Welcome Michael Weghorn, new Developer at TDF
Hi everyone, At The Document Foundation, we have a new Developer, initially focusing on accessibility improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/07/04/welcome-michael-weghorn-new-developer-at-tdf/ Great to have him on board! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing and Community Coordinator The Document Foundation
Welcome Khaled Hosny, new Developer at TDF
Hello everyone, Khaled Hosny has joined the team at The Document Foundation as a Developer focusing initially on RTL/CTL improvements: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/05/30/welcome-khaled-hosny-new-developer-at-tdf/ -- Mike Saunders, Marketing and Community Coordinator The Document Foundation
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Re: [libreoffice-design] Moving to LibreOffice 8?
Hello, On 06.04.23 22:12, Eyal Rozenberg wrote: Great, what's the problem? Why should we be in a rush to get existing users to upgrade from 7.5 to 7.6? Well, one argument is that we have very limited resources to support two branches. LibreOffice 7.5 won't be around forever, so at some point we'll need to push people to update to 7.6/8.0, as the previous version won't be maintained and could potentially have security issues. On Reddit, social media etc. we see lots of posts from people using ancient versions of LibreOffice, and have no idea that there are newer major releases. There are various reasons for that, but IMO we need to keep people up-to-date. Not for quarterly sales targets as a CompuGlobalHyperMegaCorp, as you say, but because it's better for us all in the project when people are using maintained and supported versions. So, we should be at least skeptical about copying MS behavior regarding MSO in which their marketing wing is calling the shots. Agreed that we shouldn't copy problematic behaviour, but if our goal is to raise awareness of LibreOffice as much as possible, and get it into as many hands as possible (and I know not everyone agrees with that), then we have to be aware of the market in which we're operating, and competing. IMO, it's a lot like the whole "using proprietary services to reach users" debate. Arguably, as a FOSS project, we should avoid closed platforms like Twitter and Facebook. But we make a compromise and are active on those platforms, because they are very effective for reaching new users and communicating with them. So I think our marketing has to balance these things. If we only care about the technical side, we could use XTerm-style numbering (just keep bumping a single number with every release). But as if we want to reach Microsoft Office users and make a compelling argument to them, our marketing has to fit. And I know that Italo has a ton of experience and knowledge in this field, so his perspective on this is very valuable IMO. Cheers, Mike
Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Moving to LibreOffice 8?
Hi Kelvene, On 28.03.23 00:27, Kelvene Requiroso wrote: Culturally, 8 in Asia is a lucky number, signifying prosperity and blessing. It might hit a soft spot in the region, which is the world's largest market. I like the concept. It fits with the idea of Libre. By the way, I'm new to the team -- just joined the other day electronically. Thanks for the insight about the Asian markets, and welcome to the project! Good to have you on board :-) Cheers, Mike at TDF
New LibreOffice Developer positions at The Document Foundation, remote, full-time
Hello, Here at The Document Foundation, we have two new Developer roles, the first one initially focusing on accessibility in LibreOffice: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/12/21/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-developer-focusing-on-accessibility-full-time-remote-m-f-d/ And the second focusing on right-to-left (RTL) and complex text layout (CTL) languages: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2022/12/21/join-the-libreoffice-team-as-a-developer-focusing-on-rtl-ctl-languages-full-time-remote-m-f-d/ The deadline for applications is February 10, 2023. If you're interested, we look forward to hearing from you! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing and Community Coordinator Tel: +49 30555 7992 62 The Document Foundation, Kurfürstendamm 188, 10707 Berlin, DE Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documentfoundation.org/imprint
LibreOffice community members: Have your say in our survey!
Hello everyone! At The Document Foundation, we try to grow and strengthen our community in many ways. We’d like to improve our support for existing community members who’re working on LibreOffice, but also increase the number of contributors (and TDF members). To achieve this, we’ve created a survey for active members inside the LibreOffice community, to identify areas where focused activity is needed, and address the needs of local projects around the world. There are 17 questions in the survey, and it runs from today until September 8. So, if you’re active in the LibreOffice or Document Liberation projects, let us know what you think! We appreciate all feedback: https://survey.documentfoundation.org/161628 -- Mike Saunders, Marketing and Community Coordinator The Document Foundation
Re: [Libreoffice-qa] [libreoffice-marketing] Re: LibreOffice 6.1 RC1 Bug Hunting Session - Ankara
Hi Muhammet, Thanks very much for helping to organise this event -- I've posted it on the blog here: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2018/07/10/live-libreoffice-6-1-rc1-bug-hunting-session-in-ankara-on-july-13/ I'll spread the word, and add it to the calendar too! Mike On 09/07/2018 17:30, Muhammet Kara wrote: > Hi Mike & All, > > I am re-sending this with a smaller attachment, to evade spam filters. > > Cheers, > Muhammet > > On 07/06/2018 05:33 PM, Muhammet Kara wrote: >> >> Hi Mike & All, >> >> We are going to have a LibreOffice 6.1 RC1 Bug Hunting Session in >> Ankara on July 13. Here are the details: >> >> * Date: July 13 Friday >> * Time: 14:00-17:00 (UTC+3) >> * Location: TUBITAK ULAKBIM, 7th Floor, Meeting Room 2 >> * Registration form: https://goo.gl/forms/paVTg3ExZDn0Oytj1 >> >> Attendees will bring their own laptops. Registration until Thursday >> 17:00 (UTC+3) is required. There will be snacks, tea, and some swag! >> >> Could you please add the event to the calendar? (It is already on the >> events wiki page.) >> >> I have also attached a banner to be shared on social media, blog posts >> etc. >> >> Cheers, >> Muhammet > > > ___ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
LibreOffice Viewer for Android: Storage provider settings
Hi everyone, esp. those working on the Android app, This came up in a recent marketing call: in the latest version of the LibreOffice Viewer, under "Storage provider settings", it says "ownCloud" settings -- but the app supports Nextcloud and maybe some other services too, correct? It sounds like an easyhack to fix so maybe I'll look into it if I have time later in the month, but we just wanted to mention it in case anyone wants to look into it :-) Cheers, Mike -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
LibreOffice 6.0: Android version?
Hi everyone, Looking at this page: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/6.0#Android Various new features have been added to the Android app, which is awesome, but do we know if there'll be a new version on the Play Store with these features in time for the release of LibreOffice 6.0? Obviously the Android app uses a different versioning scheme, but if a new release is planned, it's something we can talk about in our marketing materials. Thanks! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
LibreOffice Android Viewer - future releases
Hello, From the recent ESC minutes: > + Android > + not rendering anything except blankness & white-ness > + some fixes went in nevertheless, but blocking a new release. > + Tomaz may have a clue – bisected to a specific commit > + should we build a bibisect repo ? (Michael) > + compression and/or signature a problem (Kendy) With this, and the recent great work GSoC students did on new features, is there anything we can do to help move this on? For instance, I could work with Xisco on an Android app Bug Hunting Sesson, if it made sense, pointing people to the latest .apk and showing how to use it (or in an emulator). Or try some other methods for getting budding Android developers involved and looking at the code (eg maybe with Shinnok?) Just some thoughts. It would be awesome to have a new release available on the Play Store in time for LO 6.0, but I know that it'll be ready when it's ready :-) Thanks! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
LibreOffice Viewer for Android: upcoming releases?
Hi everyone, One of my tasks is to make sure our App Store listings are correct and up to date. Looking at this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.documentfoundation.libreoffice=en The latest version is v8 (ARM) and v9 (x86), like on here: http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/loviewer-v8_v9/ I see that some GSoC students have made great progress with the Android app, however, so are there any plans for a new release on the Play Store? In the meantime, any way I can get an updated .apk to test and make new screenshots and a video? Thanks! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Experiences building LO from scratch as a "new" developer
Hi everyone, You may know me from doing marketing work and videos for TDF. But a while back I was talking to some developers and we had an idea: I should try to build LO from scratch (something I've never done before), using our existing documentation, to find out what could be improved. I'm pretty geeky (been using Linux since 1998, know my way around the Bash prompt, and have written programming tutorials for magazines) so I'm probably quite representative of a typical new LO developer. I've described my findings below, running a fresh installation of Xubuntu 17.04. Overall the process wasn't too complicated, although there are some rather confusing bits, and places where we could provide more info. Let me know what you think! STEPS I TOOK 1. I go to Google and type "How to build LibreOffice". 2. The first hit is https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/BuildingOnLinux - so I go there. 3. First job is build dependencies. I execute the command specified in the bullet point: sudo apt-get build-dep libreoffice An error comes up: "E: You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list". I Googled the error and fixed this by checking "Source code" in the software-properties-gtk tool I ran the command again and it worked. It could be noted in the wiki that it installs around 1GB of dependencies (of course that will vary from distro to distro). 4. Next is this bullet point: "With modern releases, use autogen to select a newer gstreamer, or install the old package with: sudo apt install libgstreamer0.10-dev libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-dev" I don't know what "modern" is here - I'm assuming my distro is modern as it's just a few months old. But it's very vague. I click the link which takes me to https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Linux_Build_Dependencies#Debian - but there's no anchor for that so I just see the top of the page I scroll down to "Debian / Ubuntu" and run the command specified: sudo apt-get install git gstreamer1.0-libav libkrb5-dev nasm In point 2 I'm told: "To run build-dep your repository source should contain source-code repository source" It looks like this fixes the problem I encountered earlier, in the first step of BuildingOnLinux, but I wasn't told until now. The wording here is very confusing with "source" three times in one sentence - one referring to repositories, and one to source code. The following steps on that page just repeat what I did before as well. 5. I'm done with dependencies, so I go back to the BuildingOnLinux page. I look again at: "With modern releases, use autogen to select a newer gstreamer" But I don't know how to do that, and I can't recall using autogen to select anything; I only installed gstreamer1.0-libav. I try entering "autogen" but I'm told it's not installed. Looking back in Linux_Build_Dependencies, I see "When you use autogen.sh" under the "Older Ubuntu" section - but the previous page said "With *modern* releases, use autogen" So now I'm *totally confused* about when and where to use autogen, or autogen.sh - if I should use it at all! 6. I decide to continue with the "Cloning and building" part. I run: git clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core libreoffice NOTE: This requires 2.4GB of disk space - it's worth mentioning in the wiki before the command. (I discover later that this info is buried under "Details, Tips, Tricks and Hints" further down the page, but IMO it should be higher.) I'm assuming this is the master (very latest) LibreOffice source code, but it could also be from the latest stable release. Might be good to clarify this here. 7. Next, I cd into libreoffice and then I see the autogen.sh command in the instructions - which I'm assuming is what was mentioned before. So I run this, and it appears to work fine. 8. Then I run "make" which starts downloading more stuff from the internet. It's probably worth mentioning this, for devs who want to work offline or when travelling, and assume they don't need net access after the "git clone" bit. Question: does parallel make (eg "make -j 2") have any effect here on multi-core systems? Thought: it would be useful to have some rough benchmarks for how long the build process takes. eg "Dual-core Intel i5 2.4GHz: around X hours". It doesn't need to be very specific, but it should give new developers a rough indication. It has been building for a few hours now, so I thought I'd post this instead of waiting further. My next task is to fix a minor bug (or translate some German comments), and submit a patch, to see how that process works. -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
[Libreoffice-commits] core.git: svx/uiconfig
svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui |6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) New commits: commit fe63bcdf700e4fe5c3c3ed8721f9748ecb7aaf34 Author: Mike Saunders <mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> Date: Mon Jun 20 19:13:44 2016 +0200 improve wording for crash report dialog a bit Change-Id: Ibf27d45d9a9a0dd57a82fdf9c44f4017a43d953a Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/26525 Reviewed-by: Markus Mohrhard <markus.mohrh...@googlemail.com> Tested-by: Markus Mohrhard <markus.mohrh...@googlemail.com> diff --git a/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui b/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui index 240b334..39c6a34 100644 --- a/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui +++ b/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ True False -We are sorry but it seems that %PRODUCTNAME crashed the last time. +Unfortunately it seems that %PRODUCTNAME crashed when it was last run. -You can help us fix this issue by sending the crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME crash reporting server. +You can help us to fix this issue by sending an anonymous crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME crash reporting server. True @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ You can help us fix this issue by sending the crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME c center 0 The crash report was successfully uploaded. -You can soon find the report on: +You can soon find the report at: crashreport.libreoffice.org/stats/crash_details/%CRASHID True True ___ Libreoffice-commits mailing list libreoffice-comm...@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-commits
[Libreoffice-commits] core.git: Branch 'libreoffice-5-2' - svx/uiconfig
svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui |6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) New commits: commit 31e4b88f4bf13cc58ba499c0f97b6c88e079558e Author: Mike Saunders <mike.saund...@documentfoundation.org> Date: Mon Jun 20 19:13:44 2016 +0200 improve wording for crash report dialog a bit Change-Id: Ibf27d45d9a9a0dd57a82fdf9c44f4017a43d953a Reviewed-on: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/26524 Reviewed-by: Markus Mohrhard <markus.mohrh...@googlemail.com> Tested-by: Markus Mohrhard <markus.mohrh...@googlemail.com> diff --git a/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui b/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui index 240b334..39c6a34 100644 --- a/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui +++ b/svx/uiconfig/ui/crashreportdlg.ui @@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ True False -We are sorry but it seems that %PRODUCTNAME crashed the last time. +Unfortunately it seems that %PRODUCTNAME crashed when it was last run. -You can help us fix this issue by sending the crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME crash reporting server. +You can help us to fix this issue by sending an anonymous crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME crash reporting server. True @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ You can help us fix this issue by sending the crash report to the %PRODUCTNAME c center 0 The crash report was successfully uploaded. -You can soon find the report on: +You can soon find the report at: crashreport.libreoffice.org/stats/crash_details/%CRASHID True True ___ Libreoffice-commits mailing list libreoffice-comm...@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-commits
[Libreoffice-qa] LibreOffice barnstars for QA contributions
Hi QA team, Some of you may have already seen our Month of LibreOffic campaign, where we're encouraging community members to award each other barnstars for their contributions: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Barnstars/2016-05 This campaign runs through May, and it would be awesome to have a bunch of barnstars by the end. So if you want to credit someone else in the QA community for their work, please award them a barnstar and we can celebrate the awesomeness at the end! Thanks! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
LibreOffice barnstars for development work
Hi everyone, Some of you may have seen the Month of LibreOffice campaign that we started on Monday (https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/05/02/the-month-of-libreoffice-starts-here/) One part of this is for developers, testers, translators and other participants to award each other barnstars for their work: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Barnstars/2016-05 So far we only have a couple, so if anyone wants to award one to someone else for their code, patch or testing efforts, that'd be great! Just edit the wiki page, copy the template barnstar and paste it in with the details. Let's give lots of credit and thanks for contributions over the month! -- Mike Saunders, Marketing & PR The Document Foundation ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: [libreoffice-design] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-04-01
Hi, On 01.04.2016 21:53, Jan Holesovsky wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XknvPqz58hYc_NeY2-Ky-L92MkLdYqs7SJCCxC3DX6w/edit#heading=h.rwnqe5haxk5v + hope to publish it the next week + please read it & review, will affect our HIG Good work. Just to say that I've been through it and tidied up the English a bit! Mike ___ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
Re: [Libreoffice-qa] [libreoffice-design] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-04-01
Hi, On 01.04.2016 21:53, Jan Holesovsky wrote: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XknvPqz58hYc_NeY2-Ky-L92MkLdYqs7SJCCxC3DX6w/edit#heading=h.rwnqe5haxk5v + hope to publish it the next week + please read it & review, will affect our HIG Good work. Just to say that I've been through it and tidied up the English a bit! Mike ___ List Name: Libreoffice-qa mailing list Mail address: Libreoffice-qa@lists.freedesktop.org Change settings: https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-qa Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libreoffice-qa/
