Am 27.09.23 um 17:14 schrieb Brian Proffitt:
Since the marketing list was closes earlier this year, I'll toss this here.
As I am sure some of you are no doubt aware, there was yet-another
call for the ASF to drop your project that made a brief blip in the
media cycle earlier this week:
https://rocket9labs.com/post/its-time-to-let-go-apache-software-foundation/
You find a lot of people who have strong believes in this direction. But
at the same time they lack a lot of individual knowledge.
Variations of this argument has been repeatedly made over the course
of OpenOffice's tenure within the ASF, and while M&P has no plans to
respond to this article or any others along these lines, I would be
remiss if I didn't recommend to the PMC that some sort of response
from the project itself (either through a statement, future roadmap, a
new release, etc.) would be a good idea.
What do you suggest? We do not have a clear way forward. I have put
together a Whishlist [1], which is the closest thing I am aware of to a
roadmap.
The fact of the matter is that because of its download popularity, the
status of OpenOffice has a very strong perceptual effect on the rest
of the ASF. So, if OpenOffice is perceived as a "dead" project, that
potentially propagates the myth that ASF is a place where projects go
to die.
Imho you fight windmills. The OpenLetter is the starting point, of this
chapter.
Usually all rants start there. Whoever tackles this needs to be a envoy
and a diplomat. The gambit is the TDF. Only if the TDF publicly support
the ASF and AOO, the situation will improve.
This does not mean that we merge. However I would like to see a merge
for multiple reasons.
Again, this is just a recommendation. As long as OpenOffice abides by
the governance of the ASF, you are free to make your own choices. Let
me know if you need assistance in addressing this issue, happy to
volunteer some time to it.
I do not believe that the PMC can do anything. What would give us
leverage is if we can get the code under control (release 4.2 , new
build environment).
We need to do improvements in the code, and align together that we
focus on the right tasks.
But if you have suggestions what we can communicate I am willing to
hear. I mean I owe you all a report from Froscon. I am so sorry I did
not find the time and muse yet to finish my report.
I wanted to start also some clothes discussion for next year.
One thing is, i am currently the only one who can post on facebook.
since i currently dont use it, there is no one. but I lack authority to
bring volunteers in. someone needs to talk to FB. I dont know what to do
here.
All the best
Peter
[1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Wishlist
Peace,
BKP
Brian Proffitt
VP, Marketing & Publicity
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