Re: Help Wanted

[Rob Weir]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jacob Yturri  wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking to apply for any of the help wanted jobs. I webmaster in my
> spare time and it is my passion and hobby. I would be willing to work on
> the website. I would also be willing to help plan Apache's Office Suite. I
> do not mind learning new and or hard things, and I believe that this would
> be fun and engaging.
>

Hi Jacob,

Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!

Are you fluent in any languages other than English?  Right now one of
our more urgent needs is for help translating the openoffice.org
homepage into other languages.  We want to have a good experience
there to synch with the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.  Is that
something you can help with?

We also need help testing the 3.4 dev snapshot builds on Windows, Mac
or Linux.  I can give you more information on that if you are
interested.

As you can tell, we're very focused on getting out the 3.4 release
right now.  There will be more opportunities for new work and more
creative work after 3.4 is released.

Regards,

-Rob

> Yours,
> Jacob Yturri

Re: Help Wanted

[Sylvain DENIS]

Hello Rob,

I read the answer and I can test on Linux (Ubuntu). What is the procedure?

greats

Sylvain

2012/2/29 Rob Weir 

> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jacob Yturri  wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am looking to apply for any of the help wanted jobs. I webmaster in my
> > spare time and it is my passion and hobby. I would be willing to work on
> > the website. I would also be willing to help plan Apache's Office Suite.
> I
> > do not mind learning new and or hard things, and I believe that this
> would
> > be fun and engaging.
> >
>
> Hi Jacob,
>
> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!
>
> Are you fluent in any languages other than English?  Right now one of
> our more urgent needs is for help translating the openoffice.org
> homepage into other languages.  We want to have a good experience
> there to synch with the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.  Is that
> something you can help with?
>
> We also need help testing the 3.4 dev snapshot builds on Windows, Mac
> or Linux.  I can give you more information on that if you are
> interested.
>
> As you can tell, we're very focused on getting out the 3.4 release
> right now.  There will be more opportunities for new work and more
> creative work after 3.4 is released.
>
> Regards,
>
> -Rob
>
> > Yours,
> > Jacob Yturri
>



-- 
Librement,

Sylvain DENIS
*ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
*RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***

Re: Help Wanted

[Sylvain DENIS]

oups, i forgot. I test in french if possible ;)

Sylvain

2012/2/29 Sylvain DENIS 

> Hello Rob,
>
> I read the answer and I can test on Linux (Ubuntu). What is the procedure?
>
> greats
>
> Sylvain
>
> 2012/2/29 Rob Weir 
>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jacob Yturri 
>> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am looking to apply for any of the help wanted jobs. I webmaster in my
>> > spare time and it is my passion and hobby. I would be willing to work on
>> > the website. I would also be willing to help plan Apache's Office
>> Suite. I
>> > do not mind learning new and or hard things, and I believe that this
>> would
>> > be fun and engaging.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!
>>
>> Are you fluent in any languages other than English?  Right now one of
>> our more urgent needs is for help translating the openoffice.org
>> homepage into other languages.  We want to have a good experience
>> there to synch with the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.  Is that
>> something you can help with?
>>
>> We also need help testing the 3.4 dev snapshot builds on Windows, Mac
>> or Linux.  I can give you more information on that if you are
>> interested.
>>
>> As you can tell, we're very focused on getting out the 3.4 release
>> right now.  There will be more opportunities for new work and more
>> creative work after 3.4 is released.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>> > Yours,
>> > Jacob Yturri
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Librement,
>
> Sylvain DENIS
> *ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
> *RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***
>
>
>
>


-- 
Librement,

Sylvain DENIS
*ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
*RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***

Re: Help Wanted

[Rob Weir]

On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Sylvain DENIS
 wrote:
> Hello Rob,
>
> I read the answer and I can test on Linux (Ubuntu). What is the procedure?
>

I will respond in a new thread called "Calling all volunteers: It is
time to test"

-Rob

> greats
>
> Sylvain
>
> 2012/2/29 Rob Weir 
>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jacob Yturri  wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I am looking to apply for any of the help wanted jobs. I webmaster in my
>> > spare time and it is my passion and hobby. I would be willing to work on
>> > the website. I would also be willing to help plan Apache's Office Suite.
>> I
>> > do not mind learning new and or hard things, and I believe that this
>> would
>> > be fun and engaging.
>> >
>>
>> Hi Jacob,
>>
>> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!
>>
>> Are you fluent in any languages other than English?  Right now one of
>> our more urgent needs is for help translating the openoffice.org
>> homepage into other languages.  We want to have a good experience
>> there to synch with the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.  Is that
>> something you can help with?
>>
>> We also need help testing the 3.4 dev snapshot builds on Windows, Mac
>> or Linux.  I can give you more information on that if you are
>> interested.
>>
>> As you can tell, we're very focused on getting out the 3.4 release
>> right now.  There will be more opportunities for new work and more
>> creative work after 3.4 is released.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>> > Yours,
>> > Jacob Yturri
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Librement,
>
> Sylvain DENIS
> *ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
> *RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***

Re: Help Wanted

[Sylvain DENIS]

ok thank you

Sylvain

2012/2/29 Rob Weir 

> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Sylvain DENIS
>  wrote:
> > Hello Rob,
> >
> > I read the answer and I can test on Linux (Ubuntu). What is the
> procedure?
> >
>
> I will respond in a new thread called "Calling all volunteers: It is
> time to test"
>
> -Rob
>
> > greats
> >
> > Sylvain
> >
> > 2012/2/29 Rob Weir 
> >
> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:52 PM, Jacob Yturri 
> wrote:
> >> > Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I am looking to apply for any of the help wanted jobs. I webmaster in
> my
> >> > spare time and it is my passion and hobby. I would be willing to work
> on
> >> > the website. I would also be willing to help plan Apache's Office
> Suite.
> >> I
> >> > do not mind learning new and or hard things, and I believe that this
> >> would
> >> > be fun and engaging.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hi Jacob,
> >>
> >> Welcome to the Apache OpenOffice project!
> >>
> >> Are you fluent in any languages other than English?  Right now one of
> >> our more urgent needs is for help translating the openoffice.org
> >> homepage into other languages.  We want to have a good experience
> >> there to synch with the release of Apache OpenOffice 3.4.  Is that
> >> something you can help with?
> >>
> >> We also need help testing the 3.4 dev snapshot builds on Windows, Mac
> >> or Linux.  I can give you more information on that if you are
> >> interested.
> >>
> >> As you can tell, we're very focused on getting out the 3.4 release
> >> right now.  There will be more opportunities for new work and more
> >> creative work after 3.4 is released.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> -Rob
> >>
> >> > Yours,
> >> > Jacob Yturri
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Librement,
> >
> > Sylvain DENIS
> > *ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
> > *RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***
>



-- 
Librement,

Sylvain DENIS
*ICT & FLOSS Specialist*
*RSRSi (Responsable Sécurité et Risques des Systèmes d'information)***

Re: Help Wanted

[Jürgen Schmidt]

Hi Jeremiah,

it seems that you are not yet subscribed to this mailing list. You can
easy to that by sending an email to ooo-dev-subscr...@incubator.apache.org


On 8/15/12 6:47 AM, JDO Designs & Consulting wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to get involved with the Apache Open Office project,
> specifically number 5: "*Improve the look of the our website(s)*,
> especially the default landing page
> .  Skills needed:
> graphic design, web design, good taste, possible svn. Skills gained:
> Markdown syntax, Apache CMS."  Any information you can provide on how I
> can get started and be of assistance would be greatly appreciated.
> 

good news that you want help us with some new fresh redesign of our website.

http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/index.html is the main entry
pint for developers. It can of course benefit from some redesign as well.

But I would prefer when we think about a new redesign and a new concept
for our main user entry point, our portal www.openoffice.org with the
sub pages and sub domains.

We don't have to hurry here we can plan it in detail, can collect all
requirements and how we can realize it with the Apache CMS. I am sure
Joe will support and help if we need something to make the portal really
cool, interesting, informative and especially intuitive.

If others agree that focusing on the main portal is more important to
bring everything in a consistent and well structured state, we should
start with the planning and the collection of requirements first.

Some quick ideas:
- landing page, maybe extended pages for regional groups
- mission overview
- downloads
- entry point for developers or better people who want actively
participate in the project
- where can the user find support, documentation
- maybe API reference for macro/extension developers
- localization of all content

In the meantime some background information about the Apache CMS is
probably useful as well http://www.apache.org/dev/cms.html

Juergen

Re: Help wanted for a better "Help Wanted"

[Zhe Liu]

+1!
As a newcomer, after reading the out-of-date short "Help Wanted" page
and other materials,  I still have no idea where I can help the
project. A detail task is helpful for me to get started.

2011/12/1 Rob Weir :
> I had someone contact me off list asking how they could help with the
> project.  The person pointed this this page, but noted it appeared out
> of date:
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Help+Wanted
>
> Indeed it is :-(
>
> How could we improve on this?
>
> Some options (and I'm sure there are others):
>
> 1. Use the wiki, but keep this more up to date.  This is easy to
> maintain for us, but doesn't scale that well after we get past a few
> dozen items.
>
> 2. Use Bugzilla.  Have some way of marking an issue by level of
> difficulty, or ones that are especially good for new volunteers.  Have
> a query that can pull up these issues.
>
> 3. Use an external service, like OpenHatch:  http://openhatch.org/
> ("An open source community aiming to help newcomers find their way
> into free software projects."
>
> This could be used in conjunction with #2, to promote volunteer
> opportunities via their aptly named "volunteer opportunity finder".
> You indicate what BZ keywords indicate "bitesized" issues or
> "documentation" issues and these are advertised for volunteers to see.
>
> We didn't have BZ set up when I added the "help wanted" page to the
> wiki back in June.  So maybe the best approach is some combination of
> 2 & 3?
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> I'm willing to help.  But I'd need some BZ admin assistance.
>
> -Rob
>

Re: Help wanted for a better "Help Wanted"

[Donald Whytock]

OpenHatch looks good.  In fact, I'm surprised there aren't other
Apache projects in there already.

MediaWiki is listed there, and is explicitly asking for translators.
Seems like a good example for OOo to follow.

Don

Re: Help wanted for a better "Help Wanted"

[Rob Weir]

On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 12:59 PM, Donald Whytock  wrote:
> OpenHatch looks good.  In fact, I'm surprised there aren't other
> Apache projects in there already.
>
> MediaWiki is listed there, and is explicitly asking for translators.
> Seems like a good example for OOo to follow.
>

OK. I do have an Apache OpenOffice project there :

http://openhatch.org/+projects/Apache%20OpenOffice

Help is welcome filling out the profile, and especially with the
Bugzilla integration.

> Don