+1 Thank you Michael
> -----Original Message----- > From: RA Stehmann [mailto:anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de] > Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 01:44 > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Food for Thought > > On 15.02.2016 23:14, Patricia Shanahan wrote: > > > > The typical AOO user is a Windows-using non-programmer. I found just > > building AOO on Windows a challenging two week project, for which I > > needed a lot of help, despite prior familiarity with Subversion and > > Cygwin. As a practical matter, most people who need a bug fixed to > make > > AOO useful to them simply do not have the option of taking it into > their > > own hands. > > > > Incidentally, that cultural difference may affect the severity of data > > loss bugs. I find someone working for an extended period on a document > > with no revision control or off-site backup a little shocking at first > > sight. Then I realized I learned about the importance of revision > > control and off-site backup on the job, not in my non-programming > life. > > > > Maybe it would be helpful for the PMC to select a very, very short > "Most > > wanted" list, based on user requests, feedback at conferences etc. > That > > would help new AOO recruits pick a focus. > > There are two differences between AOO and most of the other Apache > projects. > > The first is a technical one: The huge size of the code. > > The second is a "social" one: AOO is an enduser project, and not a > project developing code used by it-professionals. Patricia described it > well above. > > So AOO has to find a special "Apache Way" of doing things proper. > > I'm a living example for that: I'm a member of the PMC without ever > having written a single line of code for AOO (Shame on me ;-) ). I > think, you won't find such cases in other Apache PMCs. > > For an OpenOffice supporter it is quite normal doing other things than > developing the code: Doing QA, documentation, translation, user support > and training, extensions, so called marketing etc. > > So we have to find procedures, how all these people with different > functions can collaborate in a proper way. > > Just a little more "Food for Thought". > > Kind regards > Michael > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
