Re: Extension website getting spammed
I would personally block all comments for now. On 4/23/12, Daniel Naber na...@danielnaber.de wrote: Hi, my extension at [1] is getting spammed with spam comments. Even I as the owner of the extension don't seem to have a way to remove those comments. Is the site maintained at all? I emailed to the address given on the contact page but got no reply. Any idea what to do against the spam? Maybe block comments until the are manually marked as non-spam? Regards Daniel [1] http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/project/languagetool -- http://www.danielnaber.de
Re: Possible fraud??
This is off topic, but anyone can sell the product. I refer you to the new general public lisense. On 4/13/12, Keith Shafe k.sh...@ntlworld.com wrote: Hi Guys There is a guy on ebay selling Open Office 3.3 which I was led to believe was a free download. Just thought you might want to check out listing 130676976595 on the UK Ebay Site. I may be wrong and he has permission from you, if so sorry to have bothered you but best you know. Kind regards Keith
Re: [www][DISCUSS]Planet AOO?
I personally like this idea. My problem is that so much time would go into translating for other languages. Everything else needs to be translated and translating a blog ring would take up time that should be set aside working on the sight, the project, etc. On 4/8/12, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: Something to think about without hurry, maybe after 3.4 release: to create a planet to aggregate blogs and other content generated by commiters and other volunteers. AOO blog is perfect for news about the project, but IMHO a planet like sub-site to see on one place what contributors do will give a more dynamic image to the project. I must admit I have no idea how such sites are created but almost all FOSS projects have one. Also, we need to considering our multilingual user base providing a way to follow specific languages. Regards Ricardo
Re: Trying this again: self-voicing mode
I have. The actual method seems to not be the same for all products. It's a matter of creating a setting configuration. Speech is just another way to use the output stream. On 4/3/12, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 14:13 -0400, Kevin Sisco wrote: My apologies for the null thread. I was talking with people who are sick of having to load the java access bridge. I propose that on installation, the user is asked if he would like to use self voicing mode. This will use Microsoft Narrator which will read the screen. Just a thought. Hello Kevin, I am only familiar with the feature in a cursory fashion, from a feature stand point it sounds worthwhile. So, just guessing it sounds like a packaging function, but I don't really know - are you familiar with the actual steps required to implement? Have you performed this before? Best wishes, //drew
Trying this again: self-voicing mode
My apologies for the null thread. I was talking with people who are sick of having to load the java access bridge. I propose that on installation, the user is asked if he would like to use self voicing mode. This will use Microsoft Narrator which will read the screen. Just a thought.
Re: Distribution of Windows versions
Okay so all this data really tells us is that more people download on windows 7. Does this really mean we should stop supporting windows 2000 all together? On 3/28/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: There was a question in an earlier thread on whether we should still support Windows 2000. It was an open question whether we had many users on that platform. Here are the numbers we have, based on downloads. Note that we can only figure out what platform a user was on when they downloaded OpenOffice. It is entirely possible for someone to download from a Windows 7 machine and then install it onto a Windows 2000 machine. We have no easy way to measure that. However, that should be small compared to the number of users who download onto the same machine they will be installing onto. Win7 57.32% XP 31.37% Vista 10.07% NT0.76% 2003 Server 0.32% 2000 0.14% 98 0.02% CE 0.00%
[PATCH]: native language page
Okay, I've actually patched the page I was meant to patch this time around. Filed under bug119142
bug 119133
Okay, the patch is filed under bug number 119133. Thank you.
[PATCH]: nl landing page
It took a while do to technical issues but I believe I have what you are looking for. I sure hope I understood correctly what was required; don't all bite my head off at once if it isn't. :)
Re: Let's be social
Ah Okay, I like where this is going: Live journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/kjsisco I only let people who know me in person follow me on facebook, sorry. On 3/15/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: We like to say, If it didn't happen on the list, it didn't happen. The idea is that this list (ooo-dev) where project decisions are made, and any discussions among us held elsewhere have no formal status. But that does not mean that we can't share information, informally, via other mechanisms. In fact, I'd encourage us to follow each other and share interesting links and updates with each other. The idea is to supplement the list and use relevant technology appropriately. To get us started, here are my coordinates. If you respond with yours, I'll follow you as well. -Rob Google+: https://plus.google.com/110021943609888508798/ Twitter http://twitter.com/rcweir LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rcweir
Re: [DOWNLOAD] Cannot commit changes on www.openoffice.org/download/other.html
Was everything not fully migrated at this time? That's what I got from the error at least. On 3/14/12, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Hi all, first I've changed via the CMS bookmarklet the www.openoffice.org/download/globalvars.js successfully to point to the new download service. This was done with r1300748 at 2012-03-14 10:59 CET. Now (2012-03-15 00:53 CET) when doing a svn update on the command line I get: svn update At revision 1300515. From where comes the difference? The following error message comes when trying to do further commits on the command line I get an error message: svn commit -mSwitched to the secondary download service because Oracle will shutdown the primary service on March, 15th. other.html svn: Commit failed (details follow): svn: The specified baseline is not the latest baseline, so it may not be checked out. It seems I have to go on tomorrow do replace some more strings. Thanks for your help. Marcus
Re: Let barking dogs bark
People always want to hinder progress. On 3/14/12, Carl Marcum cmar...@apache.org wrote: On 03/14/2012 01:22 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: snip For me it shows that some people get nervous because they see that the stuttering engine of AOO runs better and better. So let us oil the engine that it runs constantly and smooth. Juergen +1 After the first AOO release, some of this may end. It just seems funny that the closer the release gets, the more of this we see :) Maybe there's a campaign going on and we weren't invited :) Best regards, Carl
Re: Clarifying facts
After really looking into the project thus far, everything seems acurate to me. I hope I haven't overlooked something. On 3/13/12, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: Hi all, Probably because of all the progress being made towards a v3.4 release, I have been getting an increasing number of enquiries about the status of Apache OpenOffice from a variety of sources. I'm attempting, in good faith, to maintain an objective status summary the Apache OpenOffice incubator project to report to these enquiries. I've had a commentator assert that the statements below are uninformed and made-up. I believe based on my observations all of the following statements to be true about the Apache project; can you let me know if they are not, please, so I can present a factual status of the project when asked? The Apache OpenOffice project will be releasing a new binary under the new name Apache OpenOffice at some point soon, which will probably be numbered v3.4. The release is being developed by a subset of the original developers augmented by others. There have been no updates to OpenOffice.org binaries released for users since Oracle stopped development. There will be no new versions of a binary program called OpenOffice.org released. No downloads of OpenOffice.org containing bug fixes or security updates have been made available for end users since Oracle stopped development. The Apache OpenOffice project now controls the original OpenOffice.org domain (via the ASF) and plans to use it for future promotion of the Apache OpenOffice project. The Apache OpenOffice project is still in incubation and has not yet requested graduation to a TLP. Thanks for your help with this. S.
Re: Clarifying facts
Pavel: I don't think anybody is arguing that apache open office is, in fact, open office. Is it really worth splitting hairs over? Just asking. On 3/13/12, Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: On 13 Mar 2012, at 17:45, Rory O'Farrell wrote: On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:42:01 + Simon Phipps si...@webmink.com wrote: snip The AOO project team includes a large number of the original developers, Symphony developers, community developers and new developers. The original population was much much larger so large seems hyperbolic here. How about: * The AOO project team includes a number of the original developers plus developers from IBM Symphony and community developers old and new. How about many or very many The actual situation I think is close to: of the hundred or so developers once employed by Sun on OpenOffice.org, about 15 of them are still participating in open source development derived from the OpenOffice.org codebase. Of those about half work on Apache OpenOffice and half on LibreOffice (corrections giving actual numbers and ratios welcome BTW). Thus words like large or many seem overstatement in connection with either AOO or LO. S.
Re: Is any one here familiar with OpenOffice?
I do feel that we need to continue to focus on the issues at hand. We wouldn't want this project to fall into extinction after all these years now would we? On 3/12/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: On 03/12/12 13:42, Rob Weir wrote: I'm not suggesting we argue with anyone. I'm suggesting we make truthful positive statements about this project and the experience level of its participants. FWIW, and just my humble opinion ... I don't think we should spend time discussing such arguments when we have the one instrument that defines the true continuation of the project, namely www.openoffice.org . Oh, I'm sure we all have our own preferred ways of doing this. The nice thing is that they are not mutually exclusive. We only need to agree to be accurate and positive. We don't need to agree on a narrow set of specific communications. Some volunteers might work better with HTML, others with YouTube videos, others with graphics. Let's find more ways of saying yes and instead of no, but. -Rob
Re: Files replaced by hashes, let's face it
As far as keeping data safe, would it be practical to have the software create stored session files? I guess this would be much like a dump file on windows or simply a setting file on certain editing programs. Just a thought. On 3/12/12, Hagar Delest hagar.del...@laposte.net wrote: Hi All, We have had a recent discussion in the forum (after another case) about the problem where files are replaced with only hashes, leading to serious data loss. Is there any plan to handle it or at least to double check the save process? For the record: usually after a power loss, the opened file is wrecked and no data is recoverable. In very rare cases (I've seen it twice IIRC), user is able to recover the last version from the temporary files. The discussion: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=17677 The post where I've listed more than 90 similar reports in forums: http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6t=17677#p81363 The issue I'd filed: https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=107847 NB: not sure if LibO has inherited this problem too but I guess so according to a quick Google search: http://www.mail-archive.com/libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org/msg19017.html Of course the bug is not reproducible, it happens on several OS, with different versions but has appeared clearly end of 2008. Please remember that this bug is very detrimental to the product reputation, leading to a loss of confidence in the code. Especially for a very basic feature. Facing say a power loss is not usual but the original file should not be processed until the new file is correctly written (or its temporary version should at least be available for recovery). Hagar
