Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Erich Christian
Hi Jean, * Am 19.10.2010 08:46, schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > On Mon, 2010-10-18, André Schnabel wrote: >> To get things started, I put some notes at the wiki: >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership > It looks good to me and covers most of the points I am familiar with in > other

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, > Von: Jean Hollis Weber > It looks good to me and covers most of the points I am familiar with in > other volunteer organisations. > > The "ND Manifesto" is mentioned twice, but I don't know what or where > that is. thanks for the reminder - I changed the text to be links. André -- GMX

[tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Harold Fuchs
When will it be possible to send messages to the TDF mail lists via Gmane *without* having to be subscribed to the mail lists themselves? Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both it *and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the purpose of the Gmane interface. NB Gmane already i

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO Beta 2 Writer/Web (Html Document)

2010-10-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi Paul, It is unfortunate indeed that your first experience with the Libreoffice community has left you feeling this way, and whilst I agree that such fledgling communities often lack in diplomacy and professionalism where they are overflowing with enthusiasm, their general aims are praiseworthy

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi Harold, Yes, I noticed that too, which is a right royal PITA. Alex -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send to this list will be publicly a

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 09:15 +0200, Erich Christian wrote: > Hi Jean, * > > Am 19.10.2010 08:46, schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > > On Mon, 2010-10-18, André Schnabel wrote: > >> To get things started, I put some notes at the wiki: > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership > > > It lo

Re: [tdf-discuss] We're on slashdot

2010-10-19 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Cor Nouws wrote: Andrea Pescetti wrote (17-10-10 14:47) and the treasurer of Team OpenOffice.org e.V. happens to be from Oracle: http://council.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=budget&msgNo=255 and again we are back in the situation Jean correctly described as "messy". I would not describe

Re: [tdf-discuss] Making LibreOffice portable, Fedora LibreOffice

2010-10-19 Thread David Tardon
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 05:47:45AM -0700, Antonio Olivares wrote: > Fedora 14 soon to be released has OpenOffice still in its build, would it be > possible to remove OpenOffice and use LibreOffice, like in doing > yum remove OpenOffice.org > and > yum install LibreOffice > > Does a repo for Libr

Re: Re: [tdf-discuss] Basic question about Oracle asking OOo community members to leave

2010-10-19 Thread Ramon Sole
Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: >> On 18/10/10 21:32, Ramon Sole wrote: >>> Hello *, >>> >>> I'm not talking about Charles, but i.e in the Spanish Communitiy the >>> Project Leader has closed the subscription to the OOo spanish mailing >>> lists with the label "Migrating lists to TDF", and you can on

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Harold Fuchs wrote on 2010-10-19 09.52: When will it be possible to send messages to the TDF mail lists via Gmane *without* having to be subscribed to the mail lists themselves? Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both it*and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the pur

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Paul, Paul A Norman wrote on 2010-10-19 04.29: I have tried to delist from this fiasco and I am still getting emails I propose you actually do *read* the e-mails that are sent to you. 1. E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe 2. Then you get

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote on 2010-10-19 02.22: I would like to propose that unlike what existed under Sun and Oracle, the linguistic communities _including_ the English speaking community, are all identified by a specific language marker and that all the lists that do not use that lan

Re: Re: [tdf-discuss] Basic question about Oracle asking OOo community members to leave

2010-10-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Ramon, * > Von: Ramon Sole > > > > I would seriously reconsider the way I deal with my volunteer > communities. > > Agree. And that's they're doing exactly. They're asking TDF involved > people to resign from their OOo responsabilities. Nobody asked to nobody > to leave the Ooo Community. T

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On 19 oct. 10, at 18:15, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Jean-Christophe Helary wrote on 2010-10-19 02.22: > >> I would like to propose that unlike what existed under Sun and Oracle, the >> linguistic communities _including_ the English speaking community, are all >> identified by a spec

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Stefan Weigel
Hallo André, André Schnabel schrieb: For discussion please use this mailinglist and try to keep the thread alive. If a new thread is started, please add at least the tag [SC] and the word "Membership" in the subject. I'm looking forward to a constructive discussion, Very little response so

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Meeting minutes at the wiki

2010-10-19 Thread Daniel Veillard
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 03:09:56PM +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Daniel Veillard wrote on 2010-10-18 15.05: > >I would suggest to create a blog aggegator (planet.documentfoundation.org) > >and post both (or just links) to try to reach a larger audience. > > have you actually tried h

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jean-Christophe, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote (19-10-10 11:25) On 19 oct. 10, at 18:15, Florian Effenberger wrote: Jean-Christophe Helary wrote on 2010-10-19 02.22: I would like to propose that unlike what existed under Sun and Oracle, the linguistic communities _including_ the English spe

Re: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis
Christoph, you have a really good point. And the true that the "try to catch" strategic is a bad one past some degree, now is the time to innovate as MSOffice have taken a radical UI approach change and leave us with the possibility to innovate based in the LibO / old MSOffice UI even if we start t

RE: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
Basically, you NEED to change the UI itself. According to what I've watched in the Renaissance project of OpenOffice.org, they will try a UI that will look like the Ribbon but a more dynamic strip of UI above and below the document contents. After these mockups they actually similar to the rib

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 18 ottobre 2010 alle ore 18:44:25, André Schnabel ha scritto: To get things started, I put some notes at the wiki: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership I've read that post, but I think you're reiterating an old misconception by confusing the Document Foundation wit

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 11:12:56, Florian Effenberger ha scritto: 1. E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe 2. Then you get "To unsubscribe send a message to: discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org" Maybe, you could skip passa

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Gianluca Turconi wrote on 2010-10-19 13.39: Maybe, you could skip passage #1 and directly attach the unsubscription address to the ML messages. the unsubscription addresses are different for digest and non-digest subscriptions. Therefore, I refer to the help address, which shows both way

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 6:08 PM, Mirek M. wrote: > 2010/10/17 Charles Marcus >> On 2010-10-15 7:33 PM, Christoph Noack wrote: >>> Charles mentioned that "choice is best" ... that is true if >>> people really know what they want and how to adapt something in >>> their given situation. Many software products

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 6:13 PM, Andy Brown wrote: > Not trying to put words in your mouth, so to speak, but I think you > intended without instead of with. Which I agree with. There should > have been better planing on several levels. This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to impro

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 6:27 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: > Even if the Reply=To were modified, wouldn't the inclusion of the OP on > the messages fall apart as soon as somebody didn't use Reply All? The purpose of Reply-To header is to manage how replies are handled. Reply All is not necessary if the Reply-To

Re: [tdf-discuss] Installing LibreOffice Extensions

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 6:43 PM, jonathon wrote: > On 10/18/2010 06:02 PM, Marc Paré wrote: >>> I'd also suggest that toolbars be mergable into existing >>> toolbars, rather than create their own new toolbar. >> Doesn't it do this already? > Some are. Some aren't. My suggestion is for all to be mergable.

RE: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
I'm not a programmer but... If you make a choice for the end users to choose what UI they should use. Before using LibreOffice, a dialog box will show up saying what UI do you prefer. Classic or Modern (Just make sure put a description as tool tips) so there will be no depreciation of UI's whet

RE: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
Sorry for typing that (I was too excited for the RTM version). I have a question... Why is the Beta 2 twice as big as Beta 1? -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://

Re: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis
2010/10/19 Xi Embalsado > > > Basically, you NEED to change the UI itself. According to what I've watched > in the Renaissance project of OpenOffice.org, they will try a UI that will > look like the Ribbon but a more dynamic strip of UI above and below the > document contents. After these mockups

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO Beta 2 Writer/Web (Html Document)

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-18 10:39 PM, Paul A Norman wrote: > I've tried to delist and I am still getting emails. What precisely have you done? Did you follow the full process, including the *confirmation* step (seems to be the one that mtrips up most people)... > I had some real issues with the Writer/Web html

RE: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
I know... Just thirsty for change... Maybe try the Mozilla thunderbird UI in future releases. -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2010/10/19 Xi Embalsado : > > Sorry for typing that (I was too excited for the  RTM version). I have a > question... Why is the Beta 2 twice as big as Beta 1? > It contains about fifty languages for the UI. Regards Volker -- ++ Volker Merschmann - ODF-Software Contributor -- E-mail to d

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On 19 oct. 10, at 19:35, Cor Nouws wrote: >> In any case, the current "global" lists are not global, they are >> English lists and should be identified as such. > > They are handling global items, as I see it. > I do not mind if some people post there in a language that I do not > understand (a

RE: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
WOW! I could never fit a size 50 to a size 2! Well at least don't go to the Microsoft Office size (600MB) Better make things in separate languages. Sorry for some big comments there... -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 07:49 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: > ... how about making suggestions for how to improve > things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? IIRC, several people have suggested some small changes to the current website that would make a significant improve

RE: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Xi Embalsado
Sorry... I'm new here and my inbox is getting to be 700 messages filled up. -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messag

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Gianluca, Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:37:02 +0200, "Gianluca Turconi" a écrit : > In data 18 ottobre 2010 alle ore 18:44:25, André Schnabel > ha scritto: > > > To get things started, I put some notes at the wiki: > >http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/Membership > > I've read that

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 7:44 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > the unsubscription addresses are different for digest and non-digest > subscriptions. Therefore, I refer to the help address, which shows both > ways. > > We already had complaints from people who didn't manage to unsubscribe > from the digest...

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 8:11 AM, Xi Embalsado wrote: > WOW! I could never fit a size 50 to a size 2! Well at least don't go > to the Microsoft Office size (600MB) Better make things in separate > languages. Sorry for some big comments there... What would make more sense to me is to make one installer with m

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 8:12 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 07:49 -0400, Charles Marcus wrote: >> ... how about making suggestions for how to improve >> things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? > IIRC, several people have suggested some small changes to the

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis
If wee want a really customizable UI the best way is to go to something like Mocilla XULL adapted to LibO, but is needed to put limitations to the customization of what can be done to make the core and a UI with a good decoupling and prevent a bloated system ( basically limiting it exclusively to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 3:52 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > When will it be possible to send messages to the TDF mail lists via > Gmane *without* having to be subscribed to the mail lists > themselves? Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both > it *and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Volker Merschmann
Hi, 2010/10/19 Charles Marcus : > On 2010-10-19 8:11 AM, Xi Embalsado wrote: >> WOW! I could never fit a size 50 to a size 2! Well at least don't go >> to the Microsoft Office size (600MB) Better make things in separate >> languages. Sorry for some big comments there... > > What would make more se

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Michel Gagnon
Le 2010-10-19 07:54, Xi Embalsado a écrit : I'm not a programmer but... If you make a choice for the end users to choose what UI they should use. Before using LibreOffice, a dialog box will show up saying what UI do you prefer. Classic or Modern (Just make sure put a description as tool tips)

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi Gianluca, > Von: "Gianluca Turconi" > > I've read that post, but I think you're reiterating an old misconception > by confusing the Document Foundation with the wider LibreOffice Community. Hmm .. so the first topic (term definition "Member") is not very clear. I'm not speaking about mem

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 13:37:02 +0200, "Gianluca Turconi" wrote: > I've read that post, but I think you're reiterating an old misconception > by confusing the Document Foundation with the wider LibreOffice Community. Fully agree. Compare the OpenStreetMap Foundation. They have about 30,000 active

Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-17 10:05 PM, Paul A Norman wrote: > Re early discussion on Wondpws install and unpacked install files... > > Would they need to be present for the Windows Control Panel/ Add > remove Programs/ Support Info - > > - Repair button to work? Yes. This is why I always store these on a share

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 5:12 AM, Florian Effenberger wrote: > I propose you actually do *read* the e-mails that are sent to you. > > 1. E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how > to unsubscribe > > 2. Then you get "To unsubscribe send a message to: > discuss+unsubscr...@documen

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:49 , Charles Marcus wrote: <...> > > This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to improve > things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? (from the original post) Action point 1: redirect TDF to LibO and not vice versa or have

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:49 , Charles Marcus wrote: <...> > This isn't productive... how about making suggestions for how to improve > things going forward and stop complaining about what is already done? Better still, kill the conversation in here, as has been suggested twice now, and continue

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 14:48 , James Wilde wrote: Sorry everyone. Pressed send instead of discard. //James -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ All messages you send

Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
Hi James - I was only talking to the two people who were going on and on with complaints... I know you and others have made some good suggestions... :) On 2010-10-19 8:48 AM, James Wilde wrote: > > On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:49 , Charles Marcus wrote: > > <...> > >> >> This isn't productive... how

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread James Wilde
On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:50 , Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2010-10-18 6:27 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >> Even if the Reply=To were modified, wouldn't the inclusion of the OP on >> the messages fall apart as soon as somebody didn't use Reply All? > > The purpose of Reply-To header is to manage how rep

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread David Nelson
Hi, :-) Maybe you could just get yourselves sponsored as an Apache Software Foundation project and avoid a lot of duplicated work, wasted time and endless discussion setting things up? David Nelson -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to unsubscribe List ar

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-19 9:00 AM, James Wilde wrote: > > On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:50 , Charles Marcus wrote: > >> On 2010-10-18 6:27 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: >>> Even if the Reply=To were modified, wouldn't the inclusion of the >>> OP on the messages fall apart as soon as somebody didn't use >>> Reply All?

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, Bernhard Dippold wrote (19-10-10 00:23) Hi Barbara, all, [...] It's hard to read all the mails and to reply to the most important only (in my eyes). I will probably not be able to contribute much to this thread (or to the wiki) during the next few weeks - but I promise to stay on readi

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:42:26, Andre Schnabel ha scritto: Hmm .. so the first topic (term definition "Member") is not very clear. I'm not speaking about members of legal entity "The Docuemnt Foundation" but of those people who will be recognised as the community able to influence t

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:34:33, Charles-H. Schulz ha scritto: I can understand why you want to make that distinction. My own interpretation, aside the fact that we stated at the beginning what we hear by "member", is that how we define the membership applies to anyone, but it is base

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:43:01, Sebastian Spaeth ha scritto: Fully agree. Compare the OpenStreetMap Foundation. They have about 30,000 active contributors, aka community members, but around 250 or so active foundation members. Membership is formally acknowledged That's what I mea

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Jean-Christophe, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote (19-10-10 14:10) On 19 oct. 10, at 19:35, Cor Nouws wrote: In any case, the current "global" lists are not global, they are English lists and should be identified as such. They are handling global items, as I see it. I do not mind if some peo

Re: Re: Re: [tdf-discuss] Basic question about Oracle asking OOo community members to leave

2010-10-19 Thread Ramon Sole
Hello Andre, * I think my point is simple, agree or disagree: - if you try to change things from inside and you're inside, fair play - if you fork a project becasuse you don't want/feel able to change things form inside and you leave, fair play - if you fork a project becasuse you don't want/feel

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Karl-Heinz Gödderz
Hi, André Schnabel schrieb: <> > One of the very basic questions to answer is: > "Who is a member at TDF." > Is there meant the membership in the TDF or in the LibreOffice-Community? > Well - we (the Steering Committee) do not have a detailed answer on > this, as we think that the voice of our

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:35:45, Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis ha scritto: If wee want a really customizable UI the best way is to go to something like Mocilla XULL adapted to LibO I know people who would kill because of XUL slowness in Moz UI. :) -- Gianluca Turconi -- E-mail to d

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On 19 oct. 10, at 23:13, Cor Nouws wrote: >>> Joining the global users lists, gives the largest public, so more >>> knowledge / international exchange. I find that useful in some >>> cases. >> >> That works only for people who understand English. So it is not >> global by definition. > > That i

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
2010/10/18 André Schnabel > Hi, > > as you all know, we are working to make The Document Foundation an > independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation. This Foundation should > be lead by it's members, based on their merit. > > One of the very basic questions to answer is: > "Who is a membe

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Drew Jensen
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 18:25 +0900, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > On 19 oct. 10, at 18:15, Florian Effenberger wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Jean-Christophe Helary wrote on 2010-10-19 02.22: > the "global" discussion list should not be a mere "discussion" list but a > "policy" list where only items

Re: [tdf-discuss] A copy of MSOffice

2010-10-19 Thread ian . lynch
> true is that the user needs are the best inspiration for the innovation. So t reach the masses we need a user interface for mobile devices and web access but that has coding implications beyond just the UI. -- Ian -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org for instructions on how to

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-18 20:22, Jean-Christophe Helary a écrit : I would like to propose that unlike what existed under Sun and Oracle, the linguistic communities _including_ the English speaking community, are all identified by a specific language marker and that all the lists that do not use that langu

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hello Gianluca, Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:05:50 +0200, "Gianluca Turconi" a écrit : > In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:34:33, Charles-H. Schulz > ha scritto: > > > I can understand why you want to make that distinction. My own > > interpretation, aside the fact that we stated at the beginning

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Jean-Christophe Helary
On 20 oct. 10, at 00:05, Marc Paré wrote: > I was under the impression that we were all in agreement, that the "lingua > franca" of the mailists is English and that localized mailists were to > encourage users to contribute in their own language. I think that is a mistaken view of the issues a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread jonathon
On 10/19/2010 09:25 AM, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > There is no need for a "global" user list and the "global" discussion list > should not be a mere "discussion" list but a "policy" list Global lists should be multi-lingual. Use it for support or discussion, or marketing for languages or re

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread BRM
- Original Message > From: Charles-H. Schulz > Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:05:50 +0200, > "Gianluca Turconi" a écrit : > > > In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:34:33, Charles-H. Schulz > > ha scritto: > > > > > I can understand why you want to make that distinction. My own > > > int

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Gianluca Turconi
Il 19/10/2010 17.19, Charles-H. Schulz ha scritto: [...] So, if I understand you well, you do indeed raise a good question, but one which, to me, adds more gray zones. Let me rephrase how I understand your position: you are afraid that we're mixing the membership of the Foundation and the membe

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:42:00 -0500, Alexandro Colorado a écrit : > 2010/10/18 André Schnabel > > > Hi, > > > > as you all know, we are working to make The Document Foundation an > > independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation. This Foundation > > should be lead by it's members, based on

Website Improvements (was: Re: [tdf-discuss] Houston, we have a problem.)

2010-10-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jean, I just returned from work ... and after checking my mails this morning, there are about 250 new ones. So please bear with me if somebody already proposed something which is similar. I answer this mail first, because one of Jean's mails was "sticking" in my head this morning. Am Dienstag,

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi all! Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2010, 11:29 +0200 schrieb Stefan Weigel: > > Very little response so far. My personal reason why I didn´t > respond: 100% accordance. +1 (but I will continue to think about that...) > ;-) +1 ;-) Cheers, Christoph -- E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:39:29 +0200, Gianluca Turconi a écrit : > Il 19/10/2010 17.19, Charles-H. Schulz ha scritto: > > [...] > > > So, if I understand you well, you do indeed raise a good question, > > but one which, to me, adds more gray zones. Let me rephrase how I > > understand your positi

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/19/2010 12:52 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both it *and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the purpose of the Gmane interface. I agree, having to sign up in two places is inconvenient, and it shouldn't be that way, but it doesn't defe

Re: Re: [tdf-discuss] Basic question about Oracle asking OOo community members to leave

2010-10-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:56 AM, Ramon Sole wrote: > Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > >> On 18/10/10 21:32, Ramon Sole wrote: > >>> Hello *, > >>> > >>> I'm not talking about Charles, but i.e in the Spanish Communitiy the > >>> Project Leader has closed the subscription to the OOo spanish mailing

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Drew Jensen
On Tue, 2010-10-19 at 17:53 +0200, Christoph Noack wrote: > Hi all! > > Am Dienstag, den 19.10.2010, 11:29 +0200 schrieb Stefan Weigel: > > > > Very little response so far. My personal reason why I didn´t > > respond: 100% accordance. > > +1 (but I will continue to think about that...) > > > ;

Re: [tdf-discuss] OpenSuSE and Libò

2010-10-19 Thread Carlo Strata
Il 15/10/2010 12:50, Petr Mladek ha scritto: Kohei Yoshida píše v St 13. 10. 2010 v 11:55 -0400: Sorry for the top-posting, but I wanted to preserve the context for Petr (CC'ed). Petr is the man you want to talk to with this sort of question. I'm sure he'll provide more details on this. Kohei

Re: [tdf-discuss] OpenSuSE and Libò

2010-10-19 Thread Scott Furry
On 19/10/10 10:25 AM, Carlo Strata wrote: Il 15/10/2010 12:50, Petr Mladek ha scritto: Libò Writer -> Tools -> Options -> Language Settings -> Languages -> Language of -> User interface shows only: - Default - English (USA) - English (USA) Any setting yields English UI! What's wrong? What is

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] Meeting minutes at the wiki

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Daniel, Daniel Veillard wrote on 2010-10-19 11.43: Damn, I really had tried ... I probably failed to type this correctly though, sorry ! I see the link now in "Contact", so really was may fault. no problem. I agree the website could use some improvement, and we're working on it. :-)

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/19/2010 06:00 AM, James Wilde wrote: On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:50 , Charles Marcus wrote: On 2010-10-18 6:27 PM, Barbara Duprey wrote: Even if the Reply=To were modified, wouldn't the inclusion of the OP on the messages fall apart as soon as somebody didn't use Reply All? The purpose of

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles Marcus wrote on 2010-10-19 14.37: Was it you that complained about this before? All you have to do is subscribe to the NOMAIL version of the list, this way you are a member and can post, but do not get emails from the list - so it does NOT defeat the purpose. But... yes, absolutely

Re: [tdf-discuss] Isa this the Hotel California? Can't Delist

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles Marcus wrote on 2010-10-19 14.45: Again, the problem is people are not REPLYING TO the confirmation email they get. This needs to be documented much more prominently. I look into providing a web interface soon. In the meantime, people simply need to read their mail ;) Florian

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jon Hamkins wrote on 2010-10-19 18.43: Unless the reply should be addressed to someone other than the sender, the Reply-To shouldn't be set. Mailing list servers often add a Reply-To header, so that discussion is directed to the list. the reply-to header is set on purpose. When replying

Re: [tdf-discuss] OpenSuSE and Libò

2010-10-19 Thread Petr Mladek
Carlo Strata píše v Út 19. 10. 2010 v 18:25 +0200: > Il 15/10/2010 12:50, Petr Mladek ha scritto: > > You might find the first packages at > > http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/LibreOffice:/Unstable/ > > > I'm preparing my notebook to the Italian Linux Day (on October the 23th). > > On my

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Harold Fuchs
On 19 October 2010 13:37, Charles Marcus wrote: > On 2010-10-19 3:52 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > When will it be possible to send messages to the TDF mail lists via > > Gmane *without* having to be subscribed to the mail lists > > themselves? Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to b

Re: [tdf-discuss] unsubscribed posters

2010-10-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/19 7:00 AM James Wilde wrote: At the moment I'm using Mac Mail, which pulls the sender's name if I press Reply, and everybody's name if I press Reply All. As far as I remember Outlook has the same characteristics. I can't remember what T-Bird did on Linux and I haven't used pi

Re: [tdf-discuss] UI proposal

2010-10-19 Thread Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis
2010/10/19 Gianluca Turconi > In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:35:45, Carlos Jose Lenarts Ramis < > el...@users.sourceforge.net> ha scritto: > > > If wee want a really customizable UI the best way is to go to something >> like >> Mocilla XULL adapted to LibO >> > > I know people who would kil

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/19 10:06 AM Jon Hamkins wrote: On 10/19/2010 12:52 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: Currently, to use Gmane you need to be subscribed to both it *and* the TDF lists which completely defeats the purpose of the Gmane interface. I agree, having to sign up in two places is inconvenient, and i

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-19 11:45, Charles-H. Schulz a écrit : Le Tue, 19 Oct 2010 09:42:00 -0500, Alexandro Colorado a écrit : 2010/10/18 André Schnabel Hi, as you all know, we are working to make The Document Foundation an independent self-governing meritocratic Foundation. This Foundation should be le

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread André Schnabel
Hi, Am 19.10.2010 16:11, schrieb Gianluca Turconi: In data 19 ottobre 2010 alle ore 14:43:01, Sebastian Spaeth ha scritto: Fully agree. Compare the OpenStreetMap Foundation. They have about 30,000 active contributors, aka community members, but around 250 or so active foundation members. Mem

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Larry Gusaas wrote on 2010-10-19 19.55: Totally irrelevant statement. Learn how gmane works. Using gname has nothing to do with spam. if even the GMANE admins cannot tell me exactly how to make it work that their verified accounts can send to us without subscription, I honestly don't car

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread André Schnabel
Hi, Am 19.10.2010 20:10, schrieb Marc Paré: Hierarchy: We need to talk about Hirachy for sure but ... The Document Foundation is the umbrella group where all projects answer to it. Presently, under this umbrella, there is only 1 project: LibreOffice. There is however, the potential for

Re: [tdf-discuss] Multilingualism and discussions

2010-10-19 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-19 11:17, Jean-Christophe Helary a écrit : On 20 oct. 10, at 00:05, Marc Paré wrote: I was under the impression that we were all in agreement, that the "lingua franca" of the mailists is English and that localized mailists were to encourage users to contribute in their own languag

Re: [tdf-discuss] [SC] How to define "Membership" within TDF?

2010-10-19 Thread Mike Dupont
2010/10/19 André Schnabel : > this just moves the problem from defining a "TDF-member" to the problem of Here is a sarcastic definition of member : A member of DF is someone who is not working for some big unenlightened company (SBUC), because the act of joining that would get you fired by said

Re: [tdf-discuss] Send Messages via Gmane?

2010-10-19 Thread Larry Gusaas
On 2010/10/19 12:43 PM Florian Effenberger wrote: Hi, Larry Gusaas wrote on 2010-10-19 19.55: Totally irrelevant statement. Learn how gmane works. Using gname has nothing to do with spam. if even the GMANE admins cannot tell me exactly how to make it work that their verified accounts can s

Re: [tdf-discuss] RE: Localized marketing mailing lists - based on regions rather than on languages

2010-10-19 Thread Alexandro Colorado
On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Jean-Christophe Helary < jean.christophe.hel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > • From: Bernhard Dippold > > • Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:46:30 +0200 > > > 2) Name these lists according to the ISO country code of the most active > group inside this region. > > It is unlikely

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