On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@apache.org> wrote:
> Sent from my mobile device (so please excuse typos) > > On 11 Jun 2011, at 11:23, Simos Xenitellis <simos.li...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > The part about the ASF undertaking only a reference implementation for > > the ODF format > > was not discussed. > > Yes it was. In fact it was the suggestion that OO.o should be refactored so > that components could be reused elsewhere that encouraged me to sign up as a > mentor. Both TDF and proposers saw this as a potential area for > collaboration. > > There is certainly no consensus on whether this is viable and the original > proposers do not want to limit the scope of the project to just this aspect. > However, there is a desire from some initial committees and some TDF > representatives to explore this. > > As a mentor I aim to see if this refactoring, with the collaboration > opportunities it presents, can be realised. > Likewise, it was this prospect (as opposed to pointless competition with LibreOffice) that made me vote +1 as well. S.