On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 1:20 AM, Shenfeng Liu <liush...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2013/1/11 Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> > > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > Rob Weir wrote: > > >> > > >> I'm reading FUD, from the usual misinformed suspects ... I > > >> > > >> can certainly sympathize with leaders of communities that can only be > > >> held together by irrational fears. It is not easy to maintain that > > >> peak level of paranoia. > > > > > > > > > Your personal opinions on the people involved (I admit I have very > little > > > context, I only had the time to read the discussion here but nothing > > else so > > > far) are best kept separated from the important fact, that is that > > > apparently incorrect information is being circulated about the benefits > > that > > > the Symphony donation is bringing to OpenOffice and to the > > free/open-source > > > software world in general. > > > > > > > > >> Anyone who cares to look can > > >> see that we've actually integrated quite a but of Symphony code into > > >> the AOO trunk already. For example, the following 167 bug fixes > > > > > > > > > People don't care to look, unfortunately... But I definitely agree that > > this > > > listing is impressive, as it is this page: > > > > > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Fidelity_Improvement_Since_AOO341 > > > > > > If you manage to co-author a blog post with Shenfeng Liu (or someone > else > > > from the former Symphony team) about the integrated fixes/features, > this > > > will be an important service to the OpenOffice users. But please, let's > > do > > > it because it's important in itself and because it's clearly overdue > > (aside > > > from a brief mention in the "top 10 questions" posts), not because > > someone > > > feels the need to address some particular wrong or misleading claim. > > > > > > > Clarifying the facts where misinformation is being spread is part of > > the necessary communications that any project needs to engage in. We > > saw that as a podling, when the ASF itself addressed misinformation > > regarding this project. Now this is our responsibility. > > > > Of course, misinformation about insubstantial matters is best ignored. > > But where misinformation is propagated about substantial project > > operations, then that is sufficient motivation for the contents and > > timing of a post to correct such misinformation. > > > > In any case, pointing out the lie on this list already gives 90% of > > the benefit, since such FUD cannot survive the light of day. A blog > > post is unnecessary. > > > > IMHO, we can consider a blog post about our progress on the 4.0 release, > including the contents we are working on, e.g. fidelity, > performance&reliability, accessibility, usability, enhanced platform > support... Symphony's contribution is part of this story. > If we decided to post it, I'd like to be the co-author. > Thanks! > > - Shenfeng (Simon) > Yes, this is a good idea! I would suggest we wait until the 3.4.1 re-spin is done on Jan 24th to do this, though. I could have sworn that when we put out the blog post on Nov. 21 for Marketing volunteers that we had a link in to the release planning for 4.0 -- this would be https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Planning-- but I don't see a link now looking at: https://blogs.apache.org/OOo/. So, hmmm....maybe a new blog on 4.0 status would help? > > > > > > > > -Rob > > > > > Regards, > > > Andrea. > > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." -- Aesop
