Am 27.01.2017 um 21:22 schrieb Dennis E. Hamilton: > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matthias Seidel [mailto:matthias.sei...@hamburg.de] >> Sent: Friday, January 27, 2017 11:46 >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [lazy consensus] FreeBSD as a new supported platform? >> >> Am 27.01.2017 um 20:39 schrieb Marcus: >>> Am 27.01.2017 um 20:23 schrieb Peter Kovacs: >>>> On 27.01.2017 20:17, Marcus wrote: >>>>> And it is crucial that the hashes and signature files *not* be >>>>> mirrored. Having them only available at dist.apache.org is the >> secure >>>>> way to detect that the mirror-downloaded binary is authentic and >>>>> unaltered. >>>>> >>>>> right, we as OpenOffice project we should make sure that we refer >> only >>>>> to our own files and servers. So, I hope that there is no faulty >> link. >>>>> ;-) >>>> This decision would also mean we never release on Mac or Windows >> shop! >>>> I think this is a fatal decision. > [orcmid] > > That is a misunderstanding of what is required. To be in those stores, the > code itself must be signed and/or uploaded by an authorized party. Signing > our Windows distributions would be wonderful and that would solve a branding > and authentication problem also. > > I assume there are similar arrangements possible the Mac Store. > >>> as long as we have no idea who should do this work, it's not really >>> relevant to think now about this. ;-) >>> >>> Marcus >> I would like to do a distribution of Apache OpenOffice to the Ubuntu >> Snap Store this year. >> Canonical has done this with LO, so it is no rocket science. > [orcmid] > > If you are proposing to submit an authentic-from-AOO distribution, that will > have to be done by the project, I would say. > > There are other ways to distribute a build of your own, and you will need to > honor branding requirements in how you use the OpenOffice name.
It would be a "simple" repackaging of the existing DEB files. I could do it (with given permission) through my own account and then later hand it over to the project. Or we create an account for AOO. But it would be a simple way to get AOO back on Ubuntu (and all other platforms that support "snap"). Online store, user installable with one click (even alongside with LO), automatic updates, different channels for stable, developer and edge... http://snapcraft.io/ https://insights.ubuntu.com/2017/01/09/how-to-snap-introducing-classic-confinement/ Of course that should only be distributed when we have a release that doesn't crash so often on Ubuntu... >> So I would be definitely interested if that is possible/legal. >> >> Matthias >> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>
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