On 10 July 2013 02:28, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > On 09/07/2013 janI wrote: > >> On 8 July 2013 23:56, Kay Schenk<kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> We have an upcoming Board Report due on July 17. Andrea started a >>> preliminary wiki page for it at: >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**2013+Jul<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/2013+Jul> >>> >> I made a change around genLang. I would like to suggest that we add the >> names (apache id) for new commiters/pmc (of course unless we have a policy >> saying not to do it). >> > > Thank you for your contributions. CWiki insists that I am "not permitted > to perform this operation", so here is the modified text as I would send > it. Please copy it to CWiki before making other changes. > > Apache OpenOffice > > Apache OpenOffice is an open-source, office-document productivity > suite providing six productivity applications based around the > OpenDocument Format (ODF). OpenOffice is released on multiple > platforms and in dozens of languages. > > Issues for Board Awareness > --------------------------- > > OpenOffice, like the ASF as a whole, is hit by the announced policy > change of Apache Extras. The project currently stores several libraries > there, in an area known as ooo-extras, and the build process downloads > them when options like --enable-category-b are used. A solution should > be found at the ASF level. > > Community Development/Outreach Progress > ------------------------------**--------- > > The project added 4 committers (May: dwhytock, akerbeltz, vkadal; > July: pmralbuquerque) and one new PMC member (April: jani) since our > last report in April. > > These new committers are primarily involved in the translation efforts > to incorporate additional native language capability into Apache > OpenOffice. Our new PMC member has many years of experience in open > source, and is assisting in administration of our LAMP servers. > > A new documentation effort for an end-users manual under the ALv2 > licence was started on the OpenOffice Wiki and is progressing well. > > OpenOffice is participating in the Google Summer of Code program for > the first time after several years. > > Community support forums remain popular with users. The mailing lists > for user support, localization, QA and marketing are quite active. As > Apache OpenOffice is a client product, we continue to investigate ways > to direct users to appropriate support venues. The developer list, > ooo-dev, remains very active. > > Product/Project Development Progress > ------------------------------**------ > > We will be releasing Apache OpenOffice 4.0 in July, likely the week > of July 15. > > This release will feature a new, more modern, user interface, a > reworked directory layout to simplify development and installation, > code updates to allow building on newer platforms and (at least) 23 > languages. > > In preparation for the upcoming 4.0 release, new rebranding was > undertaken with a public call and survey resulting in the adoption of a > new logo and other graphic elements ready for the release. Many of our > new volunteers were instrumental in this process. > > Activities that are already ongoing and will be finalized after the > release date include: the rejuvenate01 branch, to explore using native > platform capabilities and libraries for building rather than > downloading for building as has been done in the past; the IA2 > accessibility work; actions for an easier installation and availability > on mainstream Linux distributions; a new localization process, that so > far has seen the source tree cleaned of non en-US messages allowing > normal translation of these parts; a build approach that is > progressively dropping the historical dmake in favor of GNU make. > > Taking these kind of development steps will result in both a better > product for end users and simplify development and building for new > developers. > done copied one-to-one.
rgds jan I. > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org<dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
