Re: Suggestion for OOo branding...

2011-07-24 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Hello, 2011/7/23 Rob Weir apa...@robweir.com Was this a case of there not being enough volunteers to do the work? Or the work as already done, but the work as not being integrated into the build? There are really three kinds of proposals: 1) Good idea, and there are enough people willing

Re: Suggestion for OOo branding...

2011-07-24 Thread Gianluca Turconi
2011/7/24 Gianluca Turconi in...@letturefantastiche.com There is also a OOo issue with a very long discussion about the topic. I don't remember its number. I'll try to search for it and then I'll post the URL if I'll find it. I've found it:

Re: single repository status

2011-07-24 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 23.07.2011 15:46, Rob Weir wrote: One concern would be on the IP perspective. Before we can have a release or graduate from Podling, we need to review our source code and remove all incompatible 3rd party components. We're also working to ensure that the Oracle SGA is updated to contain

Re: [DISCUSS] Initial Committer: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer Status

2011-07-24 Thread IngridvdM
Am 23.07.2011 23:47, schrieb Ross Gardler: (with my mentors hat) On 23 July 2011 22:08, IngridvdMingrid...@gmx-topmail.de wrote: [...] people might be ill, people might be on a journey around the world. Then when they return to their email they can make a case to the (P)PMC who can vote

Bikeshedding (Was: Suggestion for OOo branding...)

2011-07-24 Thread Arthur Buijs
Sometimes a discussion pops up that gets a lot of attention from a lot of people and it often leads to heated discussions. When this happens we (as a community) should be carefull not to run into the trap of bikeshedding [0]. This thread about icons and branding already contains more messages

Re: Suggestion for OOo branding...

2011-07-24 Thread Graham Lauder
On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 20:32 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: In any case, I think there is some benefit to stepping back and asking the basic question: how do we decide such questions about the user interface? A) Do we simply weight in with our personal opinions, saying I like X, I don't like Y,

Re: Suggestion for OOo branding...

2011-07-24 Thread Graham Lauder
On Sat, 2011-07-23 at 20:32 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: In any case, I think there is some benefit to stepping back and asking the basic question: how do we decide such questions about the user interface? A) Do we simply weight in with our personal opinions, saying I like X, I don't like Y,

Re: Bikeshedding (Was: Suggestion for OOo branding...)

2011-07-24 Thread Wolf Halton
This is something new to me, bikeshedding. I have participated in this kind of discussio before, but never knew there was a term for the phenomenon. Thanks! On Jul 24, 2011 7:09 AM, Arthur Buijs art...@artietee.nl wrote: Sometimes a discussion pops up that gets a lot of attention from a lot of

Re: svn commit: r793236 - in /websites/production/openofficeorg: ./ content/openofficeorg/svn-basics.html

2011-07-24 Thread Carl Marcum
Dave, On 07/23/2011 10:51 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: Hi Carl, This is great! I like the discussion about the svn commit, but as I've been thinking about the website version of this what I have been thinking about since I've never really done it is describing how to use patch to apply a patch

RE: [DISCUSS] Initial Committer: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer Status

2011-07-24 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Your rewording is fine with me. Thanks. And thank you for the discussion. It is important to explore all of the concerns that arise around the Initial Committer situation that we have. - Dennis -Original Message- From: IngridvdM [mailto:ingrid...@gmx-topmail.de] Sent: Sunday, July

Re: [DISCUSS] Initial Committer: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer Status

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Shahaf
IngridvdM wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:02:00 +0200: Am 23.07.2011 23:47, schrieb Ross Gardler: (with my mentors hat) On 23 July 2011 22:08, IngridvdMingrid...@gmx-topmail.de wrote: [...] people might be ill, people might be on a journey around the world. Then when they return to

Re: [DISCUSS] Initial Committer: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer Status

2011-07-24 Thread IngridvdM
Am 24.07.2011 18:41, schrieb Daniel Shahaf: IngridvdM wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:02:00 +0200: Am 23.07.2011 23:47, schrieb Ross Gardler: (with my mentors hat) On 23 July 2011 22:08, IngridvdMingrid...@gmx-topmail.de wrote: [...] people might be ill, people might be on a journey

Re: [DISCUSS] Initial Committer: Apache OpenOffice.org Initial Committer Status

2011-07-24 Thread Daniel Shahaf
IngridvdM wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 20:04:54 +0200: Am 24.07.2011 18:41, schrieb Daniel Shahaf: IngridvdM wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 10:02:00 +0200: Am 23.07.2011 23:47, schrieb Ross Gardler: It is common practice for Apache projects to periodically clear out their committer lists.