Hi, Ross,
Yes and no.
On 2/25/2012 05:40, Ross Gardler wrote:
I totally agree that this is "(3) This is /super/ good news" however,
i request that a little time is taken to properly review the site and
have the DNS updated appropriately before "and should go out on
ooo-announce, blogs, et al. I will forward to ooo-users."
I did a cursory review of the site: logged in (worked fine), found my
history, found favorite extension, noticed no ads, and concluded it's
good to go. Already forwarded to ooo-users. Strongly suggest
ooo-announce, /now/!
Thanks to your observation, I see that I should have emphasized the
temporary nature of the URL. I will do a follow-up ASAP, as soon as
we're sure either (a) what the permanent URL will be (same as the old
one?), or (b) where the users can find the new address (web page?).
I'm not likely to be able to review myself for at least a week. There
is no need to wait for me to do so, the PPMC is perfectly capable of
this. However, remember that the approval from the board was
conditional on there being no advertising on any ASF owned domain
name. We need to verify that this is the case. I did remind Roberto of
this condition during development so I have no reason to suspect that
this is not the case already. I'm just requesting a full review from
the PPMC before we make public statements.
Roberto asked for feedback. IMHO, we will get better feedback from a
wide range of curious users.
Our audience could use some really good news, and the chance to get
involved, and this is both. ("Surf's up!" This is a big wave, and we
should ride it. Waves don't wait.)
Of course, if the sourceforge.net domain is going to be the official
domain then this requirement is irrelevant.
In addition, I'd like to ask the community here to consider how best
to engage the TDF in the future of this service. I doubt they will be
comfortable with this service being a main repository for Libre Office
and I guess that, over time, there will be some extensions that will
not work in both applications. However I wonder if there is an
opportunity here to invite the TDF to work with us as we move forwards
on the extensions service?
+1
Finally, and most importantly, a big "thank you" to Roberto and the
team at SF or making this work out for the AOO project.
+1, amen, so mote it be!
/tj/
Ross
On 25 February 2012 08:32, TJ Frazier<tjfraz...@cfl.rr.com> wrote:
On 2/24/2012 21:47, imacat wrote:
On 2012/02/25 08:34, Roberto Galoppini said:
As of today, the Extensions website is available at this address
located on our domain, at the following address:
http://aoo-extensions.sourceforge.net.
This is great!
But I see it is still "OpenOffice.org repository for Extensions" and
"Get OpenOffice.org". Shouldn't they be "Apache OpenOffice repository
for Extensions" and "Get Apache OpenOffice"?
Also, do we have a new logo now?
(1) Yes, the re-branding will be needed, but that matter is not urgent.
(2) Preserving user logins /is/ urgent, with Kenai-related shutdown possibly
as early as March 15.
(3) This is /super/ good news, and should go out on ooo-announce, blogs, et
al. I will forward to ooo-users.
--
/tj/
