Fair enough. That is the dictionary definition. I was thinking of how it's used colloquially, which seems to be more like a synonym for "stagnant." I'd be OK with either "stagnant" or "stalled", if the change can be made without someone immediately reverting it. I probably won't do it myself since I quickly tire of dicking around with wikipedia edit wars, but I fully support anybody who does.
Phil This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> wrote: > "Moribund" means "dying". It's a goofy word, yes, which means it's an > attention-getting word, which means people will look at it and say, "What > the hell does THAT mean?" and focus on why someone would call AOO that. > > Is "dying" more accurate than "dormant" to describe AOO? "Dying" suggests > the project is in decline and will only continue to decline. Does anyone > here think "dying" is more accurate than, say, "Stalled"? > > Don > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 2:37 PM, Phillip Rhodes <motley.crue....@gmail.com > > > wrote: > > > "Moribund" is a goofy word that almost nobody uses in conversation, but > > it's probably more accurate than "dormant". I've spent enough time > > goofing around on Wikipedia lately, so, for myself, I'm quite happy to > > leave it as is, until the 4.1.2 release comes out. At that point, I > think > > it's clear that it should then be made "Active". > > > > *shrug* > > > > > > Phil > > > > This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Donald Whytock <dwhyt...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > There was a minor skirmish last week over it. Looks like there'll be > one > > > this week too...someone changed it to "moribund". > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Phillip Rhodes < > > motley.crue....@gmail.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry, I missed the infobox when I looked at the page. You're right, > > > > having "Dormant" there is flat out wrong and very misleading. > > > > > > > > I changed it to "Active" just now and added a ref pointer to the > 4.1.2 > > > > release schedule that Andrea just provided. I just hope there aren't > > > > certain parties with a vested interest in denigrating AOO sitting > > around > > > > planning to start a revert war over this. :-( > > > > > > > > > > > > Phil > > > > > > > > > > > > This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Phil, > > > > > > > > > > what I meant was the infobox at the top right. In that box it says > > that > > > > > AOO is dormat, which is not correct and which is not in the > > citations. > > > > The > > > > > presence of a citation does not necessry mean that the claimed info > > is > > > in > > > > > the citation. If people read on the Wikipedia that AOO is "dormant" > > > > they'll > > > > > start looking for different office software. > > > > > > > > > > Max > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 03.09.2015 um 23:12 schrieb Phillip Rhodes: > > > > > > > > > >> I just looked at the Wikipedia page and don't see anything that's > - > > > > >> strictly speaking - incorrect, or lacking citations. IOW, I don't > > see > > > > any > > > > >> supportable rationale for removing anything that's there, although > > one > > > > >> could question the motives of whoever made it a point to call out > > some > > > > >> concerns about lack of activity in the first paragaph of the > > article. > > > > >> Nonetheless, I think any attempt to modify that will face > > opposition. > > > > >> > > > > >> In a related vein, The Guardian recently ran this article titled > > > > "Should I > > > > >> Switch From Apache OpenOffice to LibreOffice or Microsoft Office". > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2015/sep/03/switch-openoffice-libreoffice-or-microsoft-office > > > > >> > > > > >> I don't know if there's any easy way to counter this narrative > > that's > > > > >> spreading through the press, about AOO being > dead/dormant/whatever, > > or > > > > how > > > > >> LO is clearly "the winner", but it's definitely unfortunate to see > > > this > > > > >> kind of stuff spread around so widely. :-( > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> Phil > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM > > > > >> > > > > >> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts < > > lui...@gmail.com> > > > > >> wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Hi Max, > > > > >>> > > > > >>> On 03 Sep 15, at 16:31, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> wrote: > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Hi there, > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> the Engish Wikipedia claims that AOO is dormant. I can't see > where > > > > they > > > > >>>> > > > > >>> have the information from. The sources they use don't say so. I > > think > > > > >>> it's > > > > >>> definitely bad for OpenOffice when people think no more is done > > about > > > > it. > > > > >>> The problem is also that LibreOffice has just published its > version > > > 5.0 > > > > >>> and > > > > >>> is getting ahead of us. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> thanks for the alert. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Wikipedia is composed by a crowd of editors, and you can change > the > > > > entry > > > > >>> to reflect the facts. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> So can anyone on this list. Becoming an editor at Wikipedia is > not > > > > >>> arduous. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> Louis > > > > >>> > > > > >>>> Max > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
