Hello, Simon and Jomar, feel free to pass the invite along to the AOOo lists unless somebody else objects?
best Charles. 2011/7/12 drew <d...@baseanswers.com> > On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 20:57 +0200, Charles-H. Schulz wrote: > > Hello Jomar, > > > > > > With the exception of the quite good points highlighted by Drew (some > > extensions might break or might not work in AOOo) , I think AOOo is free > to > > point to our own extensions and templates website. Do know, however, that > > although we accept FOSS licences only (including Apache!) we do already > have > > a specific branding of the site and that the extensions are tested and > > supposed to work for LibreOffice first. I would not expect too much > > compatibility problems for most of the extensions, but the issues will > rise > > as the time will pass. > > > > so a non-binding +1 to welcome AOOo using our extensions and templates > > website. > > Just to clarify my view here: > > TDF certainly made use of the OO.o extension service to date - which is > to say our users have. > > I am in favor of our communities working together, as equals. > > Right now populating the new LibO extension site with those current > extensions from the OO.o site that comply with our license model helps > everyone it would seem - mostly users as they get a stable service in > likely the shortest possible time. > > So - as an interim solution I would say +1. > > Thanks, > > //drew > > > > > best, > > Charles. > > > > 2011/7/12 drew <d...@baseanswers.com> > > > > > On Tue, 2011-07-12 at 15:08 -0300, Jomar Silva wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > There is some discussion going on at the Apache OOo mail list > > > > regarding the place to host extensions > > > > (http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/). > > > > > > > > It seems that the current hosting of extensions is facing some > > > > problems, and it will be great if we find a new (and common) home for > > > > the extensions, in a way that both Apache OOo and LibreOffice could > > > > use as a shared extensions repository. > > > > > > Hi Jomar, > > > > > > hmmm - that is assuming that the two separate projects will maintain > > > enough common code base that shared extensions are possible - that is a > > > requirement that I for one would not want to see enforced. The fact > that > > > we can share extensions today is, IMO, a remnant of a past history and > > > should not dictate decisions for going forward - so I would not be in > > > favor our hosting Apache OpenOffice.org branded extensions on a > > > TDF/LibreOffice service, nor would I be in favor or seeing > > > TDF/Libreoffice continue to point back to Apache OpenOffice.org for any > > > future end user services. > > > > > > One related item here - Templates I think are a totally different > > > consideration. I can see the ability to share templates between all of > > > the ODF capable applications as a reasonable goal, a very desirable > > > goal. > > > > > > It is extensions that I am concerned with here - to put it simply, I do > > > not consider LibreOffice a downstream product of OpenOffice.org code > any > > > longer as with this next release if I understand correctly there will > be > > > no merge of OO.o code, nor can I see how Apache OpenOffice can ever be > a > > > down stream of LibreOffice. > > > > > > Nor am not saying that the two separate projects must diverge for > > > divergence sake, only that having a shared service would add resistance > > > to diverging and that is something that I would strongly disagree with > - > > > our options are open as of today and I would prefer to see them stay > > > that way. > > > > > > I understand that many people still hope that OO.o and LibreOffice will > > > somehow blend back into a single project - I can only say that I am not > > > one of those people. > > > > > > This idea that there is some finite set of resources is one I take > > > exception with. In my best judgment the resources assembled here under > > > TDF/LibreOffice are sufficient to take this project and product > > > forward. > > > > > > I wish the folks forming up under Apache to resurrect the > OpenOffice.org > > > project all the best of luck on the project they have decided to > > > undertake, but I truly believe that their actions should bear very > > > little weight with the people working here when it comes to > > > planing/building out our offerings to end users. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > > > Drew Jensen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We could also do the same to host templates. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts about that ? > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Jomar > > > > > > > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
