Re: [tdf-discuss] Oracle copyright on LibreOffice ?

2010-10-11 Thread kaaposc
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 8:09 PM, jonathon wrote: > Note # 4: The copyright list states who the copyright holder was, when > it was published, not who the current copyright holder is; Wrong. Copyright notice reflects a name of copyright holder and year when code was added. It does not matter that

Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

2010-10-11 Thread Eric Hoch
Hi Todd, Scott, Am Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:48:23 -0400 schrieb todd rme: > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:35 PM, Marc Paré wrote: >> Le 2010-10-09 16:50, Scott Furry a écrit : >>> >>> On 09/10/10 02:11 PM, Marc Paré wrote: >>> I agree, direction from the whole community on this, now that we ha

Re: [tdf-discuss] Windows Install

2010-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2010 06:56 PM, Scott Furry wrote: > Let me assure you that your answers are import and won't get > lost|forgotten. I've received about a dozen responses so far and each > has been tucked away for easy retrieval when I go to do a final > summation. I was thinking of giving the thread at

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffice Install and Update

2010-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/09/2010 02:23 PM, Scott Furry wrote: > This survey is to gauge the views of the LibreOffice community on the > install/update method of LibreOffice. Please voice your opinion so that > these considerations may be taken into account when the LibreOffice > method of install/update is studie

Re: [tdf-discuss] Windows Install

2010-10-11 Thread Scott Furry
On 11/10/10 07:44 PM, NoOp wrote: On 10/11/2010 05:44 PM, Marc Paré wrote: There is a survey on the list where we are trying to tie in all of these opinions and requests together. Could you add your remarks there too. Just look for the thread entitled: "[tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffic

Re: [tdf-discuss] Windows Install

2010-10-11 Thread NoOp
On 10/11/2010 05:44 PM, Marc Paré wrote: > Le 2010-10-11 19:00, NoOp a écrit : >> LibO install in Windows currently follows the go-oo practice of removing >> existing OOo installs (without warning). It can of course be installed >> in parallel (see my thread "[libreoffice-users] [Windows] LibO in >

Re: [tdf-discuss] blog post about the steering committee

2010-10-11 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-11 11:03, Andre Schnabel a écrit : Hi, to give all of you a better picture of the Steering Committee (to be more precise: the provisional Steering Committe), I wrote some background info at my blog: http://libobil.blogspot.com/ regards, André Thanks André. This write-up is ni

Re: [tdf-discuss] Windows Install

2010-10-11 Thread Marc Paré
Le 2010-10-11 19:00, NoOp a écrit : LibO install in Windows currently follows the go-oo practice of removing existing OOo installs (without warning). It can of course be installed in parallel (see my thread "[libreoffice-users] [Windows] LibO in parallel w/OOo?" on the users list, but that provid

[tdf-discuss] Windows Install

2010-10-11 Thread NoOp
LibO install in Windows currently follows the go-oo practice of removing existing OOo installs (without warning). It can of course be installed in parallel (see my thread "[libreoffice-users] [Windows] LibO in parallel w/OOo?" on the users list, but that provides several distinct disadvantages: 1.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Paul A Norman
Good links, thnaks, This raises the question in my mind, in terms of this thread "LibO roadmap?", about integratoin with other toolsets. I'll use the followoing as an example. For example, bibliographies in LaTeX can be built using JabRef - a Java application that can export/import to/from an My

Re: [tdf-discuss] Document Foundation - list archive - emails in clear

2010-10-11 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/08/2010 02:28 PM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 14:38 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: Honestly, I disagree. Hiding mail addresses really doesn't help that much, and to me, the disadvantages (like being unable to contact someone directly from the archives) are larger th

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Mounier Jacques
Thanks for the reply, Paul A Norman wrote: >Would that perhaps be reinventing the wheel a >little - perhaps some >would find LaTeX and associated utlities useful? Of course! If the wheel turns well :) http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/indexing/makeindex/doc/makeindex.pdf http://www.yanb.be/w/lat

[tdf-discuss] Re: LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Mounier Jacques
Thanks for the reply, Cédric Bosdonnat wrote: >Would you be able to get some people helping to >describe what needs to >be done? If you can find some other developers >interested in hacking >that part, I'm ready to help them getting started! Unfortunately, I am a simple user... A problem I had

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-11 Thread Christoph Noack
Hi Jean! Am Samstag, den 09.10.2010, 07:18 +1000 schrieb Jean Hollis Weber: > Christoph, > How do I get listed? Just ask here to be added? Or is there someplace > on the page that I missed? :-) > http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/newsite/?feed=rss2 I forwarded your request and somebody (Flo

Re: [tdf-discuss] I like the name LibreOffice

2010-10-11 Thread Jon Hamkins
On 10/07/2010 04:16 AM, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: If I have to explain to someone what "LibreOffice" means, it's easy: "Libre means free, as in liberty or freedom." If I have to explain what "OpenOffice.org" means, it's a much bigger problem, even without the complication of the ".org" part. Most

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffice Install and Update

2010-10-11 Thread Alexander Thurgood
Hi all, Well I have recently acquired a new Macbook Pro for work to replace my old Linux netbook (RIP, sniff), and I also have a Windows XP machine reserved for certain Windows only software that doesn't run well under emulation, so I have been used to using OOo on all 3 platforms. On my Mac I cu

Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

2010-10-11 Thread Valter Mura
In data venerdì 08 ottobre 2010 23:15:18, todd rme ha scritto: > > Is the opendesktop.org type proposal for the entire program, or just for > > the extensions, dictionaries, galleries, extensions, language packs, > > grammar checkers, and other addons? > > I am suggestion it be used for add-ons o

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffice Install and Update

2010-10-11 Thread Italo Vignoli
Benjamin Horst wrote: > I don't feel like there are many Mac users talking about Mac issues on this > list right now, but I know we're numerous, at least based on downloading > statistics through the project history. To be thorough, here's my impression > on installing for the Mac. Hi Ben, I'm

[tdf-discuss] blog post about the steering committee

2010-10-11 Thread Andre Schnabel
Hi, to give all of you a better picture of the Steering Committee (to be more precise: the provisional Steering Committe), I wrote some background info at my blog: http://libobil.blogspot.com/ regards, André -- Neu: GMX De-Mail - Einfach wie E-Mail, sicher wie ein Brief! Jetzt De-Mail-Adr

Re: [tdf-discuss] Survey|Opinion - LibreOffice Install and Update

2010-10-11 Thread Benjamin Horst
I don't feel like there are many Mac users talking about Mac issues on this list right now, but I know we're numerous, at least based on downloading statistics through the project history. To be thorough, here's my impression on installing for the Mac. On Oct 9, 2010, at 5:23 PM, Scott Furry wr

Re: [tdf-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Docs page on wiki]

2010-10-11 Thread Benjamin Horst
As the core project activity is generally carried out in English, I think the main wiki page should include both links to each of the language's landing pages, as well as links to the main categories and sections of the wiki in English. I'm working on a wireframe of the page layout that I'd like

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Charles Marcus
On 2010-10-11 5:27 AM, Drew Jensen wrote: > Ran into the same problem also - both pages I've added required more > then one try to get started - meaning that it tossed my first edit > both times- after getting past the initial edit problem seems to go > away for future editing sessions. > > (one

Re: [tdf-discuss] Media contact for the USA

2010-10-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Guy, Guy Lunardi wrote on 2010-10-06 17.31: I just noticed (should have much earlier) that there is no media contact based in the USA. Should there be a need for the Foundation and/or the steering committee to be represented in the US, I am more than happy to offer my assistance there. th

[tdf-discuss] [Fwd: Re: Docs page on wiki]

2010-10-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
Forwarded Message From: El Cico Reply-to: documentat...@libreoffice.org To: documentat...@libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Docs page on wiki Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 11:03:23 +0100 (BST) Da: Sophie Gautier A: documentat...@

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Paul A Norman
P.S. I should have mentioned from a WYSIWYG perspective LYX http://www.lyx.org/ Paul On 11 October 2010 23:43, Paul A Norman wrote: >> Many people (students, scholars, technical writers, etc) want a word proce >> ssor, >> but with much greater indexing and authoring tools (You could involve Uni

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2010-10-11 12.49: I run into the same issues this morning. I think all it takes is to completely logout of the wiki, wait for 5 minutes and then log back in (and of course validate your email address before). really strange... I'll ping the MediaWiki list if the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Erich Christian wrote on 2010-10-11 12.22: Yes, me too had to log on and off a few times before it worked. hm, really strange. Let's see if we get more error reports. Another thing: do we have a 'native lang' main category by now? I set up a cat:DE page but did not want to go further wi

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Charles-H. Schulz
Hi, Le Mon, 11 Oct 2010 05:54:45 -0400, Drew Jensen a écrit : > > > > > I just tried again and the main page let me edit it. Typical! Ask a > > question and find the answer; report a bug and it starts working. > > LOL. I'll see what happens tomorrow. > > > > I edited those pages right after

Re: [tdf-discuss] List available at GMANE

2010-10-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, NoOp wrote on 2010-10-09 21.00: Thanks. Can a small note be added to the 'Mailing Lists' section of: http://www.documentfoundation.org/contribution/ advising of the nomail option? I guess this would confuse the average user, we already receive complaints that people don't know what all t

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Paul A Norman
> Many people (students, scholars, technical writers, etc) want a word proce > ssor, > but with much greater indexing and authoring tools (You could involve Univ > ersities as partners?). Would that perhaps be reinventing the wheel a little - perhaps some would find LaTeX and associated utlities u

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Erich Christian
Hi, Am 11.10.2010 11:31, schrieb Florian Effenberger: [..] > can anyone else confirm that? Never heard about these problems up to now... Yes, me too had to log on and off a few times before it worked. Another thing: do we have a 'native lang' main category by now? I set up a cat:DE page but did

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Drew Jensen
> > I just tried again and the main page let me edit it. Typical! Ask a > question and find the answer; report a bug and it starts working. LOL. > I'll see what happens tomorrow. > I edited those pages right after the site went live yesterday also - did not want to make a page, just to make a p

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 11:31 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Drew Jensen wrote on 2010-10-11 11.27: > > > Ran into the same problem also - both pages I've added required more > > then one try to get started - meaning that it tossed my first edit both > > times- after getting past the i

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 11:31 +0200, Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hi, > > Drew Jensen wrote on 2010-10-11 11.27: > > > Ran into the same problem also - both pages I've added required more > > then one try to get started - meaning that it tossed my first edit both > > times- after getting past the i

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Per Eriksson
Hi, Drew Jensen skrev 2010-10-11 11:27: On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 19:10 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: I'm having a problem with the wiki. I have created an account (user:jeanweber) and validated my e-mail address, but every time I attempt to edit the first page I get this message: "You do not

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Drew Jensen wrote on 2010-10-11 11.27: Ran into the same problem also - both pages I've added required more then one try to get started - meaning that it tossed my first edit both times- after getting past the initial edit problem seems to go away for future editing sessions. (one more) ad

Re: [tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Drew Jensen
On Mon, 2010-10-11 at 19:10 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > I'm having a problem with the wiki. I have created an account > (user:jeanweber) and validated my e-mail address, but every time I > attempt to edit the first page I get this message: > > "You do not have permission to edit this page, f

[tdf-discuss] Problem with wiki

2010-10-11 Thread Jean Hollis Weber
I'm having a problem with the wiki. I have created an account (user:jeanweber) and validated my e-mail address, but every time I attempt to edit the first page I get this message: "You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: You must confirm your e-mail address before e

Re: [tdf-discuss] QA Infrastructure

2010-10-11 Thread Per Eriksson
Hi Sophie, Thorsten, Sophie Gautier skrev 2010-10-09 19:26: Concerning the TCM, I've worked on specifications for a new tool that is being develop and will be integrated to QUASTe. The current infrastructure for TCM is far too complicated and mix administrative tasks and user tasks. Also, we n

Re: [tdf-discuss] LibO roadmap?

2010-10-11 Thread Cedric Bosdonnat
Hello Jacques, On Fri, 2010-10-08 at 22:57 +0200, Mounier Jacques wrote: > I want to congratulate you for the courage you have shown in creating this > new project. Thanks for your encouragements: it's always appreciated ;) > It is possible to have some rumors about LibO roadmap? > What are the