RE: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Jim Jagielski [mailto:j...@jagunet.com] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 1:18 PM > To: dev > Subject: Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: > [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur) > > Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually >

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Marcus, Am 28.12.20 um 17:27 schrieb Marcus: > Am 28.12.20 um 16:58 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> Hi Marcus, >> >> Am 28.12.20 um 16:23 schrieb Marcus: >>> Am 28.12.20 um 16:09 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Hello, > -Original Message- > From: Marcus

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 1:13 PM Peter Kovacs wrote: > > On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: > > Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog > > article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article > > moot with the actual release? > > Yes I think it

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 16:09 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Hello, -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:00 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page Am 28.12.20 um 15:48 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: there was

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jim Jagielski
https://www.openoffice.org/download/ also refers to OS X <=10.6 versions, which we do not provide. That should be removed as well, IMO. > On Dec 28, 2020, at 9:48 AM, Jörg Schmidt wrote: > > Hello, > > there was currently in the forum the case of a user who believed AOO was also > available

RE: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:42 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page > I've prepared the update: > https://openoffice-org.staged.apache.org/download/index.html > > If

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 14:13 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article moot with the actual release? Yes I think it is worth it and we

Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, there was currently in the forum the case of a user who believed AOO was also available for Windows as 64Bit. The user points out that he got this impression because on our download page the Linux versions are marked, but not the Windows version. I would therefore like to suggest that

Re: AOO 4.1.9 Info

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 27.12.20 um 14:49 schrieb Jim Jagielski: The AOO419 branch has been created. The version numbers, et.al. have been bumped. The Release Status page has been cloned: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.9 thanks a lot for making this effort - and to wear the release

Re: [lazy consensus] Addition in release notes because of Big Sur (was: How should we proceed with BigSur?)

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 27.12.20 um 19:30 schrieb Dave Fisher: On Dec 27, 2020, at 5:13 AM, Patricia Shanahan wrote: On Dec 27, 2020, at 04:39, Jörg Schmidt wrote: -Original Message- From: Peter Kovacs [mailto:pe...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2020 12:50 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org

RE: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
Hello, > -Original Message- > From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:00 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page > > Am 28.12.20 um 15:48 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: > > there was currently in the forum the

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Jim Jagielski
Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article moot with the actual release? Maybe it is better to address the issue with the release announcement...? > On Dec 27, 2020, at 1:26 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 16:23 schrieb Marcus: Am 28.12.20 um 16:09 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:00 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page Am 28.12.20 um 15:48

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 16:39 schrieb Jim Jagielski: https://www.openoffice.org/download/ also refers to OS X <=10.6 versions, which we do not provide. That should be removed as well, IMO. when you select this item, then you get a hint what you can do instead. IMHO we have agreed in the past that

RE: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Matthias Seidel [mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:58 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page > > Hi Marcus, > > Am 28.12.20 um 16:23 schrieb Marcus: > > Am 28.12.20 um 16:09

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Marcus, Am 28.12.20 um 16:23 schrieb Marcus: > Am 28.12.20 um 16:09 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: >> Hello, >> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >>> Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:00 PM >>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>> Subject: Re: Proposed change

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 16:58 schrieb Matthias Seidel: Hi Marcus, Am 28.12.20 um 16:23 schrieb Marcus: Am 28.12.20 um 16:09 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: Hello, -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 4:00 PM To: dev@openoffice.apache.org

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Peter Kovacs
On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article moot with the actual release? Yes I think it is worth it and we should train to do such things more often.

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Jim Jagielski
All good points, which was exactly what I was looking, and hoping, for. Thx. Glad to see that people are actually thinking hard about these things not only from a community development aspect, but also from a, for lack of a better word, strategic viewpoint. > On Dec 28, 2020, at 8:13 AM, Peter

Re: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 15:48 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: there was currently in the forum the case of a user who believed AOO was also available for Windows as 64Bit. The user points out that he got this impression because on our download page the Linux versions are marked, but not the Windows version. I

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Peter Kovacs
On 28.12.20 15:40, Marcus wrote: Am 28.12.20 um 14:13 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the article moot with the actual release?

RE: Proposed change for download page

2020-12-28 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Matthias Seidel [mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de] > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2020 5:31 PM > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Proposed change for download page > > > Please note that the download page for every language needs > >

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 20:32 schrieb Marcus: Am 28.12.20 um 19:11 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 15:40, Marcus wrote: Am 28.12.20 um 14:13 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this

Re: [Consensus Building] What we should do now (was: [lazy consensus] ... Big Sur)

2020-12-28 Thread Marcus
Am 28.12.20 um 19:11 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 15:40, Marcus wrote: Am 28.12.20 um 14:13 schrieb Peter Kovacs: On 28.12.20 13:17, Jim Jagielski wrote: Playing devil's advocate here: does it make sense to actually post a blog article about this and then, maybe a week later, have the

Re: Call for Proposals: Apache OpenOffice Devroom at FOSDEM 2021 (online)

2020-12-28 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Last call: don't be shy! Let's take FOSDEM as an occasion for an overall "state of the project" where we inform each other on the current status and ways forward. All talks will be pre-recorded as Peter wrote, so no problem with timezones; but after each talk we will have a live "questions

Re: Call for Proposals: Apache OpenOffice Devroom at FOSDEM 2021 (online)

2020-12-28 Thread Dave Fisher
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2020, at 3:41 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > Last call: don't be shy! Let's take FOSDEM as an occasion for an overall > "state of the project" where we inform each other on the current status and > ways forward. > > All talks will be pre-recorded as Peter

Re: MWiki Developer Guide Blank Pages

2020-12-28 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 17/12/2020 Carl Marcum wrote: I think I've fixed the blank pages problem in the Developer Guide. ...and I think I've read all the MWiki-related mails sent to this list by now, so I'll answer! Thank you guys for fixing the long-standing bug. I documented, back at the time, the MWiki

Re: Policy to deal with old web content - Archiving pages?

2020-12-28 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 22/12/2020 Jörg Schmidt wrote: my personal opinion is very simple: for me it would be enough to archive a static copy of the current state of the web pages, a history is not needed (in my opinion). This is what we get by using SVN/GIT (for static content, like the main OpenOffice.org

Re: AOO 4.1.9 Info

2020-12-28 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi all, Am 27.12.20 um 14:49 schrieb Jim Jagielski: > The AOO419 branch has been created. > The version numbers, et.al. have been bumped. > The Release Status page has been cloned: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1.9 First test builds for Windows are available at: