Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/6/2011 12:47 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: ASF members wish to devote considerable time and energy to this project, so exactly who the hell are you to decide what they should and shouldn't devote that time and energy to? I am just a volunteer

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: Wow. Did it occur to you that the original project, Apache httpd, was commercially exploited by vendors *even prior to the creation of the Apache Software Foundation*?

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: Wow. Did it occur to you that the original project, Apache httpd, was commercially exploited by vendors *even prior to the

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/5/11 11:02 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 12:47 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: ASF members wish to devote considerable time and energy to this project, so exactly who the hell are you to decide what they should and shouldn't devote that

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread eric b
Hi, Le 6 juin 11 à 02:28, William A. Rowe Jr. a écrit : Because Oracle and TDF, in confidential negotiations, could not come to an agreement. Also that's one more reason why OpenOffice.org should be hosted by the Apache Foundation. For the memory, LibreOffice and TDF have been created

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: Wow. Did it occur to you that the original project, Apache httpd, was

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 11:34 PM, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:02 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 12:47 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: ASF members wish to devote considerable time and energy to this project, so exactly who the hell are you to

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Brouwer
Christian Lippka schreef: Am 06.06.2011 00:28, schrieb Simon Brouwer: Op 5-6-2011 19:19, Christian Lippka schreef: Hi Ralph, Am 05.06.2011 18:46, schrieb Ralph Goers: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Or rather, the incubator needs to evaluate current proposals on its current methodology, and (in a quiet time between proposals) generate more specific criteria for incubation, independent of any particular proposal.  I just find it rude to change the rules of the game during the match. That

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote on 2011-06-06 02.28: Because Oracle and TDF, in confidential negotiations, could not come to an agreement. And I think that's all that need be said on the matter. well, I guess it has been mentioned on this list before, but let me state it this way: What TDF

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote on 2011-06-06 02.37: And I remind you of this response I gave you before: http://markmail.org/message/wwoxum4tuvdg5q3p I guess we're running in circles. However, I have made my points and hopefully responded to some rumors spreading (like: TDF is no choice

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Sam, Sam Ruby wrote on 2011-06-06 02.02: I can tell you that those decisions are made above Rob's and my pay grades. Way above. maybe - looking behind corporate walls, so to say, is sometimes a bit complicated. I don't personally blame anyone for this, but reading some rumors or

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 June 2011 12:43, Florian Effenberger flo...@documentfoundation.orgwrote: given that the granted source code seems to be lacking important parts, and there is no real idea on how to provide continuity for users (e.g. releasing OOo 3.4.0). All of this will do *much* harm, IMHO even more

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:37 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote on 06/05/2011 07:49:41 PM: From: Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/05/2011 07:50 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:06 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I would recommend altering the proposal. We have the set of files specified in the software grant. During incubation, we will seek a grant to the following groups of code: bullet

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:06 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I would recommend altering the proposal. We have the set of files specified in the software grant. During

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
: Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?) On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:06 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I would recommend altering

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 6, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:17 PM, Simon Phipps wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 1:06 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I would recommend altering the proposal. We have the set

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Like most aspects of Apache, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than to seek permission, epecially when we don't all agree on the necessity of it ;-). Given I had actually asked for and received permission from the

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
worry too much about it, Simon. - Original Message From: Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 9:11:33 AM Subject: Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?) On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
Subject: Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?) On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Like most aspects of Apache, it's easier to ask for forgiveness than to seek permission, epecially when we don't all agree on the necessity

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Sam Ruby
files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?) On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com   wrote: Like most aspects of Apache, it's easier to ask for  forgiveness than to seek permission, epecially when we don't all  agree on the necessity of it ;-). Given I had

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/6/2011 4:55 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: that being said - can OOo really be treated like each other podling? I start to feel it might not be the case. Can we change the rules while the game? Yes, we can. I would be very dissappointed if we would obey blindly to our own rules just

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitzphil.ste...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/5/11 10:16 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: Wow. Did it occur to you that the

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Richard S. Hall wrote on 2011-06-06 16.19: However, it seems like we have lost sight of the fact that TDF split the community from OOo. Sure, Oracle is the perceived villain and TDF the perceived good guy, but it doesn't change the fact that OOo created the community in the first place.

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil Steitzphil.ste...@gmail.com  wrote: [...] Disclaimer: I

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Phil

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:52 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: To the extent that OOo presents the incubator with something the ASF has not faced, you are correct... these things we have no standards yet to measure whether a podling should be accepted.  To the extent that it is

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 10:33, Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi, Richard S. Hall wrote on 2011-06-06 16.19: However, it seems like we have lost sight of the fact that TDF split the community from OOo. Sure, Oracle is the perceived villain and TDF the perceived good guy, but it doesn't change the fact that OOo

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Ralph, 2011/6/6 Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com: On Jun 6, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: [...] Under these conditions, I'll change my entry in the wiki. done. Manfred, I wouldn't be so hasty.  There are lots of opinions around here and we all need a bit of a

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 11:04:31 AM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? - Concentration on binaries: Apache projects are usually all about source code. For example, Apache

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 6/6/2011 1:06 AM, Sanjiva

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 11:26, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org On 6/6/11 2:48, Phil Steitz wrote: On 6/5/11 11:26 PM, William A. Rowe

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 June 2011 16:39, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 11:26, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Manfred A. Reiter
Hi Simos, *, 2011/6/6 Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org [...] Fact: Your employer provoked the

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:46, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: ... And the natural extension is that if there is no home for the OOo code with Apache where will it end up? That scenario is not without risk either. As I've said elsewhere, I would lobby our Board for an unsupported tarball of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Ian Lynch
On 6 June 2011 17:08, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:46, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: ... And the natural extension is that if there is no home for the OOo code with Apache where will it end up? That scenario is not without risk either. As I've said

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread drew
On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 12:08 -0400, Greg Stein wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:46, Ian Lynch ianrly...@gmail.com wrote: ... And the natural extension is that if there is no home for the OOo code with Apache where will it end up? That scenario is not without risk either. As I've said

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Simos Xenitellis
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 11:26, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org  wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41, Manfred A. Reiter wrote: Hi Richard, * 2011/6/6 Richard S.

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 13:37, Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 11:26, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org  wrote: On 6/6/11 10:41,

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 13:50, Greg Stein wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 13:37, Simos Xenitellis simos.li...@googlemail.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 11:26, Simos Xenitellis wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Richard S.

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 14:17, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 13:50, Greg Stein wrote: ... How about we drop these lines of discussion, and simply follow Ross' advice and focus on what is needed by the Incubator PMC to accept this proposal? While I agree that a lot of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-06 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/6/11 14:26, Greg Stein wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 14:17, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/6/11 13:50, Greg Stein wrote: ... How about we drop these lines of discussion, and simply follow Ross' advice and focus on what is needed by the Incubator PMC to accept this

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-06 Thread Lee Fisher
Concerning the extensions, by reading the file Sam Ruby uploaded, the following extensions are in the grant: * PDF Import (module sdext) * Presentation Minimizer (module sdext) * Presenter Console (module sdext) * Report Builder (modules reportbuilder, reportdesign) * Wiki publisher (module

OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Hi all, I have tried to follow as much as emails as possible but it's overwhelming. Anyway I feel that several questions do not longer belong to the pre-incubation phase but should be clarified after we have accepted the podling. Many questions are around Can/Should we have a second office

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:02 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Again are we able to vote on the podling? If no, please specifiy why? Not just yet. I don't want anyone to feel that we rushed this. It has been less than four days. A number of threads are still active You are

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Not just yet.  I don't want anyone to feel that we rushed this. Oh, i didn't want to rush If that progress can be made in less than 24 hours, imagine what the next 24, 48, or even 72 hours will bring. Compared and good :-) My expectation is that the right time to hold a vote will be by the

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list. But maybe that is just because it was Saturday :-)

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 11:43:47 AM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On Jun 5, 2011, at 6:26 AM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: Not just yet. I don't want anyone to feel

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
FYI- here's a link to the Harmony proposal: http://s.apache.org/KPG - Original Message From: Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 1:01:38 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? - Original Message From

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Hi Ralph, Am 05.06.2011 18:46, schrieb Ralph Goers: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list.

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more relevant to this list. But maybe that is just because it was Saturday :-)

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled down a lot in the last 24 hours and is now focusing in on topics more

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread drew
On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 10:01 -0700, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message snip Personally I have no idea how my daily workload will be affected by dealing with OOo's infra requirements. If it just means dishing out dedicated resources and setting up end-user services, that

Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:24, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:15, Greg Stein wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: ... What I am still waiting to hear on are: 1. The amount of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
to the task, we'll try to give you just enough rope not to hang yourself as you get started. - Original Message From: drew d...@baseanswers.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 2:24:20 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On Sun, 2011-06-05 at 10:01

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
Totally offtopic, but On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:59, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... 2. The amount of work  that will be required to rework dependencies. Not a blocker for starting incubation. Keep in mind that the podling may elect to release via the libreoffice

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: No, we don't need the comprehensive list to start. OK, that's good. It will be worth gathering a group of experts to build a comprehensive view. I suggest that include LibreOffice developers too. After all that, then we can

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread André Schnabel
Hi, Am 05.06.2011 20:24, schrieb Simon Phipps: I'm more interested in the list of files from the Hg repository that are NOT in that list. I gotta believe it is non-zero, so what are they, and how much of a problem will that be? I've been discussing this privately with some folk, and while

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Ariel Constenla-Haile
Hello Simon, On Sunday 05 June 2011, 15:58, Simon Phipps wrote: While the extensions in particular are a concern (plenty of us will be horrified to lose the Presenter Console from Impress for example), it's also important to get the work that was in progress internal to Sun on core code

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 02:21:01 PM: This proposal raises lots of questions, but the requirements for entering the incubator are not high and so IMO don't need to be answered before a vote. The only reason I believe for rejecting this proposal would be

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
robert_w...@us.ibm.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 3:44:35 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 02:21:01 PM: This proposal raises lots of questions, but the requirements for entering

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote on 06/05/2011 03:57:05 PM: To bridge that gap will require trust bonds to be built on both sides. Generosity with the use of the OOo mark on our part combined with generosity from TDF regarding build/distribution resources is just a first step in

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
robert_w...@us.ibm.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 4:18:53 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote on 06/05/2011 03:57:05 PM: To bridge that gap will require trust bonds to be built on both sides. Generosity

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/5/11 11:21 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have tried to follow as much as emails as possible but it's overwhelming. Anyway I feel that several questions do not longer belong to the pre-incubation

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:44 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I am puzzled by the view one open source project should not compete against another. And I am puzzled how you don't accept that open source *allows* forking and all that stuff, but that doesn't mean that competition is necessarily

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:22:35 PM: Sounds great, but so far I count only 2 committers on the project associated with IBM. IMO you're off by a factor or so, so claims that IBM intends to take this project seriously will be discounted by me until that is

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
From: Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Date: 06/05/2011 04:34 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On 6/5/11 11:21 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote: We should also remember that, with Oracle abandoning OO, we are being used to facilitate

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 04:49:20 PM: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:44 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: I am puzzled by the view one open source project should not compete against another. And I am puzzled how you don't accept that open source

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ian Lynch
On 5 June 2011 21:59, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: It is amazing how much paperwork is involved, at a large corporation, to enable such things. Good reason to set up your own company ;-)

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else about them is great. When deciding whether to accept OO we should consider

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:21, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else about them is great. When deciding whether to accept OO we should

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com wrote: Concerning the extensions, by reading the file Sam Ruby uploaded, the following extensions are in the grant: snip Thanks, I'd missed those. Reassuring :-) I don't see the MySQL

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 11:24 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 5 Jun 2011, at 19:15, Greg Stein wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 14:05, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 6/5/2011 10:43 AM, Ralph Goers wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Am 05.06.2011 21:34, schrieb André Schnabel: Hi, Am 05.06.2011 20:24, schrieb Simon Phipps: I'm more interested in the list of files from the Hg repository that are NOT in that list. I gotta believe it is non-zero, so what are they, and how much of a problem will that be? I've been

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:21:06 PM: I personally don't need anything sorted out before the project enters incubation. All I care about is whether the community will be able to effectively deal with it or be blocked by it. That just requires some idea of

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I could be wrong. I don't work for IBM but I do work for a corporation that uses a similar business

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Christian Lippka
Am 06.06.2011 00:28, schrieb Simon Brouwer: Op 5-6-2011 19:19, Christian Lippka schreef: Hi Ralph, Am 05.06.2011 18:46, schrieb Ralph Goers: On Jun 5, 2011, at 8:59 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: I posted a similar statement yesterday. Personally, I think the traffic on this list has settled

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Cor Nouws
robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote (05-06-11 23:25) So, it does not logically follow that if a proposal at Apache is rejected that we go to TDF/LO. After all, why would you ? -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org - To

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com  wrote: IMO the only negative thing then about LibreOffice is the copyleft license - everything else

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:30:06 PM: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I could be wrong. And I support 100% your right to have that opinion and to

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Phil Steitz phil.ste...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/5/11 11:21 AM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I have tried to follow as much as emails as possible but it's overwhelming. Anyway I

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:51 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:30:06 PM: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice, rather than seeking to compete. But I could be wrong.

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread robert_weir
Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:45:16 PM: I'll lend a voice to the contrary. I can't see why splitting a community should be a factor in entry to the incubator. Just about every new open source community is trying topull away developers from another

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Joe Schaefer
decisions rarely have anything to do with each other. - Original Message From: Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 7:02:02 PM Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:51 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the only negative thing then

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:02 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 11:51 PM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:30:06 PM: I agree with you - in this case I think it would be better if IBM collaborated with LibreOffice,

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:04 AM, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote: Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote on 06/05/2011 06:45:16 PM: I'll lend a voice to the contrary. I can't see why splitting a community should be a factor in entry to the incubator. Just about every new open

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.comwrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be a great success. So why doesn't IBM want to take part when theres a great FOSS community already in

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 3:45 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be a great success. So why doesn't IBM want to take part when theres a great FOSS community already in existence? Did you not read my

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:28 AM, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:24 AM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.comwrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be a great success. So why doesn't

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be a great success. So why doesn't IBM want to take part

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Richard S. Hall
On 6/5/11 6:45 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Richard S. Hallhe...@ungoverned.org wrote: On 6/5/11 16:50, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:21 PM, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.comwrote: IMO the only negative thing then about

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:33 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: On Jun 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: It could be argued either way. I am sure if IBM put its efforts to LibreOffice then I'm sure it would be

Re: Initial source files (was: OpenOffice: were are we now?)

2011-06-05 Thread Greg Stein
On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 18:18, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 8:44 PM, Ariel Constenla-Haile ariel.constenla.ha...@googlemail.com wrote: ... I don't see the MySQL Connector module there http://hg.services.openoffice.org/DEV300/file/DEV300_m106/mysqlc Another

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Simon Phipps
On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 12:38 AM, Richard S. Hall he...@ungoverned.orgwrote: I don't think the proposal here is for OOo to enter incubation and then try to copy everything that TDF/LO does. I assume the proposers have a vision for where they want to go, even though they may be starting from

Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?

2011-06-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, robert_w...@us.ibm.com wrote on 2011-06-06 01.48: Give me a citation please where anyone from IBM said the preference of Apache to TDF/OO was due only to the license? I've been asking for reasons since my first e-mail to this list, but you didn't reply so far. So, if you could elaborate

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