?

2013-03-21 Thread RGB ES
2013/3/21 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Rory O'Farrell ofarr...@iol.ie wrote: On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:00:26 -0400 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1 and spell checking is not working. Redd squiggly lines under every

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/21/13 6:13 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:03 +0100 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are

Re: Forums down (SQL error: Too many connections [1040])

2013-03-21 Thread Dave Fisher
The community still needs a LAMP / MySQL sysadmin to check the tuning so that connection leaks don't take it down later (or sooner) If someone in the project did the work we should be informed. Thanks, Dave On Mar 21, 2013, at 10:14 AM, FR web forum wrote: Well, the forums are fluids now

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 12:47 PM, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/3/21 Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help. Currently we

Re: Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Roberto Galoppini
Rob, those blog interviews would be welcome to SourceForge blog too, we actually did a couple of them at the beginning and we're open to host more of them. Roberto 2013/3/21 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org: I'd like to do some interviews, via email, with OpenOffice extension authors. These

Re: Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, those blog interviews would be welcome to SourceForge blog too, we actually did a couple of them at the beginning and we're open to host more of them. Hmmm... Maybe I should interview you about the

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Just trying it out now and the sidebar is awesome. Nice. Louis On 13-03-21, at 12:54 , RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/3/21 Andre Fischer awf@gmail.com Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from

Re: Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Alexandro Colorado
I see more ext devs in the forum than the ML. On 3/21/13, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, those blog interviews would be welcome to SourceForge blog too, we actually did a couple of them at the

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Mechtilde
Hello Jürgen, thanks now installation and starting works Kind regards Mechtilde Am 21.03.2013 18:24, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 3/21/13 6:13 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:00:03 +0100 Jürgen Schmidt jogischm...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/21/13 5:54 PM, RGB ES wrote:

Re: Google Summer of Code applications are open

2013-03-21 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On 3/18/13, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: *Google Summer of Code* is a global program that offers students stipends to write code for open source projects. We have worked with the open source community to identify

Re: Google Summer of Code applications are open

2013-03-21 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Ah seems I missed this wikipage: http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Summer_of_Code_2013 On 3/21/13, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: On 3/18/13, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 5:02 PM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: *Google Summer of Code* is a

Re: A question about existing practices

2013-03-21 Thread TJ Frazier
On 3/21/2013 12:57, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: I just fired up Lotus Symphony 3.0.1 fixpack2 on an ODT document that I had handy and I could not find anything like an inspection tool. I couldn't find anything beyond a nice navigation tool in the sidebar and the usual

Re: Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Roberto Galoppini
2013/3/21 Rob Weir robw...@apache.org: On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Roberto Galoppini roberto.galopp...@gmail.com wrote: Rob, those blog interviews would be welcome to SourceForge blog too, we actually did a couple of them at the beginning and we're open to host more of them.

Re: Google Summer of Code applications are open

2013-03-21 Thread Alexandro Colorado
Added some of the ideas from Bugzilla as proposals, still more to be done, if we can get a better clasification and information like the new User Guide for AOO 4.0, build the infrastructure to have nightly builds or something similar, and finally fix and create new extensions from the Sun/Oracle

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Andre, do you want, that I post the problem I find here in the thread, or write an issue? Kind regards Regina Andre Fischer schrieb: Hello everybody, The two most important improvements since my last update: - There are some more panels migrated from Symphony (Line, Area, Position and

Re: Google Summer of Code applications are open

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 3:38 PM, Alexandro Colorado j...@oooes.org wrote: Added some of the ideas from Bugzilla as proposals, still more to be done, if we can get a better clasification and information like the new User Guide for AOO 4.0, build the infrastructure to have nightly builds or

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Hagar Delest
Le 21/03/2013 17:58, Rob Weir a écrit : But I think of it this way -- If AOO is crashing repeatedly for the user then they are unlikely to continue using the product. So if disabling the update notifications fixes their problem, then it is a good thing. Sometimes it is not enough and in

Re: What is our best recommendation for 3.4.1 spell checking not working?

2013-03-21 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: Some typical recent examples: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121891 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121887 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121879 We think these are profile issues? They are not necessarily related to a profile

Re: Interviews with OpenOffice Extension Authors

2013-03-21 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] I'd like to do some interviews, via email, with OpenOffice extension authors. These would be featured on the OpenOffice blog, which gets 5000 or so visits per day from OpenOffice users. This is a good way to promote your extension. If

New committer: Samer Mansour (smansour)

2013-03-21 Thread Rob Weir
The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice has asked Samer Mansour to become a committer and we are pleased to announce that he has accepted and taken the ID smansour. Samer is responsible for some of the additional social network integration you see on the website, such as the

Re: [sidebar] Snapshot builds are available

2013-03-21 Thread Hagar Delest
Nice. I use to dock Stylist and Navigator. When the Sidebar is docked below one of them, if you hide it and then display it (with View menu), it doesn't takes its previous place but almost all space of the panel, reducing the room left for the other panel. Hagar Le 21/03/2013 21:14, Regina

Re: What is our current best recommendation for 3.4.1 random crashes?

2013-03-21 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:47 AM, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: 2013/3/21 Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:02 AM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Users report that they install 3.4.1and it crashes quickly after starting. Reinstall doesn't help.

Re: Blind Accessibility

2013-03-21 Thread Steve Yin
Hi Jennifer, Welcome! My name is Steve Yin. I am working on the IAccessible2 migration for AOO Windows version. You can read our plan and get some useful information here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+IAccessible2. Thanks. On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 8:36 AM,