Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-03 Thread Sigrid Carrera
Hi Marc, 2010/12/3 Marc Paré m...@marcpare.com Le 2010-12-02 11:27, Sigrid Carrera a écrit : Why ship an installer, when it is preferred to use the package manager from your Linux distribution? For Mandriva (on the console) do the following: - go to the directory that has all the rpm

Re: [tdf-discuss] HC issue

2010-12-03 Thread Kevin Vermeer
On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Jonathan Aquilina eagles051...@gmail.comwrote: hey guys i think i have a solution to the high contrast issue with a dark desktop theme. how come we aren't using the app selection menu from OOo? it works just fine in regards to a dark colored background.

Re: [tdf-discuss] HC issue

2010-12-03 Thread Jonathan Aquilina
Kevin i stumbled upon this totally by accident this is the OOo menu upon start up. it works perfectly with my dark colored theme i have. http://imagebin.ca/view/jXXsCVUY.html could what OOo has be a temporary place holder till we can get something sorted out? This fix doesn't have to make

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, Charles-H. Schulz wrote (01-12-10 17:45) Le Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:17:16 -0200, Olivier Hallotolivier.hal...@documentfoundation.org a écrit : Some thoughts and questions from my personal experience: 1) I am a bit concerned of the definition of project: It looks like TDF will foster

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi all, I really like the remarks/ideas made by Florian. And if I got it right, most of it already is on the wiki. Few comments from my side: Florian Effenberger wrote (02-12-10 16:53) - Board of Directors: Shall we limit the number of deputies per seat to one, making it mandatory that one

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hiho, Michael Meeks wrote (03-12-10 15:41) I added my comments in [MMEEKS: foo !] type brackets as David has done himself; directly into the wiki; there were a few things that didn't belong in there though: Firstly - I'm really hopeful reading this; it seems we're getting

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi COr, Cor Nouws wrote on 2010-12-03 17.07: - Is it on purpose that no Officer may be in the board? It would better be avoided to have a situation where one (officer) is his/her own employer (member BoD) sure, I see that issue. However, I would take a different approach: Let a director

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Charles, all, Charles-H. Schulz wrote (29-11-10 18:23) Here is the latest version of the bylaws: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/CommunityBylaws I have - some small edits, to make text more clear (IMO) - some suggestions for smaller improvements: - Chairperson and Chairman are

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-03 Thread Mark Preston
I see several issues in the discussion about installers - and I only just joined the list! Let's list 'em... 1. You are assuming everyone will be running Linux. They won't. 2. You assume they all have a packaged Linux distro. They won't. 3. You presume they can all grab tar's themselves. They

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Vision/Mission

2010-12-03 Thread Johannes A. Bodwing
Hello, late, but I found it just right now. Hi, :-) On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:20, Sonic4Spudssonic4sp...@gmail.com wrote: productivity software for home and office Corel calls Word Perfect Office X5 The essential office suite for home and business. For LO I think, it has to hook up

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread drew
On Sat, 2010-12-04 at 02:41 +0800, David Nelson wrote: Hi, :-) On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 02:08, drew d...@baseanswers.com wrote: What there is not, that I can see, is a way for the general membership to remove the board, or a particular member of the board, beyond the annual elections.

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-03 Thread BRM
- Original Message From: Mark Preston m...@mpreston.demon.co.uk To: discuss@documentfoundation.org Sent: Fri, December 3, 2010 12:18:16 PM Subject: Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package. I see several issues in the discussion about installers - and I only

Re: [steering-discuss] Updated draft of the Community Bylaws

2010-12-03 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Drew, drew wrote (03-12-10 19:08) What there is not, that I can see, is a way for the general membership to remove the board, or a particular member of the board, beyond the annual elections. [...] Without offering any specific details on mechanics for the moment, what I'm thinking of is a

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Vision/Mission

2010-12-03 Thread Omar Paz
2010/12/3 Johannes A. Bodwing jo...@arcor.de Hello, late, but I found it just right now. Hi, :-) On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:20, Sonic4Spudssonic4sp...@gmail.com wrote: productivity software for home and office Corel calls Word Perfect Office X5 The essential office suite for home

[tdf-discuss] Re: A better idea for a download package.

2010-12-03 Thread NoOp
On 12/02/2010 11:57 AM, BRM wrote: - Original Message From: Robert Derman robert.der...@pressenter.com I remember that optical disks started to replace floppies in about 1995 because Win-95 came either way. Win-98 was CD only. I will admit that DVD burners didn't become

[tdf-discuss] Re: Why is LO/OOo so slow loading a spreadsheet?

2010-12-03 Thread plino
Another topic ignored? Maybe a mailing list isn't the right tool... -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Why-is-LO-OOo-so-slow-loading-a-spreadsheet-tp2006665p2014877.html Sent from the Discuss mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Unsubscribe instructions:

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Why is LO/OOo so slow loading a spreadsheet?

2010-12-03 Thread Andy Brown
On Fri Dec 03 2010 15:39:35 GMT-0800 (PST) plino wrote: Another topic ignored? Maybe a mailing list isn't the right tool... Maybe the right list would help. Try the users list, us...@libreoffice.org or ask the developers, libreoff...@lists.freedesktop.org . Since I have no means for

[tdf-discuss] Re: Why is LO/OOo so slow loading a spreadsheet?

2010-12-03 Thread plino
Maybe the right list would help. Try the users list, [hidden email] or ask the developers, [hidden email] . That is exactly my point. In a forum,anyone could answer. In a mailing list I have to subscribe to ALL and guess on which the subject fits better. I think this is a general

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Why is LO/OOo so slow loading a spreadsheet?

2010-12-03 Thread Andy Brown
On Fri Dec 03 2010 16:19:49 GMT-0800 (PST) plino wrote: Maybe the right list would help. Try the users list, [hidden email] or ask the developers, [hidden email] . That is exactly my point. In a forum,anyone could answer. In a mailing list I have to subscribe to ALL and guess on which the

Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Vision/Mission

2010-12-03 Thread Lyle Cochran
Hi Johannes, Omar On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Omar Paz omarp...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/12/3 Johannes A. Bodwing jo...@arcor.de Hello, late, but I found it just right now. Hi, :-) On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:20, Sonic4Spudssonic4sp...@gmail.com wrote: productivity software