Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 06/03/2014 Rob Weir wrote: Interesting page: https://md5file.com/calculator It does MD5/SHA1/SHA256 calculations on local files, using Javascript. Interesting indeed. It solves what has been a major problem so far, i.e., having to upload the entire file to have its md5sum checked via a bro

OpenOffice Writer usability study???

2014-03-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
Hi, I became aware of a planned OpenOffice Writer usability study from a research team in Spain [1] Does anybody know more about this or is in any kind involved in this study? I sounds interesting and I believe it can make sense to collaborate with them in some way. Juergen [1] https://sites.g

Re: OpenOffice Writer usability study???

2014-03-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Jürgen Schmidt wrote: I became aware of a planned OpenOffice Writer usability study from a research team in Spain... Does anybody know more about this or is in any kind involved in this study? Sure we do know more. See http://markmail.org/thread/uevjhzu5unuezjgv or search "usability" in this l

Re: OpenOffice Writer usability study???

2014-03-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/7/14 10:44 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> I became aware of a planned OpenOffice Writer usability study from a >> research team in Spain... >> Does anybody know more about this or is in any kind involved in this >> study? > > Sure we do know more. See http://markmail.or

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
+1 for releasing the RC as 4.1.0 Beta Best regards, Oliver. On 06.03.2014 09:55, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi all, this is a call for vote on releasing the available release candidate (RC) as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta. The Beta release is intended to reach more early adopters and to receive mor

Re: [RELEASE][DISCUSS] How to download AOO 4.1.0 Beta?

2014-03-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/6/14 11:01 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 03/06/2014 01:19 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: >> On 3/6/14 9:20 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>> On 3/5/14 10:46 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/04/2014 07:31 AM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: > On 3/3/14 9:24 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> Am 02/14/2014 09

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Andre Fischer
+1 Regards, Andre - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Herbert Duerr
On 06.03.2014 09:55, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: Hi all, this is a call for vote on releasing the available release candidate (RC) as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta. The Beta release is intended to reach more early adopters and to receive more valuable feedback to improve potentially critical areas for

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Kazunari Hirano
+1 Thanks, khirano On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > Hi all, > > this is a call for vote on releasing the available release candidate > (RC) as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta. The Beta release is intended to > reach more early adopters and to receive more valuable feedback

Please Review 4.1 Release Notes

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1+Release+Notes I notice that the Release Notes say nothing about the IAccesible2 support. Shouldn't we have something there about it? Maybe mention what AT have been tested and work, and if there are any useful tips for users? Any othe

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Rory O'Farrell
+1 for Beta 4.1 release -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org

Seeking test files in SGF and SGV formats

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
Two of the formats we support for import in Draw are: *.sgf == StarWriter Graphics and *.sgv == StarDraw 2.0 Neither are supported for export, so I'm unable to create these formats from within Draw. I didn't find any files with these extensions in our SVN tree. I also checked Bugzilla to see

Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml How much do we care about this? The risk, I suppose, is on Softpedia, that we could find a last-minute defect in the NOTICE or other legal files, and they

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml How much do we care about this? The risk, I suppose, is on Softpedia, that we could find a last-minute defect

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/7/14 4:21 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: >> Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: >> >> http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml >> >> >> How much do we care about this? The risk,

Re: Seeking test files in SGF and SGV formats

2014-03-07 Thread Max Merbald
Hi Rob, I've still got a number of sgf star writer graphic files (though no sgv) on my computer, left from old, old days. Just tell me where to mail or post them. ;) Max Am 07.03.2014 15:11, schrieb Rob Weir: Two of the formats we support for import in Draw are: *.sgf == StarWriter Graphi

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 3/7/14 4:21 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: >>> Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: >>> >>> http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice

Re: Seeking test files in SGF and SGV formats

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Max Merbald wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I've still got a number of sgf star writer graphic files (though no sgv) on > my computer, left from old, old days. Just tell me where to mail or post > them. ;) > If you can zip them up and mail them to me directly, that would be

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/7/14 4:33 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> On 3/7/14 4:21 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: http://linux.softpedia.co

RE: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread V Stuart Foote
+1 > > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta > > The vote starts now and will be open until: > >Sunday evening, 9 March: 2014-03-09 11:00pm UTC. > > But we invite all people to vote (non binding) on this RC. We would like > to provide a release that is suppo

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Chuck Davis
A water-mark on new documents that directs people to find "official" distributions on the web site? The water-mark will be taken off when AOO is out of beta and an official release is available. At the least this would require those who want to just redistribute know enough programming to make it

Re: [VOTE]: Release Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta (RC)

2014-03-07 Thread Dave Barton
+1 (non binding) Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > The RC is based on the release branch AOO410, revision 1573601 > > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.1.0 Beta > > The vote starts now and will be open until: > > Sunday evening, 9 March: 2014-03-09 11:00pm UTC. > > But we inv

Re: Seeking test files in SGF and SGV formats

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
All set. Max Merbald sent me some old sgf files he had. And I was pointed to some sgv files in the LibreOffice tree (thanks, Caolan!). -Rob On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:11 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > Two of the formats we support for import in Draw are: > > *.sgf == StarWriter Graphics > > and > > *.sgv

Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Mike Perkins
Tried to update my Open Office.Org3 to get the WPS file extension off my letters/documents. I updated to Apache 4.0.1 but nothing works. Mike 502 426 8752

Re: Help with the Extentions

2014-03-07 Thread Dave Barton
Hi Carrie, If these extensions are listed as "enabled" in the "Extensions Manager" they should be readily available for you to use in your documents. There are several variants of the "Office SVG 1.0" extension, but they all appear to be some kind of SVG clipart. Open the "Gallery" via the main m

Re: [BUGZILLA] proposal for new entry in field Target Milestone

2014-03-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 03/06/2014 09:20 AM, schrieb Oliver-Rainer Wittmann: Hi, On 05.03.2014 22:46, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/05/2014 05:23 PM, schrieb Oliver-Rainer Wittmann: Hi, On 05.03.2014 15:35, Rob Weir wrote: On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 8:38 AM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: Hi, as we have created branch

Re: [RELEASE][DISCUSS] How to download AOO 4.1.0 Beta?

2014-03-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 03/07/2014 01:06 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 3/6/14 11:01 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/06/2014 01:19 PM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 3/6/14 9:20 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 3/5/14 10:46 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/04/2014 07:31 AM, schrieb Jürgen Schmidt: On 3/3/14 9:24 PM, Marcus (

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Mike Perkins To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:27:41 -0500 > Tried to update my Open Office.Org3 to get the WPS file extension off my > letters/documents. > I updated to Apache 4.0.1 but nothing works. > Mike 502 426 8752 Sorry Mike

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:50:37 +0100 Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > >From: Mike Perkins > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:27:41 -0500 > > > Tried to update my Open Office.Org3 to get the WPS file extension off my > > letters/documents. > > I u

Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 03/07/2014 09:02 AM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: On 06/03/2014 Rob Weir wrote: Interesting page: https://md5file.com/calculator It does MD5/SHA1/SHA256 calculations on local files, using Javascript. Interesting indeed. It solves what has been a major problem so far, i.e., having to upload the

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Dave Barton
Original Message From: Rory O'Farrell To: Dave Barton Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 20:56:03 + > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:50:37 +0100 > Dave Barton wrote: > >> Original Message >>> From: Mike Perkins >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 14:

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Rory O'Farrell
On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:07:19 +0100 Dave Barton wrote: > Original Message > >From: Rory O'Farrell > To: Dave Barton > Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 20:56:03 + > > > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:50:37 +0100 > > Dave Barton wrote: > > > >> Original Message > >>> From

Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/07/2014 09:02 AM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: To start, we should definitely mention it in https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html This file is outdated. Better to put it to the "checksums.html" which directly linked from the download webpage which I've don

Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> >> Am 03/07/2014 09:02 AM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: >>> >>> To start, we should definitely mention it in >>> https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html >> >> This file is outdated. Better to put it to the "

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Andrew Rist
On 3/7/2014 6:22 AM, Rob Weir wrote: Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml Also, what of the "Editor's review"? "It is derived from the IBM Lotus Symphony suite of applications..." - n

Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 03/07/2014 11:13 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/07/2014 09:02 AM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: To start, we should definitely mention it in https://www.openoffice.org/dev_docs/using_md5sums.html This file is outdated.

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread David Gerard
On 7 March 2014 22:30, Andrew Rist wrote: >"It is derived from the IBM Lotus Symphony suite of applications..." >- not correct https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/merging_lotus_symphony_allegro_moderato suggests this is not an unfair statement. Indeed, just rebasing on the Symphony code

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml Or maybe a disclaimer in the voting thread email? Andrew's comments show clearly that these editors do not care to be careful or factual, or even read those disclaimers, unfortunately. We can be

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-03-07 Thread Dave Barton
Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 22:07:19 +0100 > Dave Barton wrote: > >> Original Message >>> From: Rory O'Farrell >> To: Dave Barton >> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 20:56:03 + >> >>> On Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:50:37 +0100 >>> Dave Barton wrote: >>> Origin

Re: Calculate file checksums via Javascript

2014-03-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:22 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 03/07/2014 11:13 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: > >> On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Andrea Pescetti >> wrote: >>> >>> Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 03/07/2014 09:02 AM, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: > > > To start, we should definitel

Re: Anything we can do about premature redistribution?

2014-03-07 Thread Vladislav Stevanovic
When somebody want to download beta version of AOO it will be good aproach to show pop-up dialog with warnings that this is not stable version and it only for testing. We can not stopped other to write what they write about AOO but we can protect potential users with info dialog when they press lin