Re: [DISCUSS] Having New Committers also be on the PPMC

2011-10-01 Thread Carl Marcum
On 09/29/2011 09:09 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: It has been the practice, thus far, that all newly-invited committers are invited to also be on the Podling Project Management Committee (PPMC). Some decline being on the PPMC, some accept, some accept but don't actually show up at the PPMC, e

RE: [DISCUSS] Having New Committers also be on the PPMC

2011-10-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 (using up my quota on this thread for 2011-10-01) -Original Message- From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 16:06 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Having New Committers also be on the PPMC On 09/30/2011 11:31 AM, Simon

Re: [DISCUSS] Having New Committers also be on the PPMC

2011-10-01 Thread Kay Schenk
On 09/30/2011 11:31 AM, Simon Phipps wrote: On 30 Sep 2011, at 19:15, Rob Weir wrote: We have never adopted a formal position of having everyone be a committer and PPMC member. So if we did not change anything, we would still not have such a policy. I'm not arguing against the status quo of

Re: handling of ext_sources - Juergen's suggestion [was: Re: A systematic approach to IP review?]

2011-10-01 Thread Mathias Bauer
Am 01.10.2011 00:17, schrieb Michael Stahl: > On 30.09.2011 21:24, Mathias Bauer wrote: >> On 28.09.2011 17:32, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > >> Another advantage of unpacking the tarballs: the patches will become >> *real* patches that just contain changes of the original source code. >> Often the p

RE: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Yes. I would like to know who did that too. There is more that could be done. I also see other pages that have been modified on the OpenOffice.org site in sort of a haphazard way. It interferes with finding the good information that is still there, in fact. That is not a transparent activity a

Re: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread FR web forum
- Mail original - >I do not have any administrative >powers that can be applied to the OpenOffice.org site generally and the >OpenOffice.org lists in particular. Those systems are not under Apache control >in any manner that I know of. OK that's clear, now :-D But who can be contact

RE: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I am unclear how my message from 2011-09-03 is receiving so much attention now. I believe there is a mistaken assumption. I do not have any administrative powers that can be applied to the OpenOffice.org site generally and the OpenOffice.org lists in particular. Those systems are not under Apa

RE: Incubator PMC/Board report for October 2011 (ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org)

2011-10-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
These announcements to a list are interesting, because it is not clear who will take the initiative to see that this happens. Last month, I waited too long before declaring what I would be doing and then doing it. This month, I won't be tardy. I am declaring that I shall not be preparing the

RE: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Umm, I did do what I said in that early-September list message quoted below. I am in no position to write the same messages on NL lists. Thank you for taking that on. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Andrea Pescetti [mailto:pesce...@openoffice.org] Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011

Re: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread FR web forum
> I am preparing a message for OpenOffice.org lists on the shutdown of > the OO.o bugzilla, the availability of the Apache ooo issues tracker, > and advice on resetting passwords... Why don't add an automatic redirection? This will be more user-friendly On the forums, we have plenty of oo.o/bugzill

Incubator PMC/Board report for October 2011 (ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org)

2011-10-01 Thread no-reply
Dear OpenOffice.org Developers, This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache Incubator PMC. It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your quarterly board report. The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 19 October 2011, 10 am Pacific. The report for

Re: Not new but under a new hat

2011-10-01 Thread Ian Lynch
On 1 October 2011 00:12, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Mathias Bauer >wrote: > > > Am 30.09.2011 21:36, schrieb Alexandro Colorado: > > > > > I dunno why this is such an issue really, we are both open source > > projects. > > > Cooperating and working together does

Re: Not new but under a new hat

2011-10-01 Thread Ian Lynch
> > > I'd say stop posting reactionary and emotive stuff when someone makes a > > positive suggestion to get people working together. > > You've hit the nail on the head! > > Since the split of the OOo community we had the strange situation that > many people on both sides declared an interest to g

Re: [DISCUSS] Announcing Apache ooo Bugzilla on OpenOffice.org Lists

2011-10-01 Thread Andrea Pescetti
On 03/09/2011 Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: I am preparing a message for OpenOffice.org lists on the shutdown of the OO.o bugzilla, the availability of the Apache ooo issues tracker, and advice on resetting passwords... Are there any national-language lists where this would be important? Informatio