>if an author of an extension is not interested to support AOO anymore we >can't change it.
If extension is under some open source licence AND if author has no interest to maintain his extension, what is problem that we made corrections? Regards, Wlada 2013/10/28 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > On 10/25/13 4:59 PM, Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: > > I wrote: "(...) live AOO because nothing works there." > > It should be:"(...) leave AOO because nothing works there." > > if an author of an extension is not interested to support AOO anymore we > can't change it. > > Juergen > > > > > > Wlada > > > > > > 2013/10/25 Vladislav Stevanovic <[email protected]> > > > >> > >> Yes, we can do this. It must be marked in anyway. But the situation is > >> more complex. AOO now suffer because users can not get functionality as > >> they had before. If this extension is important for users work, why > should > >> someone think that user will stay on AOO? Next, there is also a bad > >> marketnig for AOO, see > >> http://www.dmaths.org/documentation/doku.php?id=presentation:en The > >> message is clear: live AOO because nothing works there. > >> To be honest, we create this situation, not users. At list, we must try > to > >> somehow fix this by pushing authors of extensions to make necessery > >> changes, or, if it is possible, that we made some improvement in our > code > >> and fix this problem. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Wlada > >> > >> > >> 2013/10/25 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > >> > >>> On 10/25/13 11:30 AM, janI wrote: > >>>> On 25 October 2013 11:15, Vladislav Stevanovic < > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> 2013/10/25 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> we can simply define a rule that unmaintained extension will be > >>> removed > >>>>>> when the owner doesn't reply on mail requests. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> That means we can send a mail to the owner and if he doesn't reply > at > >>>>>> all or is not willing to add these information, we remove the > >>> extensions > >>>>>> completely. > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> That is my opinion too, but you have people who still using previous > >>>>> version of AOO or Ooo. We must have solution and for those people. > >>> Maybe we > >>>>> can do this in a few stages: > >>>>> 1) We can marked all old extensions as incompatible for AOO4.0. In > the > >>> same > >>>>> time, we will sent meil to the authors of this extensions with > request > >>> to > >>>>> make changes for compatibility for AOO 4.0. in next 6 months. After > >>> that > >>>>> period, if job is not done, we will remove this extensions. > >>>>> > >>>> +1 > >>> > >>> why should we make more noise than necessary, we should mark only > >>> extensions where we know that they don't work > >>> > >>> Juergen > >>> > >>>> > >>>>> 2) Inside this period of 6 months, we will improved filter option for > >>>>> searching by version of Oo. On every page on this site there will be > >>> notice > >>>>> that old extension will be completely removed in the end of 6 month. > >>>>> (second option will be: removed in other place, something like > >>> backstage; > >>>>> it will not be visible in the regular pages like it is now). > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Can we not do something so that user will normally only "see" 4.0 > >>>> compatible packages ? > >>>> > >>>> maybe put non-compatible extensions in a archive section, just an > idea. > >>>> > >>>> If we just filter people searching might not see an extension if the > >>> name > >>>> changed (like pdf). > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> 3) After 6 months, we will sent mail to the authors of extension > again > >>> that > >>>>> we can offer another 7 days to do this changes, if not, we will > remove > >>> (or > >>>>> move in some other place) this extension. In the mail, we can also > say > >>> that > >>>>> we will be happy to see this changes, to keep this known extension in > >>> live. > >>>>> But, if that not happens, we will calling our community to make new > >>> version > >>>>> for AOO4.0. because it is our obligations to ensure the availability > >>> of all > >>>>> existing features. > >>>>> > >>>> I would do the move (not remove) without any further delay. > >>>> > >>>> rgds > >>>> jan I. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Comment, please? > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Wlada > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > >
