Am 10/01/2012 11:53 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk:
On 10/01/2012 01:46 PM, Marcus (OOo) wrote:
Am 10/01/2012 01:32 PM, schrieb Rob Weir:
A response to this thread in general.
Why has no action been taken on this yet?
I'm not trying to blame or accuse anyone, but I would like to figure
out why nothing has happened here yet. This is one example of several
where issues seem to be discussed at length, but nothing ever happens.
1) Does someone want to fix this but does not feel empowered to do so?
For example, is someone uncertain whether there is consensus, or is
concerned that if they do act that someone won't like it?
2) Does someone want to fix this but does not know how to do this from
a technical perspective, i.e., how to use the Apache CMS?
3) Does someone want to fix this but does not think that they have
sufficient permissions to do this?
4) Is there a (urgent) need to do the changes now or do we want to wait
for the next release to give a little sentence in the announcement?
Hm, I thought we wanted to wait. But I could be wrong.
Marcus
ditto Marcus...we just need to make sure this doesn't slip through the
cracks as it were.
I'll tag this for a future "to do" unless someone else makes these
changes to the System Requirements and Installation areas.
Good. I've also put this as kind of todo on the Wiki page for the AOO
3.5 release planning:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.5+Release+Planning
A few last words on "support". Despite the fact that Win 2000 accounts
for such a small portion of our downloads, this will not stop folks
using Windows 2000 to ask for support I would imagine. So, yes, we need
to change the System Requirements and Installation instructions, but
keep in mind that it's likely these folks will still be around on older
OSes needing "support".
I'm sure it will stop over the time. E.g., I haven't seen any
requests/questions since, hm I don't know, about "how to use OpenOffice
on Win 98 / Win NT / Win ME?".
So, let's see :-)
Marcus
If someone wants to fix the website, but feels blocked by one of the
above, please speak up, either on the list, or privately. IMHO none
of the above should be an issue. We have techniques like "lazy
consensus" that can be used to see whether there is objection to a
given way forward. And the Apache CMS is open for everyone to use,
whether or not you are a committer.
Regards,
-Rob
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 4:26 PM, Keith N. McKenna
<[email protected]> wrote:
Greetings All;
I was going through FAQ's and other pages on the AOO (incubating)
site and
noticed that many still are showing that we support Windows 2000 as a
baseline operating system. I though I remembered some discussions a
while
back on this list around that subject and thought we had decided
that we
would no longer do that due to lack of testing resources.
I went back through the archives and did find a number of threads but
they
never seemed to reach a definite conclusion. I we are going to
continue to
support it all well and good, but if we cannot then all FAQ's and other
documentation on the site should change to reflect that.
Regards
Keith
