I see five short-term (say, something that must be either done or put
towards completion by end of February) priorities for OpenOffice as a
project. They overlap, and we, especially the PMC, need to agree on how
to order them, otherwise we risk pulling in different directions and
mutually blocking the initiatives from others.
1) Election a new PMC Chair (the Chair has one, and clearly defined,
role: being the liaison officer between the OpenOffice PMC and Apache;
he/she can do much more, and I have been doing much more and I'll still
continue with the rest; but this is not part of the Chair duties).
2) Internal reorganization: people say what they are going to do to
drive the project forward (so an "active" approach rather than the "I
don't have time, but someone should..." approach which is not working).
3) Re-alignment between PMC and active community (the PMC, not the
Chair, steers the project; so people who work must be in the PMC and
people in the PMC should confirm they are still interested in being there).
4) External reorganization: decide how we see OpenOffice as part of a
larger ecosystem, so what we can do in terms of collaboration with other
projects that are from Apache or from outside Apache.
5) Release OpenOffice 4.1.2 (all of this must produce something for our
users!). This has a number of significant subtasks and preliminary tasks
(Release manager, digital signing...) but it would be pointless to
address them now.
I'm asking for consensus, especially from PMC members, that we can carry
forward these 5 actions in the order I used above. I know you might have
different priorities, but if we manage to get these 5 items tabled we
can get rid of the "I see other priorities" blocker. Note that, if we
act responsibly and we are determined, we could start a new item (of the
5) every week, so by the end of February we can find an answer or a
roadmap for everything listed above.
Do you agree with this scheduling? If it's a "no", please say it now
(and please give an alternative, otherwise we can't move), but if we
have a large majority of "yes" I'll move forward according to this plan.
Regards,
Andrea.
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