RE: Release Manager for 4.2.0?

2016-06-16 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2016 09:55 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Release Manager for 4.2.0? > > [getting back to this .. see below] > > On 03/27/2016 01:13 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > On 29/01/2

RE: A Question about Open Office Password Protected Text Documenets

2016-06-10 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: toki [mailto:toki.kant...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 11:49 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: RE: A Question about Open Office Password Protected Text > Documenets [ ... ] > # > > From a security perspective, the password protection

RE: A Question about Open Office Password Protected Text Documenets

2016-06-10 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
tions2/accelerator/current.xml, is completely known already. > -Original Message- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 10:55 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: RE: A Question about Open Office Password Protected

RE: A Question about Open Office Password Protected Text Documenets

2016-06-10 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2016 07:29 > To: Apache OO > Subject: Re: A Question about Open Office Password Protected Text > Documenets > > Hi Roger > > If you saved them in OpenOffice's default format, OpenDocument

RE: [QUESTION] Dependency on OpenSSL

2016-06-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ESTION] Dependency on OpenSSL > > On 8 Jun, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > I recall discussions of OpenSSL and updating our dependency on it to a > better/patched version. > > > > What I don't know is whether the binaries that are built and > distributed dire

[QUESTION] Dependency on OpenSSL

2016-06-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I recall discussions of OpenSSL and updating our dependency on it to a better/patched version. What I don't know is whether the binaries that are built and distributed directly by the project incorporate OpenSSL in any manner? Can anyone clear that up? 1. Do our built binaries depend on and d

RE: Finally retiring from openoffice.org

2016-06-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Thank you for your sustained commitment to OpenOffice.org, Apache OpenOffice, and the OpenDocument Format work at OASIS. May you have good fortune in your current and future endeavors. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Oliver-Rainer Wittmann [mailto:orwittm...@googlemail.com] > Sen

RE: Development updates

2016-06-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Although not a core developer, I find it useful to respond to this thread. Routine activity includes following all of the lists and providing assistance. I track all of the bugzilla issues and provide assistance in isolating and confirming issues. I also watch lists other than the Apache OpenO

FW: [office-comment] DAYS360 third parameter should be Logical

2016-05-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
in accordance with the OpenFormula specification. > -Original Message- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 10:20 > To: office-comm...@lists.oasis-open.org > Subject: RE: [office-comment] DAYS360 third parameter should be

RE: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOWS]Whether Common Spelling API can be implemented

2016-05-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOWS]Whether Common Spelling API can be > implemented > > Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Howard Morris (aka Col Boogie) > >> I recently came across something th

RE: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOWS]Whether Common Spelling API can be implemented

2016-05-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Remarks in-line > -Original Message- > From: Howard Morris (aka Col Boogie) > [mailto:howard_cary_mor...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 13:12 > To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org; dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: 'Zhuravliov Alexey Gennadyevich' > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOW

RE: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOWS]Whether Common Spelling API can be implemented

2016-05-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I have examined some of the materials available for the CSAPI. Here are my initial observations: 1. The CSAPI is closely-held by Microsoft. It is evidently not part of their Open Specifications set. 2. Apparently a license agreement is required in order to have the necessary materials and a

RE: Updating APR ...

2016-05-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Great! Thanks, Pedro. > -Original Message- > From: Pedro Giffuni [mailto:p...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 14:12 > To: OOo Apache > Subject: Re: Updating APR ... > > Hi Dennis; > > > > Pedro, > > > > Please say more about what it means to "update APR support carried in >

RE: Updating APR ...

2016-05-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Pedro, Please say more about what it means to "update APR support carried in AOO." 1. Since APR is from an Apache Project, are you talking about relying on it more and/or contributing improvements upstream? 2. Are you talking about using APR in implementations of mo

RE: [PROPOSAL][API][WINDOWS]Whether Common Spelling API can be implemented

2016-05-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Moving to dev@, BCC to users@ Please continue this discussion on dev@ for technical purposes. Please provide more information about the Common Spelling API and where its specification can be found. Also, is there any connection with the indexing APIs that would allow ODF documents to be full-t

RE: svn commit: r1745006 [3/9] - in /openoffice/trunk/main: ./ accessibility/inc/accessibility/standard/ autodoc/inc/ary/idl/ avmedia/source/framework/ basctl/source/basicide/ basctl/source/inc/ baseg

2016-05-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
In reviewing these 9 SVN reports a bit more closely than simply checking the -/+ lines, I see that these mechanical changes miss some material ones, if clarity of language is the goal. I also observe that some of the grammatical cases are typical of ways some non-native English speakers transla

RE: svn commit: r1745006 [3/9] - in /openoffice/trunk/main: ./ accessibility/inc/accessibility/standard/ autodoc/inc/ary/idl/ avmedia/source/framework/ basctl/source/basicide/ basctl/source/inc/ baseg

2016-05-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
It is extremely difficult to review these omnibus patches, especially since some of the language problems that are preserved are distracting. At the same time, it is too easy to just want to assume that there is no incorrect change buried among all of the fixes to "wich", "initalize" and other

RE: svn commit: r1745006 [1/9] - in /openoffice/trunk/main: ./ accessibility/inc/accessibility/standard/ autodoc/inc/ary/idl/ avmedia/source/framework/ basctl/source/basicide/ basctl/source/inc/ baseg

2016-05-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
@pfg and anyone else tempted to do any more of this, 1. Please do not create omnibus commits that, however easy to produce, a. Are awfully burdensome to review b. Are not tied to focused bugzilla issues providing an account of particular defects c. Do not have anything to

RE: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites

2016-05-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I don't want to get too fussy, but we are talking about different statistics here. Comment inline. > -Original Message- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 09:54 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from

RE: images

2016-05-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Helen, The Galleries are not produced and maintained by Apache OpenOffice. The catalog and collection of clipart downloads are maintained as a service between Apache OpenOffice and SourceForge. The images are from third parties. Gallery sets/extensions are offered under licenses specified by

RE: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites

2016-05-16 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
A question, below. > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 00:08 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites > > Am 05/16/2016 12:02 AM, schrieb Andrea P

RE: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites

2016-05-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
inline > -Original Message- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2016 14:34 > To: OOo Apache ; Dennis Hamilton > > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites > > On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Denni

[PROPOSAL] Removing all tracking from AOO sites

2016-05-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ermined on these lists, no active use of the information that is collected. -- Dennis E. Hamilton orc...@apache.org dennis.hamil...@acm.org+1-206-779-9430 https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126959 https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A X.509 certs used and requ

[Risk?] Ignoring uncomfortable truths

2016-05-15 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
sight, based on what does and does not happen and what is not discussed. -- Dennis E. Hamilton orc...@apache.org dennis.hamil...@acm.org+1-206-779-9430 https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A X.509 certs used and requested for signed

RE: Another Comments question.

2016-05-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
In the ODF 1.2 Specification, an annotation can be set to visible or not but there is no provision for a condition on the annotation being visible or not. Technically, some or all of the text in the comment could be conditionally hidden, since it can be any paragraph or run of text content.

RE: [DISCUSS] Issue 125954 unhiding "hidden" content on e-mail send of document

2016-05-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
05:07 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 3:53 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > >> wrote: > >>> -Original Message- > >>> From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > >>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 13:28 > >>> To: d

RE: 5. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable

2016-04-30 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Roberto Galoppini [mailto:roberto.galopp...@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2016 12:41 > To: dev ; Dennis Hamilton > > Subject: Re: 5. Any system which depends on human reliability is > unreliable > > 2016-04-24 19:20 G

RE: [DISCUSS] Issue 125954 unhiding "hidden" content on e-mail send of document

2016-04-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2016 13:28 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Issue 125954 unhiding "hidden" content on e-mail > send of document > > > > On 04/26/2016 03:39 AM, Carl Marcum wrote: [ ..

RE: ApacheOpenOffice on AIX 6 or 7

2016-04-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
If you are asking about office productivity software that runs on AIX, do you mean under the Common Desktop Environment? Are you already using IBM Lotus Notes? AIX is kin to Unix System 5 and BSD Unix. It runs on various proprietary IBM platforms. It will matter if you are working with a pers

FW: Excell 2003+

2016-04-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: John Godfrey [mailto:jdgodf...@shaw.ca] > Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2016 07:34 > To: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > Subject: Re: Excell 2003+ > > Problem solved. > Thanks, > John > > > On 4/23/2016 9:40 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton

New Committer: Jan Høydahl (janhoy)

2016-04-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC AOO PMC] The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice is pleased to annound that Jan Høydahl (janhoy) has accepted our invitation to become a committer on the Apache OpenOfffice project. A warm welcome to Jan Høydahl. Regards, Dennis Hamilton, on behalf of the Apache Ope

5. Any system which depends on human reliability is unreliable

2016-04-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
(Might require registration. I cannot determine that as an existing subscriber.) An interesting observation about dealing with the human part of human-computer systems. The position expressed is that this requires a systematic, eng

[REPORT] Issue Clearance Quality through 2016Q1

2016-04-23 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
-- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:orc...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 11:23 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: [REPORT] Issue Clearance Quality + Technical Debt > > [BCC to Project Management Committee and users@ oo.a.o] > > SUMMARY > > T

RE: Excell 2003+

2016-04-23 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Please explain this part with more detail: > I employed a programmer to write script to enter data from a text file > to an AOO spreadsheet saved as Excel. he did all the coding using Open > XML SDK and the xlsx file he returned to me AOO will not open. 0. First thing to try: Open the Excel docu

RE: [QA] Testlink Guest Account

2016-04-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
the Apache OpenOffice wikis. Suggestions and some initiative on those lines are welcome. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 10:41 > To: q...@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: dev@openof

RE: [DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4-RC2

2016-04-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I am having a different kind of difficulty. I think this experience is more for the Apache Groovy project, but some of it might apply to our prerequisites at . 1. I chose to use the Groovy 2.4.6 Windows Installer (.exe). 2. I do ha

RE: [DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4

2016-04-18 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Nice collaborative work, as always [;<). - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Monday, April 18, 2016 04:04 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4 > > On 04/17/2016 08:48 PM, Patri

RE: svn commit: r1739628 - in /openoffice/trunk/main: connectivity/source/drivers/flat/ETable.cxx tools/source/stream/stream.cxx

2016-04-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Does the rule about using "" to make a single quote inside a quoted field also apply? - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: dam...@apache.org [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2016 09:45 > To: comm...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: svn commit: r1739628 - in /openoff

RE: [QA] Testlink Guest Account

2016-04-17 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Great questions! 1. We don't assign test cases to people, generally. Generally, QA contributors select bugzilla issues and assign to themselves as QA person so that others know someone has raised their hand. 2.There has not been any updating of TestLink since 2014-08-15 and the latest tes

RE: You NEED TO UPDATE YOUR Security Certificate Before I UPDATE OPEN OFFICE

2016-04-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Help us connect the dots a little more, John. Case #1: 1. Is there a problem when you go to ? 2. Is there a problem when you click on "Download full installation" on that page or is it before that? Case #2: 1. Are you in Apache OpenOffice (which version)

RE: Background colour for OO Comments

2016-04-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 10:44 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Background colour for OO Comments > > On Mon, 11 Apr 2016 10:35:35 -0700 > "Dennis E. Hamilton"

RE: Background colour for OO Comments

2016-04-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 10:00 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Background colour for OO Comments > > > The initial extension offers the facility to mark a selection and attach > the annotation to t

RE: Background colour for OO Comments

2016-04-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Rory O'Farrell [mailto:ofarr...@iol.ie] > Sent: Monday, April 11, 2016 00:52 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Background colour for OO Comments > > > Comments applied to text in OpenOffice take different background colours > depending on the author o

RE: [DISCUSS] Cleanup needed for RESOLVED-FIXED issues

2016-04-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Marcus wrote: > > > >> Am 04/07/2016 06:35 PM, schrieb Dennis E. Hamilton: > >> > >>> My only concern is that this is a giant CTR and pretty much assures > that > >>> the "R" will not happen. > >> > &

RE: Interesting Developments for Windows-targetted software

2016-04-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
There's good news (2 flavors) and bad news (one) concerning the forthcoming Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Features of that upgrade are now available in a Windows Insider build 10.0.14316 and I can confirm more interesting things. > -Original Message- > From: Dennis

Weekly Principle - Success Demands Clarity by Kai and Tom Gilb

2016-04-08 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Wondering how this can be adapted in a bottom-up driven open-source effort such as Apache OpenOffice. How can this arrive organically and provide a path to some defined success, or at least measure whether progress is toward a measurable value?

Apache OpenOffice Mailing List Statistics

2016-04-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC to PMC] The tabulation below provides the rate of mailing list usage for all of public lists since Apache OpenOffice became a top-level project in November 2012. The full, auditable compilation of the data can be found in the PDF at . In the tabulation below, th

RE: Cross Script vulnerabilities in AOo Extensions?

2016-04-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Toki, thanks for your useful question. Here are some factors to consider. 1. The Apache OpenOffice project does not vet or review extensions and templates that are produced by third parties and downloadable from the SourceForge extension and template collections. These are all "at your own r

RE: [DISCUSS] Cleanup needed for RESOLVED-FIXED issues

2016-04-07 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
My only concern is that this is a giant CTR and pretty much assures that the "R" will not happen. So be it. However, do not disable the issues mails for any reason. There is a difference between R not happening and R not being possible. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [

RE: [DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4

2016-04-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 15:08 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4 > > On 04/05/2016 01:36 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wro

RE: [HELP NEEDED] old Solaris related build issues

2016-04-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 to the suggestions from Marcus > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 09:18 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [HELP NEEDED] old Solaris related build issues > > Am 04/05/2016 01:51 AM, schrieb Patricia Shanahan: > >

[DISCUSS][VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4

2016-04-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Side question. > -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, April 5, 2016 04:07 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: [VOTE] Release Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4 > > This is for a source release of Groovy UNO Extension 0.1.4 from Apache > OpenOf

Using the @ApacheOO Twitter Account

2016-04-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
lla issues. -- Dennis E. Hamilton orc...@apache.org dennis.hamil...@acm.org+1-206-779-9430 https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A X.509 certs used and requested for signed e-mail - To unsubscribe, e

RE: procedure for going from RC to release

2016-04-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
The RC artifact that is approved as a release is the artifact that is released. If you check the last RC for AOO 4.1.2 at you'll see that the folder has the RC name, tied to the source tree. In that folder, the files are all identified by

Interesting Developments for Windows-targetted software

2016-03-30 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
along with the highly-improved file-system integration that will come with GNU/Windows as some are beginning to call this. -- Dennis E. Hamilton orc...@apache.org dennis.hamil...@acm.org+1-206-779-9430 https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A X.509 certs used and req

RE: Regression tests?

2016-03-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 Patricia. Go for it. > -Original Message- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 06:00 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Regression tests? > > Thanks for this extremely useful information - far too useful to only > exist in a mail

RE: Release Manager for 4.2.0?

2016-03-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 02:30 > To: Apache OO > Subject: Re: Release Manager for 4.2.0? [ ... ] > > Let's rather research where AOO uses openssl instead of guessing. > > I find the use of openssl for docum

DO NOT OPEN OR DOWNLOAD 000000889723.zip

2016-03-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
A direct post to ooo-commits @incubator.apache.org (and delivered via commits@ openoffice.apache.org) consists of a Zip having serious malicious content. If you are subscribed to the commits list, please delete the message that has no subject and the attachment 00889723.zip without inspectin

RE: Release Manager for 4.2.0?

2016-03-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Don Lewis [mailto:truck...@apache.org] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 15:32 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: dennis.hamil...@acm.org > Subject: Re: Release Manager for 4.2.0? > > On 28 Mar, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > &g

RE: Release Manager for 4.2.0?

2016-03-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Commenting just on document signing ... > -Original Message- > From: Pedro Giffuni [mailto:p...@apache.org] > Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 13:48 > To: OOo Apache > Subject: Re: Release Manager for 4.2.0? [ ... ] > > [ ... ] I am unsure about what in OpenOffice > uses the new cyphers. I t

RE: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans

2016-03-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 on the three PMC members > -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 12:26 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans > > Dennis E. Hami

RE: Release Manager for 4.2.0?

2016-03-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Great news! Thanks, Andrea > -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 13:13 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Release Manager for 4.2.0? > > On 29/01/2016 Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > For 4.2.0 we need a Release Man

RE: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans

2016-03-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2016 09:46 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans > > On 27/03/2016 Patricia Shanahan wrote: > > On 3/26/2016 10:37 AM, Andr

RE: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans

2016-03-26 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:38 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans > > On 20/03/2016 Patricia Shanahan wrote: > > The issue is whether it i

RE: branches/gbuild-reintegration merge?

2016-03-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 on the conservative approach that Marcus recommends. I understand that this is now being considered a low risk case. Still, better safe than sorry, especially since reverting from the trunk would be complicated. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet

[DISCUSS] HELP WANTED: Putting Help Wanted on OpenOffice.org

2016-03-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
this as a nice on-ramp for areas we have available for folks to work. -- Dennis E. Hamilton orc...@apache.org dennis.hamil...@acm.org+1-206-779-9430 https://keybase.io/orcmid PGP F96E 89FF D456 628A X.509 certs use

RE: New PMC Member Keith N. McNamara

2016-03-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
; > On 21/03/2016 Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> A warm (belated) welcome to Keith McNamera > > > > McKenna. And welcome Keith! > > > > http://people.apache.org/phonebook.html?pmc=openoffice has the right > > name (and by the way it is the new page for t

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 11:30 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field > > Am 03/22/2016 06:34 PM, schrieb Patricia Shanahan: > > On 3/22/2016 9:25 AM,

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-22 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Many interesting ideas, ... > -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 03:35 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field > > On 03/22/2016 05:02 AM, Marcus wrote: > > Am 0

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 15:30 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field > [ ... ] > > > I have been guilty of creating issues for coding tasks beca

New PMC Member Keith N. McNamara

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC PMC] The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice is pleased to announce that Keith N. McNamera joined the PMC on 2016-03-05. A warm (belated) welcome to Keith McNamera Regards, - Dennis Hamilton, on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC --

New PMC Member Patricia Shanahan

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC PMC] The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice is pleased to announce that Patricia Shanahan joined the PMC on 2016-02-29. A warm (belated) welcome to Patricia Shanahan Regards, - Dennis Hamilton, on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC ---

New PMC Member Carl Marcum

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC PMC] The Project Management Committee (PMC) for Apache OpenOffice is pleased to announce that Carl Marcum (cmarcum) joined the PMC on 2016-02-14. A warm (belated) welcome to Carl Marcum Regards, - Dennis Hamilton, on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Keith N. McKenna [mailto:keith.mcke...@comcast.net] > Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 10:22 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field > > Kay Schenk wrote: [ ... ] > > The problem is stemming from the

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-21 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
gt; > On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > >> wrote: > > > >> I want to clarify this. > >> > >> I think the problem might be that "Resolved - Fixed" is being used > >> incorrectly. As far as I know, there are many

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Thanks for the "None" Target, Marcus. > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 15:38 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: q...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field > > Am 03/2

RE: Can we add the value "N/A" to the Target Milestone field

2016-03-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I want to clarify this. I think the problem might be that "Resolved - Fixed" is being used incorrectly. As far as I know, there are many cases where this resolution is used where one of "Resolved - Not an Issue" (though not too often), "Resolved - Irreproducible", "Resolved - Won't Fix", or "Re

RE: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans

2016-03-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 I think exploring that source being at ASF and the artifact be elsewhere is a good idea. > -Original Message- > From: Carl Marcum [mailto:cmar...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 09:49 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin

RE: Releasing the Apache OpenOffice API plugin for NetBeans

2016-03-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
[BCC to the PMC] >From the Chair, If this is considered an Apache release and identified as provided by the Apache OpenOffice project, then the Apache release requirements must be satisfied. I know of no records on the AOO project obtaining an exception for this case from the Foundation. If

RE: [OT] ApacheCon

2016-03-20 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
> -Original Message- > From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2016 06:41 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: [OT] ApacheCon > > On 17/03/2016 Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > I thought about it, since the travel

RE: [OT] ApacheCon

2016-03-19 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I thought about it, since the travel part is easy. I decided to avoid the expense of the conference and accomodations and stay home though. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm.org] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2016 17:24 > To: dev@openoffice.apach

AOO Governance (was RE: Next release and gbuild)

2016-03-19 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Technically, we do not have a management hierarchy on Apache projects, although there are some rather limited governance roles. There can be self-organizing *informal* teams that are basically people working together for some common within-project purpose and those are fluid and definitely self

RE: AOO Governance (was RE: Next release and gbuild)

2016-03-19 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
It seems we're having a nomenclature problem here. At the ASF "Release Manager" and "Release Management" are narrow, specific terms. AOO release management does not involve any abstraction that includes supervision of work and especially not supervision of workers. This may be more helpful wi

RE: Posting Alert Message Experimentation

2016-03-18 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
scetti [mailto:pesce...@apache.org] > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 00:14 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: us...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Posting Alert Message Experimentation > > On 11/03/2016 Marcus wrote: > > Am 03/11/2016 09:59 PM, schrieb Dennis E. H

RE: apache testing volunteer

2016-03-12 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Yes, Rashida can subscribe to qa@, issues@, and create an account on the bugzilla at . It is valuable to have external testing for confirmation and narrowing in, with the reporter and others, on the actual issue condition. In this case it will also be important to

Posting Alert Message Experimentation

2016-03-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
handled by Apache Infrastructure. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:43 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Cc: us...@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: FW: Alert: forum.openoffic

FW: Recovery: wiki.openoffice.org is back again!

2016-03-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
FYI > -Original Message- > From: no-re...@status.apache.org [mailto:no-re...@status.apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:41 > To: orc...@apache.org > Subject: Recovery: wiki.openoffice.org is back again! > > Hello, Our monitoring system has detected that wiki.openoffice.org > (ht

FW: Recovery: forum.openoffice.org is back again!

2016-03-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
FYI > -Original Message- > From: no-re...@status.apache.org [mailto:no-re...@status.apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:41 > To: orc...@apache.org > Subject: Recovery: forum.openoffice.org is back again! > > Hello, Our monitoring system has detected that forum.openoffice.org > (

FW: Alert: forum.openoffice.org is down!

2016-03-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
FYI > -Original Message- > From: no-re...@status.apache.org [mailto:no-re...@status.apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:11 > To: orc...@apache.org > Subject: Alert: forum.openoffice.org is down! > > Hello, > Our monitoring system has detected that forum.openoffice.org (https) is

FW: Alert: wiki.openoffice.org is down!

2016-03-11 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
FYI > -Original Message- > From: no-re...@status.apache.org [mailto:no-re...@status.apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:11 > To: orc...@apache.org > Subject: Alert: wiki.openoffice.org is down! > > Hello, > Our monitoring system has detected that wiki.openoffice.org (https) is >

RE: Adding Blog Authors (was RE: Apache OpenOffice Templates and Extensions new sites)

2016-03-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
gt; > Am 03/09/2016 08:27 PM, schrieb Dennis E. Hamilton: > > I note that<https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-11130> has > made no progress. > > oh dear. I'll notify Infra in a more direct way after this mail. > > > I also notice that my blogs.apache.o

Adding Blog Authors (was RE: Apache OpenOffice Templates and Extensions new sites)

2016-03-09 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Marcus, I note that has made no progress. I also notice that my blogs.apache.org Roller account has a different password than my ASF User ID account. (My Apache ID is used as my Roller Username. I don't think that is a requirement). When

RE: AOO Code Comments

2016-03-06 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Here is something that came up two weeks ago: This page is the top level of some considerable in-code format and documentation practices: . (Hat tip to j.nitschke for pointing me to these.) Documentation codes are treated at

[OFF-LIST] RE: [VOTE] Release Java Bootstrap Connector via Maven

2016-03-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Patricia, for your [VOTE] to be binding, you need to confirm having built from source, checked signatures, etc. Please provide an account of what you did along with your vote. I just want to make certain that you did it. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Patricia Shanahan [mailt

RE: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning curve)

2016-03-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
e: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning > curve) > > On 3/4/2016 9:39 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > Patricia, > > > > Based on Damjan's finding that profile files are read by the > > application and that some are created during setup, w

RE: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning curve)

2016-03-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Damjan, A question below. > -Original Message- > From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org] > Sent: Friday, March 4, 2016 04:41 > To: Apache OO > Subject: Re: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning > curve) > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Patricia Shanahan wr

RE: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning curve)

2016-03-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Patricia, Based on Damjan's finding that profile files are read by the application and that some are created during setup, with others copied in from the setup, it is settled that the code is used in current distributions and is also available to extensions. I recommend that we catch our breat

RE: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning curve)

2016-03-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ursday, March 3, 2016 17:43 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning > curve) > > On 3/3/2016 5:00 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > >> -Original Message- > >> From: Patricia Shanahan [mailto:p...@acm

RE: Broken links in the Wiki

2016-03-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Patricia, the OpenOffice architecture material has not been maintained in a long time. It appears that pacbell.net is long gone and folks personal accounts with it. In this case there is a prominent John Ousterhout and there might be another location for the PDF if we could figure out its title

RE: Profile.c bugs (was RE: Some thoughts on the learning curve)

2016-03-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
de me look :). Apparently sal/osl/w32/profile.cxx sprang primordially from the earth on 2010-01-29. I have to believe there was an older one, possibly named profile.c but deleted and not shown in the bitbucket. > > Patricia > > > On 3/3/2016 11:14 AM, Dennis E. Hamilt

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