Re: Another LWN article

Even though you were quoted three times in it? On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: > Note that the LWN article is protected under a subscriber > paywall. > > I'd like to followup but I'm not going to pay to repeat > on that thread what I've said numerous times in numerous > loca

Re: Merge with LibreOffice?

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 2:38 PM, toki wrote: > On 31/08/2016 16:26, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > > > The question I am left with is this: If a cousin development provides > what you want, why are you not satisfied with that? > > There are functions and capabilities in AOo that are not in LibO or E

Re: Use of OpenOffice logo.

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:10 AM, J C wrote: > Dear Sir: > My name is James Matt Cox and I am an independent author. I am preparing > to publish a book on open source tools for authors. May I use the > OpenOffice logo on my cover? The book covers OpenOffice, The GIMP, Scribus, > Artha, Golden Dict

Re: Wrongful information on the Wikipedia

At that point, I think > it's clear that it should then be made "Active". > > *shrug* > > > Phil > > This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > > There was a minor s

Re: Wrongful information on the Wikipedia

There was a minor skirmish last week over it. Looks like there'll be one this week too...someone changed it to "moribund". On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Phillip Rhodes wrote: > Sorry, I missed the infobox when I looked at the page. You're right, > having "Dormant" there is flat out wrong an

Re: Wrongful information on the Wikipedia

Added a {{Failed verification}} tag. That shows as "[[not in citation given]]". Don On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Max Merbald wrote: > Hi Phil, > > what I meant was the infobox at the top right. In that box it says that > AOO is dormat, which is not correct and which is not in the citation

Re: Draft Blog Post: Authoring e-Books in Apache OpenOffice: An Interview with Jon Holdsworth

On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 10:36 AM, jan i wrote: > On 11 May 2015 at 14:57, Rob Weir wrote: > > > > > > https://blogs.apache.org/roller-ui/authoring/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=authoring_e_books_in_apache > > > > That requires an editor account for the blog to read. I though there > > was an easy w

Re: Softpedia: Apache OpenOffice Downloaded More than 100 Million Times, but Not on Linux

On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Alexandro Colorado > wrote: > > Havent read the article yet, but what was the percentage of Linux > downloads > > in OpenOffice.org? And how does Apache OpenOffice Linux downloads > compared > > to this one? >

Re: How can we promote Crowdfunding Project relatet to AOO?

On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 9:39 AM, Raphael Bircher wrote: > Hi at all > > We allready talked about crowdfunding and generaly agree, that this will > be a good idea. I will start at the next time a p'roject at a crowdfunding > platform to rise money for a LTS Version for 4.0.2. So we can still suppor

Re: Draft OpenOffice Writer Usability Survey

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:15 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 5:11 PM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> I while ago we were contacted by some academic researchers in Spain > >> who wanted to d

Re: Draft OpenOffice Writer Usability Survey

On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 4:51 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > I while ago we were contacted by some academic researchers in Spain > who wanted to do a usability study about OpenOffice Writer. The > wanted to interview Writer users, both new and experienced. > > You can read about the study here: > https:/

Re: About International Mother Language Day

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Donald Whytock wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> Great. Here is Khan's draft along with some information on AOO >> language support: >> >> >> https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEnt

Re: About International Mother Language Day

On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:57 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Great. Here is Khan's draft along with some information on AOO > language support: > > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=international_mother_language_day_2014 > > If there are any corrections please get them ASAP. I'd like t

Re: More annoying FUD

On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > http://www.italovignoli.org/2014/02/language-support-of-office-suites/ > > Don't you love it when they come up with these false comparisons? > > If you look a little bit closer you see that they are releasing and > counting languages where the U

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Donald Whytock wrote: > >> http://openoffice.org should NOT redirect to anything. Please let us >> know >> if this did happen. >> http://heanet.dl.sourceforge.net/ is NOT an OpenOffice address, and did

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2014-02-12 12:22 GMT-05:00 René VIDIL : > Bonjour > J'utilisais jusqu'à présent la version 3.4.1 et en cherchant à résoudre > quelques problèmes j'ai découvert qu'il existait la dernière version 4.0.1. > Je l'ai téléchargée sur votre site "openoffice.org" qui renvoie en fait > sur "heanet.dl.sourc

Re: So-called "Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website"

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> Is anyone else noticing that almost no one uses the link to report > >> website issu

Re: So-called "Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website"

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Is anyone else noticing that almost no one uses the link to report > website issues to actually report website issues? > > I wonder whether we're making it harder for ourselves by having this > link? I don't mind getting support questions to the

Re: Application Review - OpenOffice

On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > We did receive your 27-page long questionnaire regarding the > capabilities and license of the OpenOffice application. There may be > some misunderstanding here. I'm tempted to put that on my cube wall as a quote.

Re: "isn't comprised of"

On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:29 AM, Louis Suárez-Potts wrote: > Hi, > > Rob Weir wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >> On Tue, 4 Feb 2014 00:07:25 -0500 > >> "E. Ward" wrote: > >> > >>> Dear Brilliant OOers, > >>> > >>> About comprise. > >>> > >>> You write, "is comp

Re: Call for Comments: Apache OpenOffice Distributor Best Practices

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 9:47 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > Details are here: > > > > https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/entry/call_for_comments_apache_openoffice > > > > It has been over a month since we put out this call for comments. You > can see some of

Re: Are there any legal repercussions for banning users from mailing lists?

On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Mon, 20 Jan 2014 11:27:09 -0500 > Rob Weir wrote: > > > We (Apache OpenOffice) recently had a user subscribe our users mailing > > list (500+ subscribers), and cause general disruption: > > > > 1) Many posts (20+) in a short period of

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 7:14 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Southwest Media wrote: > > I cannot find an acceptable contact for my problem with open > > office and I HATE forums they are for lazy companies who do not > > want to service customers.

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 10:24 PM, grumpy wrote: > > From this page: > http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/java.html > > taking the link "Installation FAQ" which goes here: > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/FAQ/Installation > > results in this message: > > There is a p

Re: new version

On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Vladislav Stevanovic < stevanovicvladis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > Where I can download the newest version of AOO, for testing purpose? > > Regards, > Wlada > Usually from openoffice.org. Specifically, http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html Or do yo

Re: draft blog post: Call for Comments: Apache OpenOffice Distributor Best Practices

On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Keith N. McKenna wrote: > Change CDs to CD's. > Why?

Re: Openoffice is being sold on ebay

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Regina Henschel wrote: > But I'm concerned about the way the product is shown. For example in > http://www.ebay.com/itm/Microsoft-Office-Word-Excel- > Compatible-Open-Office-Professional-Edition-2013/281137965681 > Either it is not our OpenOffice, then it may not

Re: Openoffice is being sold on ebay

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Jörg Schmidt wrote: > > We don't warrant AOO in any case...we provide it as-is. > > However, we can > > state that binaries people download from AOO sites are built from AOO > > source and don't contain anything else; we can't guarantee > > that for copies > > fr

Re: Openoffice is being sold on ebay

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jörg Schmidt wrote: > Hello, > > > From: dwhyt...@gmail.com [mailto:dwhyt...@gmail.com] On > > > Please note that Apache does not endorse or guarantee any > > copy of AOO not > > downloaded from an AOO site. > > Is not it better to say that in general there is no

Re: Openoffice is being sold on ebay

Hi Luis... Thank you for your concern. However, since Apache OpenOffice is free to distribute and re-distribute, it's considered legal to sell it on Ebay, inasmuch as it's a sale of a CD/DVD that happens to have AOO on it. Please note that Apache does not endorse or guarantee any copy of AOO not

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice web site

Hi Michel... Apologies for the response in English. By "Outlook", do you mean email? Apache OpenOffice does not currently have an email client. Don 2013/11/21 Michel de CENAC > Bonjour et un grand merci pour m’avoir permis de charger votre OpenOffice > 4.0.1 (gratuitement). > Elle fonctionn

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 11/15/2013 07:29 PM, schrieb couvreur laurence: > > Bonjour, >> >> Le 23.10.2013 à 19h09 j'ai téléchargé une version normalement gratuite >> d'open office sur votre site internet. >> Pour cela il fallait envoyer 2 sms pour obtenir des cod

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

2013/11/15 couvreur laurence > Bonjour, > > Le 23.10.2013 à 19h09 j'ai téléchargé une version normalement gratuite > d'open office sur votre site internet. > Pour cela il fallait envoyer 2 sms pour obtenir des codes afin de > poursuivre le téléchargement. > Aujourd'hui ces 2 sms me sont facturés

Re: draft blog post: Apache OpenOffice 4.1 to Bring Enhanced Accessibility Support

On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > This will be something to post after Steve merges the code intro the > trunk, which I understand will be soon: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=apache_openoffice_4_1_to > > Does anyone have anything else to add? A quote fro

Re: Interested in a technical cross-platform mailing?

...Does that bottom part mean this mailing list is subscribed to his mailing list? Don On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 4:54 PM, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe < mengualjean...@free.fr> wrote: > Hi, We have just founded a group, called liberte0 (Freedom 0). Its purpose > is to promote the accessibility for every

Re: OpenOffice.org Portable - programosy

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 11/06/2013 01:26 PM, schrieb Partnership Programosy: > > Hello, >> >> Can we ask you to add our link: >> http://www.programosy.pl/program,openoffice-portable.html >> in this place: >> http://www.openoffice.org/awards/ >> >> This program ha

Re: Another use for AOO...

On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 8:38 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/suburbs/plainfield/community/chi-ugc-article-district-202-to-sell-surplus-laptops-and-desk-2013-11-05,0,1820004.story > > School district selling off old computers to the public. They wipe > the harddriv

Re: Draft blog post: 75 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:44 PM, Donald Whytock wrote: > On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> As predicted we hit 75 million yesterday. I updated the various >> charts and added them to a new blog post: >> >> >> https://blogs.

Re: Draft blog post: 75 Million Downloads of Apache OpenOffice

On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > As predicted we hit 75 million yesterday. I updated the various > charts and added them to a new blog post: > > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=75_million_downloads_of_apache "the full table

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Davicia Thomas-Morgan < notary2u...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I can't donate or downloadboo! > > DGT Morgan Hi Davicia... Did you try http://www.openoffice.org/download/index.html ? As for donating, the ASF donations page says there's a problem with Paypal

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 12:26 AM, MD Otley wrote: > The "Other FAQ" page ( http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-other.html) > needs to be updated. > * Several questions (and answers) still say "OpenOffice.org" > instead of "Apache OpenOffice". > * Sun is no longer an independent com

Re: Downloads by Country (updated data)

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 4:11 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Updated table here: > > http://www.openoffice.org/stats/countries.html > > The last update was in early August. > > The top 10 has remained stable. The first change in the table is at > position #12, where Belgium overtook India for downloads. >

Re: SySaver malware?

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 2:03 PM, wrote: > > Earlier this week I downloaded the update, and then was directed to a page > to pick a free gift app or something purporting to be from you-all for > getting the update. I selected something called ZIPdownload or something > like that. Soon every few

Re: New AOO 4.0 review article (PC World)

On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > http://www.pcworld.com/article/2048446/apache-openoffice-4-0-review-new-features-easier-to-use-still-free.html > > Title is "Apache OpenOffice 4.0 review: New features, easier to use, still > free" > > Does someone want to work on the pseudo-Vi

Re: draft 4.0.1 announcement blog post

Does that need to be "MS Excel"? On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=announcing_apache_openoffice_4_0 > > Short and direct. > > Is there anything else worth mentioning, from a project perspective? > I tried to avoid simply rep

Re: Can we do this email thing (whatever it is called)?

On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 12:48 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Another approach would be via a feed that is loaded by AOO itself at > first load. Many products have something like that, a tips dialog > that gives a new tip every time the product starts, or once a week or > something. > I would recommend a

Re: Reporting a problem with the OpenOffice website

On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 1:07 PM, Mr. Phan Anh wrote: > Here is the alternative link: > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.0.0/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.0.0_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe/download > > Besides, aware that, the attached elements should be in zip, not b

Re: I would like to get notified when the korean language pack is ready. thank you :D eom

Hi Brooke... You may want to subscribe to the AOO announce list: announce-subscr...@openoffice.apache.org It's fairly low volume, and tends to include announcements of languages becoming available. Don On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Brooke White wrote: > >

Re: Yet another flyer

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:17 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > No, but Apache cares about legal issues, and therefore might not want > > someone else's trademarks (however valid or frivolous) infringed upon in > &

Re: Yet another flyer

see your disclaimer box for commercial products. I honestly don't know if that obviates the need for TMs here and there. Anyone else know? Don On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > Ok - I've been hearing about this for 9 years and there has never been a > proble

Re: Yet another flyer

No, but Apache cares about legal issues, and therefore might not want someone else's trademarks (however valid or frivolous) infringed upon in the context of presenting Apache's own valid ones. Don On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > Personally, I don't care about that other e

Re: Invitation to use Google Talk

Is this meant as an IRC altenative? Don On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Google Talk wrote: > --- > > You've been invited by Kay Schenk to use Google Talk. > > If you already have a Google account, login to Gmail and accept th

Re: Bug ??

Sorry for the response in English. This mailing list usually blocks attachments. Do you have a place to host the file? Or can you explain with more detail? Don 2013/8/29 VERRON Jacques > Bonjour, > > ** ** > > Depuis fort longtemps j’ai un soucis avec ce type de document réalisé à > par

Re: Where do I download Open Office 4.0?

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 10:34 AM, sebb wrote: > On 23 August 2013 14:55, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> Hi Kit, > >> > >> Rory gave you another link that should work. But so we can debug > >> things more on our end, could you let us know was operating

Re: [IDEA] "Back to School with AOO" blog post

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:54 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > It is that time of year now: back to school. > > > > I wonder if this could make a good blog post. Of course, AOO being > > free is core part of the story. But even better would be if we h

Fwd: Open Office 4.0

Forwarding this from the l10n list because of the bad link report. Don -- Forwarded message -- From: Susanne Demant Date: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 1:22 PM Subject: Open Office 4.0 To: l...@openoffice.apache.org Hi, I just want to tell you, that I - although OpenOffice 4.0 is not wi

Re: Should download pages *require* Javascript?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > The trick is to work with the Apache CMS. We already have a system > where source files (like MDText and HTML) are converted into HTML > which we then review and publish. That's how our templating works. > The glue is Perl. And I bet Python is

Re: Should download pages *require* Javascript?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:52 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 08/20/2013 09:45 PM, schrieb Donald Whytock: > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Marcus (OOo) >> wrote: > > > >> > - which server do you mean? >>> >>> Whatever server is hosting

Re: Should download pages *require* Javascript?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 3:22 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 08/20/2013 08:37 PM, schrieb Donald Whytock: > >> On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Marcus (OOo) >> wrote: >> >> >>> In the past it was, sorry, a pain in the ass to keep this webpage >>>

Re: Should download pages *require* Javascript?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > > In the past it was, sorry, a pain in the ass to keep this webpage > up-to-date as there were always changes in paths, version number and > languages (new were included, old were dropped out). Copy & paste errors > were often occurring. Now

Re: Should download pages *require* Javascript?

On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 5:29 AM, sebb wrote: > On 20 August 2013 01:20, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 6:39 PM, Marcus (OOo) > wrote: > >> Am 08/19/2013 09:51 PM, schrieb sebb: > >> > >>> On 19 August 2013 20:27, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 2:14 PM, Andre

Re: [IDEA] "Back to School with AOO" blog post

On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 3:12 PM, fred juan diaz >wrote: > > En date de : Ven 9.8.13, Regina Henschel a > > >> On 06.08.2013 at 5:10 PM, "sebb" > > wrote:>On 6 August 2013 15:56, Donald

Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Hagar Delest > wrote: > >> Objet : Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links > >> Not to speak for them, but I suspect they would point out the fact > >> that we there are over 100 Apache projects, and th

Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Hagar Delest wrote: > I've downloaded OOo several times in the past through torrents because it > was much faster. And I noticed that my file was also shared at a not > negligible rate. > > I think this is something worth implementing. I'm not from a generation >

Re: OpenOffice Distribution

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Primeira Escolha - Informática & Eletrónica wrote: > Good day. > > ** ** > > I’m Paulo Lopes Alves, from Portugal and I would like to know the > following: > > ** ** > > I own a little computers company and I would like to be an official > distributor of O

Re: [IDEA] "Back to School with AOO" blog post

On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Ian Lynch wrote: > On 6 August 2013 15:40, Rob Weir wrote: > > > It is that time of year now: back to school. > > > > I wonder if this could make a good blog post. Of course, AOO being > > free is core part of the story. But even better would be if we had a >

Re: Web Development program?

Depends on what you mean by a "web development program". There's webpage editors that you can use to prepare HTML files that can be placed on a webserver; Dreamweaver is a big commercial name for this. There are some free editors too, but I don't know if any of them have commercial-grade function

Re: Downloading latest version of Open office

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 8:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > Hi Ed, > > You should never need a phone number or make a call to download or > otherwise activate Apache OpenOffice. > > Please download from http://www.openoffice.org/download > > Regards, > Dave > > On Jul 31, 2013, at 5:12 PM, Edward Reyes

Re: [REVIEW] draft blog.

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 5:59 PM, janI wrote: > Hi > > A while ago we discussed to get more bloggers. > > Since I have 1 years birthday in a couple of days, I have made a blog. > > I am not a native speaker, so I assume there are some mistakes in there, > feel free to correct them. > > But more im

Re: problem with new logo

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > The problem is simple the Sans Pro font doesnt display properly when > rendered by other engines. > font-family="Source Sans Pro Light" > > I recomend a simple edit, to change from Fonts to Paths, that way the > nodes and form is static

Re: problem with new logo

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Donald Whytock >wrote: > > > >> Hi all... > >> > >> I'm trying to work with

Re: problem with new logo

On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Donald Whytock wrote: > Hi all... > > I'm trying to work with the .svg for the new logo, but I'm having > problems. In Draw, on two different machines, both 3.4.1 and 4.0, it looks > like the following: > > > ht

problem with new logo

Hi all... I'm trying to work with the .svg for the new logo, but I'm having problems. In Draw, on two different machines, both 3.4.1 and 4.0, it looks like the following: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bwli-fLYVnjtdnlMdkdoMXN5cG8/edit?usp=sharing Would this be a problem with Draw or the .svg?

Re: Release coordination proposal

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 07/22/2013 09:45 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: > > 2) What should the "legacy" link go to now? Is 3.3.0 still "legacy"? >> If so, what is "3.4.1"? We might need to reword and restructure that >> destination page, but I think it is OK for now.

Re: [RELEASE]: availability of uploads and synchronize SF mirrors

On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 6:42 AM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 07/21/2013 02:10 AM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): > > Am 07/20/2013 12:45 PM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): >> >>> Here a little update what I can see: >>> >>> 1. >>> https://sourceforge.net/**projects/openofficeorg.mirror/** >>> files/4.0.0/binaries/

Re: [RESULT][VOTE]: Release OpenOffice 4.0 (RC2)

On Fri, Jul 19, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > The vote period to release the RC2 (based on release branch AOO40, > revision 1503704) as Apache OpenOffice 4.0 has ended. > > The ballot result in 24 votes, 24 +1 votes including 14 binding PMC > member votes. > > 3 binding +1 votes are ne

Re: Copy of your message to WikiAdmin: Irish Dictionary link (from Sandra)

Confirmed, ftp.services.openoffice.org and services.openoffice.org come up 404. Sandra, what version of OO were you looking for the dictionary for? Don On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 10:39 AM, Sandra Wagner wrote: > Really, you're going to advise me to make sure I typed it in correctly? > What part o

Re: New Product and collaboration

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Hans Langsholt wrote: > I have a Product idea and are looking for partners and affiliates. > > I have a idea of a webservice which could benefit the OpenOffice Product > also indirctly if it get a succes. I am looking for different partners to > show investors tha

Re: Crowdsourcing wanted features for OpenOffice?

Nothing initiated by AOO itself, but nothing preventing someone from starting one on their own. Don On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 12:32 PM, webassistant5 wrote: > Hello, > I know several other open-source projects are offering bounties and > crowdsourcing for feature requests. In this way the money

Re: Draft Blog Post: Rejected

On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > A quick and timely post: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=rejected > > Regards, > > -Rob "Apache OpenOffice 4.0: Quality worth waiting for." Makes me think of standing in line for way too long at KFC, thinking of their

Re: Coordination on AOO 4.0 Release Announcement

Will the new distributor page be opened up in conjunction with the new release? Don

Re: Problem accessing web site

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: > Am 07/04/2013 11:05 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk: > > On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Dave Fisher >> wrote: >> >> >>> On Jul 4, 2013, at 8:18 AM, Pedro Marquez wrote: >>> >>> Dear Sir: I´ve been trying to download the OpenOffice softwar

Re: Draft blog post: Facebook and the growing fanbase

Made some changes for grammar and spelling, and added a link to the reference to the dev mailing list. I have the original offline. Does the blog have revision history? Don On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 3:11 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > On 7/2/13 9:01 AM, Raphael Bircher wrote: > > Hi all > > > > > h

Re: Draft blog post: Not Interested

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=not_interested > > This is another reference post, that we can point people to in the > future. It will help avoid explaining this over and over again, for > recurring questions like these. > >

Re: Draft blog post: With Apache OpenOffice you get what you don't pay for

On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 9:36 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=with_apache_openoffice_you_get > "Supplies are limited"...technically true, if you're trying to avoid traffic overload on the link... Don

Re: 3.4.1_release_blocker canceled: [Bug 119946] [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test for "Section 3 Apps support Windows security features" is failed.

This was sent to the incubating mailing list. Is fixing that a JIRA? Don On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:11 AM, wrote: > Oliver-Rainer Wittmann has canceled > 3.4.1_release_blocker: > Bug 119946: [Windows 8 certification]Windows App Certification Kit - Test > for > "Section 3 Apps support Windows

Re: Idea: Public beta program for AOO 4.1?

On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:35:23 -0400 > Rob Weir wrote: > > > Something to consider for AOO 4.1 is the value of a broad public beta > > program to solicit early feedback on builds. This could be a good > > complement to our formal QA efforts

Re: Logo next steps

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:26 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 11:16 PM, Kevin Grignon > wrote: > > I propose we take a final pass to prepare the logo for production. > > > > The vector artwork should be converted curves, the "ff" elements need to > be combined, and some font kerning

Re: Draft blog post: Selling and Buying OpenOffice CDs

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > > >> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Donald Whytock > >> wrote: > >> >

Re: Draft blog post: Selling and Buying OpenOffice CDs

On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 11:03 AM, Donald Whytock > wrote: > > Okay, got it now. Under the circs, then, do you still want it proofed? > > > > At this point, looking more for content/message review. Does this > answe

Re: Draft blog post: Selling and Buying OpenOffice CDs

Okay, got it now. Under the circs, then, do you still want it proofed? On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Donald Whytock wrote: > 502 Bad Gateway > > > On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > >> >> https://blogs.apache.or

Re: Draft blog post: Selling and Buying OpenOffice CDs

502 Bad Gateway On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=selling_and_buying_openoffice_cds > > > Another FAQ-type post, since we get regular questions on this topic. > > But I see Kay has also started a discussion on the list relat

Re: Draft blog post: When will OpenOffice version X be released?

On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > > https://blogs.apache.org/preview/OOo/?previewEntry=when_will_openoffice_version_x > > Since we get this question frequently, I thought it would be good to > have a canonical response we can point people to. > > It needs some editing, but mainly

Re: [VOTE] Logo selection for Apache OpenOffice 4.0

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > > Everyone is welcome to vote, though only PMC votes are binding. > > My non-binding vote...Of the choices offered, putting Kevin's edgier birds toward the bottom and Chris' bolder font toward the top. Chris' looks the most scalably workable, eq

Re: Blog about sidebar

On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 3:21 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: > Changed that to > > A little known feature of OpenOffice is that extensions can provide > panels for the task panel (now called sidebar). > > I am not sure if parenthesis and dot/period should be interchanged but > ".)" just looks too wro

Re: Blog about sidebar

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > On Fri, 31 May 2013 16:52:33 +0200 > Andre Fischer wrote: > > > > > I applied the rest of the changes (some of my errors are so > > embarrassing). Thank you very much. > > > > -Andre > > If I could write any other language than my own a

Re: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Hagar Delest wrote: > Le 30/05/2013 22:53, Rob Weir a écrit : > > I think the important thing is to realize that long-standing >> OpenOffice users, like you and me, have strong opinions and >> perceptions on this that are not necessarily reflective of the views >>

Re: New BZ Component: General/Legal

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > Description is: "Issues related to NOTICE, LICENSE files, trademarks > or similar legal or policy requirements." > Is this specifically issues internal to AOO? As opposed to reports of trademark abuse or requests for approval of trademark use?

Re: Next steps for AOO 4.0 Logo Selection

On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > The only way I can visualize the book notion is that I am seeing an > unfolded piece of paper. If this is two facing pages of an open book, the > problem is there is nothing to suggest the rest of the book. > It could be bookish with

Is 3.4.1 still "incubating"?

I see on the downloads page (http://openoffice.apache.org/downloads.html) that the current version is listed as "*Current Version 3.4.1 (incubating)". *Since 3.4.1 is the current official release, and since "incubating" has more to do with Apache internal policies than the release itself, should t

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