On 3/7/14 4:21 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > Hi, > > On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: >> Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: >> >> http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml >> >> >> How much do we care about this? The risk, I suppose, is on >> Softpedia, that we could find a last-minute defect in the NOTICE or >> other legal files, and they find themselves distributing a package >> that is not correct. But the practical risk there is small. >> >> The greater risk is to users, that we find a last-minute fatal bug >> that causes us to cancel the vote, but there are versions of the >> Release Candidate still floating around. That can hurt the AOO >> reputation if that happened. >> >> I'm not sure we can prevent this from happening, and still have an >> open and transparent voting process. But maybe there is something we >> can do to discourage it? >> > > > softpedia is not the only one: > - http://www.chip.de/downloads/OpenOffice_14324674.html > - http://www.computerbase.de/downloads/office/ >
I think we can create a blog explaining the voting procedure and make clear where we are in the process and that it is the RC of the Beta only. But I don't know if this would really help to avoid confusion. Juergen > > Best regards, Oliver. > >> -Rob >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
