Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-11-16 Thread Alexandro Colorado
We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like Lxer http://lxer.com/ and others. This is what marketing should be focused on at the moment. That way initiatives like this grasp major notoriety in the

Request to provide windows install-arc zip download on buildbot.

2012-11-16 Thread Zhe Liu
Hi, Who can help to make buildbot to provide windows install-arc zip download? I can't find the package in the links. http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/win/ http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/winsnap/ It's very useful for automated test. Just one command to copy the zi

[QA REPORT] - Milestone build r1400866 performance issue

2012-11-16 Thread Linyi Li
Hi all, I did GUI performance test on milestone build r1400866. Comparing the performance result with trunk build result(r1383738), I found most of the test cases have about 20% downgrade except xls/xlsx loading. I manually checked some cases, the results are consistent with the automation result.

Fwd: Re: Request for a stand - Apache OpenOffice - FOSDEM

2012-11-16 Thread RA Stehmann
Hello, we've ask for a stand on FOSDEM. Regards Michael Original-Nachricht Betreff: Re: Request for a stand - Apache OpenOffice Datum: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:52:51 +0100 Von: Wynke Stulemeijer An: Dr. Michael Stehmann CC: sta...@fosdem.org, pesce...@apache.org Hi Michael, Tha

Re: bugzilla.

2012-11-16 Thread jan iversen
On 16 November 2012 00:01, Regina Henschel wrote: > Hi Jan, > > jan iversen schrieb: > > Hi. >> >> I have a new mail account, which I have created in bugzilla. >> > > Why? because I wanted to use my apache account. > > > >> Is there a way to move the bugs I have reported with my old e-mail to

Re: New committer: Jan Iversen

2012-11-16 Thread jan iversen
Thanks for the promotion. CMS / Pootle works, and I am trying hard to make a correct loaf file. Any idea when SVN will be relocated ? Jan On 15 November 2012 23:58, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > The Apache OpenOffice PMC announces the addition of committer > Jan Iversen, jani@ apache.org > > The l

Re: [BUILD] New gmake branch

2012-11-16 Thread Andre Fischer
On 16.11.2012 02:38, Andrew Rist wrote: Andre, I have updated the gmake branch (branches/gbuild) and changed all the headers. A couple of quick fixes are added. At this point the branch is trunk + CWS patches. make -di takes me pretty far in, but I get: GNUmakefile:35: *** Corrupted module

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-11-16 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. > Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like > Lxer http://lxer.com/ and others. This is what marketing should be focused > on at the

Re: New committer: Jan Iversen

2012-11-16 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 5:05 AM, jan iversen wrote: > Thanks for the promotion. > Congratulations! > CMS / Pootle works, and I am trying hard to make a correct loaf file. > > Any idea when SVN will be relocated ? > You can see the latest status on the JIRA issues here: https://issues.apache.or

Re: Apache OO program crashes

2012-11-16 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 14.11.2012 16:43, tj wrote: On 11/14/2012 09:52, Fan Zheng wrote: +1. A reproduce-able frequently crash issue should be considered as the NO. 1 issue anyway, whatever it is or not a well-known one. Especially for the crash cases happen in the startup period. and I agree with Rob that w

Re: Request to provide windows install-arc zip download on buildbot.

2012-11-16 Thread Herbert Duerr
Hi! On 16.11.2012 09:18, Zhe Liu wrote: Hi, Who can help to make buildbot to provide windows install-arc zip download? I can't find the package in the links. http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/win/ http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/winsnap/ It's very useful for aut

RE: Symphony IP Cleanup

2012-11-16 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Gio 15/11/12, Dennis E. Hamilton ha scritto: ... > > So there is flexibility so long as no code appears in > releases, but as you point out, code is leaking from the > Symphony base into releases "under the table."  That is > not healthy. > I wouldnt put it like that. We are slowly taking

Let's think about a Call for Dev Volunteers

2012-11-16 Thread Rob Weir
As you have probably seen, we're currently doing a call for QA volunteer, supported by a blog post, the website and social media. They all direct users to an "Introduction to QA" page: http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/orientation/intro-qa.html We've been promoting this for a week now and

Re: Let's think about a Call for Dev Volunteers

2012-11-16 Thread jan iversen
I have added a couple of comments below, based on my small (but to some noticeable) experience. Jan On 16 November 2012 15:39, Rob Weir wrote: > As you have probably seen, we're currently doing a call for QA > volunteer, supported by a blog post, the website and social media. > They all direct

Re: Request to provide windows install-arc zip download on buildbot.

2012-11-16 Thread jan iversen
It is ok with mo, but would it not be enough for the build, just to do a en-US version and then language packs ?? assuming of course that this approach saves space. jan On 16 November 2012 14:58, Herbert Duerr wrote: > Hi! > > > On 16.11.2012 09:18, Zhe Liu wrote: > >> Hi, >> Who can help to ma

Re: Gmane

2012-11-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2012-11-13 4:56 PM Andrea Pescetti wrote: On 11/11/2012 Larry Gusaas wrote: Gmane's FAQs are at http://gmane.org/faq.php Contact info at http://gmane.org/contact.php A simple solution would be to request a new newsgroup, , to carry the mailing list . I could easily put in that request if you

Re: Request to provide windows install-arc zip download on buildbot.

2012-11-16 Thread Andrew Rist
On 11/16/2012 12:18 AM, Zhe Liu wrote: Hi, Who can help to make buildbot to provide windows install-arc zip download? I can't find the package in the links. http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/win/ http://ci.apache.org/projects/openoffice/install/winsnap/ It's very useful for auto

Re: [PROPOSAL] Initiate a Contest for Branding of 4.0

2012-11-16 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:18 AM, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > > We do need more communication channels specially with external entities. > > Linux Journal blog, sourceforge newsletters, prominent news channels like > > Lxer http://lxer.com/ and o

Apache mailing list archives

2012-11-16 Thread Larry Gusaas
The new addresses for the mailing lists appear on http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html But the links to the Apache archives still point to the incubator mailing lists. Non of the recent posts are in those archives. -- - Larry I. Gusaas Moose Jaw,

Re: Best practices for contributing code to both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice

2012-11-16 Thread jan iversen
There is a nice example of cooperation on l10n, where the project lead of libreOffice uses the list to have a volunteer translate non-AOO files to greek (at least they do not carry the AOO license header). At least to avoid misunderstandings, I think Rob´s thought are highly required so everybody

Re: Best practices for contributing code to both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice

2012-11-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 16/11/2012 jan iversen wrote: There is a nice example of cooperation on l10n, where the project lead of libreOffice uses the list to have a volunteer translate non-AOO files to greek (at least they do not carry the AOO license header). Let's avoid dangerous misunderstandings. The software pr

Re: Best practices for contributing code to both Apache OpenOffice and LibreOffice

2012-11-16 Thread Jörg Schmidt
> -Original Message- > From: Rob Weir [mailto:robw...@apache.org] > This should be possible. Right now I'm mainly gathering ideas and > feedback. Then I can propose some specific wording. If that is good, > then we can think about translations. Rob, I would really like to to help,

Re: [UX] Desoign Exploration - Dockable Task Pane Content Design

2012-11-16 Thread RGB ES
2012/11/16 Kevin Grignon > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Kevin Grignon >wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:28 PM, RGB ES wrote: > > > >> 2012/11/15 Kevin Grignon > >> > >> > Hello All, > >> > > >> > I've been exploring the information design (content) for the dockable > >> task > >>

Re: Apache mailing list archives

2012-11-16 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 16/11/2012 Larry Gusaas wrote: The new addresses for the mailing lists appear on http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/mailing-lists.html But the links to the Apache archives still point to the incubator mailing lists. Non of the recent posts are in those archives. Thanks, updated. Rega

[Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-16 Thread TJ Frazier
Since 05:00 (UTC+5) this morning, I have blocked over 150 spammers; the deleted-pages count is higher. Normal would be about half a dozen. And still they come. In the short run, I can probably handle it, though help from any committer sysops would be useful. In the long run, some site-mainta

Re: Editing needed on BZ footer -- remove "podling" reference

2012-11-16 Thread Kay Schenk
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > > On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > > > > > On 11/14/2012 05:06 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: > >> On 11/14/2012 18:47, Kay Schenk wrote: > >>> HI -- > >>> > >>> Could one of our BZ admins please remove the "podling" reference in th

Re: Editing needed on BZ footer -- remove "podling" reference

2012-11-16 Thread Dave Fisher
On Nov 16, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > >> >> On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 11/14/2012 05:06 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: On 11/14/2012 18:47, Kay Schenk wrote: > HI -- > > Could one

Re: Editing needed on BZ footer -- remove "podling" reference

2012-11-16 Thread TJ Frazier
On 11/16/2012 22:04, Dave Fisher wrote: On Nov 16, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 4:47 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: On Nov 15, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: On 11/14/2012 05:06 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: On 11/14/2012 18:47, Kay Schenk wrote: HI -- Could one

Re: Apache and ODF

2012-11-16 Thread Alki Nea
Greetings, I wrote a free converter that takes an OpenOffice document (well, LibreOffice) and converts it to Kindle format. It's impossible to handle everything from the ODT format, as kindles are more restrictive, so don't expect a 100% perfect conversion. You can get it here: http://soft.alkinea.

Re: [UX] Desoign Exploration - Dockable Task Pane Content Design

2012-11-16 Thread Guy Waterval
Hi all, 2012/11/17 RGB ES > 2012/11/16 Kevin Grignon > > [...] > NOTE: I really like the "style only" way. In fact, I would love to see an > alternative Writer UI were direct formatting is completely forbidden. > Direct formatting is a bad habit that always cause headaches. But that's > just me