Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-07 Thread Nigel Verity
; TDF Marketing ; TDF Design Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8? Hello, On 06.04.23 22:12, Eyal Rozenberg wrote: > > Great, what's the problem? Why should we be in a rush to get existing > users to upgrade from 7.5 to 7.6? Wel

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-07 Thread Csongor Halmai
Hi everyone, After reading all the messages in this topic, and learning how experienced marketing experts are in the team, I have the following humble thoughts. 1. I am a techie person who is far from being a marketing expert. Therefore, take my opinion with a grain of salt. 2. For most

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-07 Thread Thorsten Behrens
Hi y'all, Mike Saunders wrote: > Well, one argument is that we have very limited resources to support two > branches. LibreOffice 7.5 won't be around forever, so at some point we'll > need to push people to update to 7.6/8.0, as the previous version won't be > maintained and could potentially

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-07 Thread Mike Saunders
Hello, On 06.04.23 22:12, Eyal Rozenberg wrote: Great, what's the problem? Why should we be in a rush to get existing users to upgrade from 7.5 to 7.6? Well, one argument is that we have very limited resources to support two branches. LibreOffice 7.5 won't be around forever, so at some

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Regis Perdreau
r suspect that most users never read them. > >>> > >>> The discussion of the different motivators for development and > marketing > >>> people is very interesting. When I was a developer neither I nor > anybody in > >>> my teams was ever let anywh

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Italo Vignoli
avo Buzzatti Pacheco *Sent:* 05 April 2023 22:05 *To:* TDF Devs ; TDF Marketing < market...@global.libreoffice.org>; TDF Design < des...@global.libreoffice.org> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8? Hi Eyal, all! I also respec

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Regis Perdreau
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Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco
* Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco > *Sent:* 05 April 2023 22:05 > *To:* TDF Devs ; TDF Marketing < > market...@global.libreoffice.org>; TDF Design < > des...@global.libreoffice.org> > *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to > LibreOffice 8? > > H

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Eyal Rozenberg
To put last thing first: I'm not staunchly opposed to bumping the version number to 8. So think of this as a theoretical discussion. Anyway... Noting Italo's explanation that: > 80% (and probably more) of what we communicate is targeted to "normal" software users, and not to community members

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Nigel Verity
tps://www.libreoffice.org/> Respects your privacy, and gives you back control over your data​ From: Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco Sent: 05 April 2023 22:05 To: TDF Devs ; TDF Marketing ; TDF Design Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread paul hofseth
you might reason that since humans behave like herd animals, so that when some run, all run. The stimulus evoking action must be the most convincing, hence the facts can be distorted. For Libre office number eight it might suffice to claim the usual "the changes will assure your improved

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Italo Vignoli
On 06/04/23 10:08, Eyal Rozenberg wrote: That is exactly what I'm opposing. Let's assume that the real situation is "boring" (I'm not sure that's the case, but still) and that, indeed, the changes since 7 are not fundamental enough to merit a version bump on their own (and I realize this is

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Eyal Rozenberg
Gustavo, it seems that what you're saying is that the _reality_ is a bit "boring" - a long sequence of minor releases without a fundamental/breakthrough change; and there is a desire to make it more interesting/exciting using a major version bump. That is exactly what I'm opposing. Let's

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-06 Thread Ben Levitan LLC
from my IBM Selectric Typewriter -Original Message- From: Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco To: TDF Devs ; TDF Marketing ; TDF Design Sent: Wed, Apr 5, 2023 5:05 pm Subject: Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-04-05 Thread Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco
Hi Eyal, all! I also respectfully disagree with you on some points. ;D I like the idea to move to 8, even with no big technical innovation (if we have, for sure it will be better). IMHO, long sequences of minor releases (7.6, in the current case) are getting boring and not important for the

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-28 Thread Jorge E. Restrepo
Gentlemen & Gentlewomen... It's easy to assume a passive role, sit, watch and criticize... All LibreOffice contributors have been doing more than an extraordinary job. Lets not cloud our minds with trivial issues. Let's continue moving forward. All the best to all... -- Jorge E. Restrepo On

Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-28 Thread Csongor Halmai
I totally understand Italo's frustration. I also hate when I am expected to make a decision and people, who were absolutely silent and indifferent before, suddenly start to verbalise their opinion, which "happens to be" different from mine. Regarding the version number, I think people who liked

Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-28 Thread Italo Vignoli
I have been asked to provide my opinion by developers, who seem to think that the change of version has to be a marketing decision. As I have said quite clearly, I am pissed off by the current situation, where I am asked to take a decision and then I am blamed because I take one. I leave the

Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-28 Thread paul hofseth
Sirs (& ladies?), As an ironical kick in the soft underbelly of commercial progams one might emphasise that there also are trivial changes warranting a numerical advance. ExampleS: say that Libre office text now starts with Capitalis Quadrata(in the shape of Times new roman) rather than

Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?

2023-03-28 Thread Eyal Rozenberg
I respectfully disagree with Italo. First, about the "frame of reference". In my opinion, decisions such as major version number bumping are not, first and foremost, marketing decisions. That is a _consideration_, since the version number is declarative than technical. But - such an action