Defect Query for all defects reported after AOO 3.4 published is ready

2012-05-28 Thread Xia Zhao
Hi all, I just created defect query for all defects reported after AOO 3.4 published in BugZilla, please take a view. https://issues.apache.org/ooo/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamednamedcmd=AOO34DefectsAfterMaylist_id=11524 You can go to Preference on your BugZilla home page and navigate to Saved

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-12 Thread Guillaume
Hi, I propose that the correction of the Bug 119189 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119189 - Print Selection crash in Writer (P3 Critical) may be added to the todo list for AOO3.4.1. I do not know how to do that but if somebody find this is relevant, can you do it for me ? (or,

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-12 Thread Raphael Bircher
Hi Am 12.05.12 08:58, schrieb Guillaume: Hi, I propose that the correction of the Bug 119189 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119189 - Print Selection crash in Writer (P3 Critical) may be added to the todo list for AOO3.4.1. I do not know how to do that but if somebody

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-09 Thread RGB ES
2012/5/9 Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com: Paulo, I have already made a proposal to refresh the UX wiki and could use your help. Let's quickly inventory the pages, note the last update date, and categorize the content. I suspect we will want to harvest relevant content, archive

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-09 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
2012/5/9 RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com 2012/5/9 Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com: I was thinking on a central wiki page were our ideal users are defined by tasks more than by apps - Technical writers (scholars, scientific researchers, journalists, free lance writers...) - Non technical

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-08 Thread Donald Harbison
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: Understanding who does what with our product is very important to defining a product direction that resonates with our users. The user experience team is about to refresh the UX work products on the wiki. An

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-08 Thread Paulo de Souza Lima
Hi. I would like to help on this task also. In fact, I've been fooling around the wiki and there are a bunch of outdated information and some of them could be recycled, others simply deleted, some of them could be updated. I was wondering if there is someone taking care of this issue. Case not,

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-08 Thread Kevin Grignon
Don, Exactly what we need - who doing what. At this point there are no wrong answers and a broad inventory of users types and goals is how we begin. UX is working to clean up the wiki and we create a location to consolidate our user roles and libraries in the upcoming days. In the

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-08 Thread Kevin Grignon
Paulo, I have already made a proposal to refresh the UX wiki and could use your help. Let's quickly inventory the pages, note the last update date, and categorize the content. I suspect we will want to harvest relevant content, archive outdated reference mayerial and remove irrelevant.

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-07 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, RGB ES wrote: 2012/5/5 Albino Biasutti Neto biasut...@gmail.com: Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino Before that, we need to define who our end users are. We need a set of ideal

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-07 Thread RGB ES
2012/5/8 Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com: Hi, RGB ES wrote: 2012/5/5 Albino Biasutti Neto biasut...@gmail.com: Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino Before that, we need to define

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 05/01/2012 09:28 PM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): Am 05/01/2012 06:24 PM, schrieb Juergen Schmidt: On Tuesday, 1. May 2012 at 16:41, Rob Weir wrote: Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in BZ, we have AOO340-dev. What do we want after we release AOO 3.4? Add

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 05/01/2012 09:28 PM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): Am 05/01/2012 06:24 PM, schrieb Juergen Schmidt: On Tuesday, 1. May 2012 at 16:41, Rob Weir wrote: Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-07 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 05/08/2012 12:42 AM, schrieb Rob Weir: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Marcus (OOo)marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 05/01/2012 09:28 PM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): Am 05/01/2012 06:24 PM, schrieb Juergen Schmidt: On Tuesday, 1. May 2012 at 16:41, Rob Weir wrote: Today, among the 100 version

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-07 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:58 PM, Marcus (OOo) marcus.m...@wtnet.de wrote: Am 05/08/2012 12:42 AM, schrieb Rob Weir: On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 6:28 PM, Marcus (OOo)marcus.m...@wtnet.de  wrote: Am 05/01/2012 09:28 PM, schrieb Marcus (OOo): Am 05/01/2012 06:24 PM, schrieb Juergen Schmidt: On

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-07 Thread Kevin Grignon
Understanding who does what with our product is very important to defining a product direction that resonates with our users. The user experience team is about to refresh the UX work products on the wiki. An updated set of user roles/personas is our first step. Existing data can get us

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-07 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 5:02 PM, RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com wrote: ideal users with clear needs: students who do their homework, independent writers that use on-line publishing systems If, going forward, AOO team could design an extensible system to interface AOO writer with different CMS

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-05 Thread RGB ES
2012/5/5 Albino Biasutti Neto biasut...@gmail.com: Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino Before that, we need to define who our end users are. We need a set of ideal users with clear needs:

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-05 Thread Albino Biasutti Neto
Hi. 2012/5/5 RGB ES rgb.m...@gmail.com 2012/5/5 Albino Biasutti Neto biasut...@gmail.com: Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino Before that, we need to define who our end users

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-04 Thread Albino Biasutti Neto
Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-04 Thread Clovis Tristão
+1 On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Albino Biasutti Neto biasut...@gmail.comwrote: Hi. We have to focus on end users, and seek feedback to research, created polls, and others. We need to get statistics AOO. Best, Albino -- Clóvis Tristão Net Admin Home Phone: 55 (19) 3296-4057 /

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-03 Thread Xia Zhao
Suggest we add AOO 340 version as official release. And for those existing opening defects, basically they should be moved to this version as well. But considering we are not sure if many old defects still valid for AOO 3.4, it's better add one version as OOO and change all the defects before AOO

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-03 Thread Xia Zhao
Regards, Yan Ji On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-02 Thread Herbert Duerr
Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in BZ, we have AOO340-dev. What do we want after we release AOO 3.4? Add AOO340? (Or just rename AOO340-dev to AOO340?) Add AOO341-dev? Add AOO450-dev? The versions are for reporting issues against, so bugs reported from

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released.  Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top

What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-01 Thread Rob Weir
Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in BZ, we have AOO340-dev. What do we want after we release AOO 3.4? Add AOO340? (Or just rename AOO340-dev to AOO340?) Add AOO341-dev? Add AOO450-dev? Also, are there any products that can be removed or demoted to

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-01 Thread Juergen Schmidt
On Tuesday, 1. May 2012 at 16:41, Rob Weir wrote: Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in BZ, we have AOO340-dev. What do we want after we release AOO 3.4? Add AOO340? (Or just rename AOO340-dev to AOO340?) Renaming sounds good to me and all issues with

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-01 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 05/01/2012 06:24 PM, schrieb Juergen Schmidt: On Tuesday, 1. May 2012 at 16:41, Rob Weir wrote: Today, among the 100 version strings the users need to scroll through in BZ, we have AOO340-dev. What do we want after we release AOO 3.4? Add AOO340? (Or just rename AOO340-dev to AOO340?)

Re: What do we need to do in BZ after AOO 3.4 is released?

2012-05-01 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi Rob, Rob Weir schrieb: [..] Also, are there any products that can be removed or demoted to components under another product? What we have now is simpler than what we had with OOo, but it is still very complicated with a lot of dead wood at the top level. Yes, the list is far too large.

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Yan Ji
on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says they will contribute Symphony source code after 3.4 is released 3) We have some

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Zhe Liu
On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released.  Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Kevin Grignon
and process asap. Automation framework and test tool should be available soon for all tester in this project. Thanks Best Regards, Yan Ji On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:32 AM, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Yong Lin Ma
Agree with having a maintenance branch for traslation and critical bug fix. It is time to unlock the code base to allow contributors to submit improvments for later release. On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Andrea Pescetti pesce...@apache.org wrote: Rob Weir wrote: 1) We want to have a

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-05-01 Thread Yong Lin Ma
On Tue, May 1, 2012 at 2:28 AM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: On 04/29/12 23:55, Juergen Schmidt wrote: ... I think it all depends on how fast we plan to release 4.0. It looks likely that merging Symophony may be easy for the IBM guys, since symphony already updated theit base OOo,

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Juergen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sunday, 29. April 2012 at 21:10, Pedro Giffuni wrote: --- Sab 28/4/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org ha scritto: ... All in all, I think we should focus on stability and not on features.

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-30 Thread Armin Le Grand
On 30.04.2012 14:35, Rob Weir wrote: On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 12:55 AM, Juergen Schmidt jogischm...@googlemail.com wrote: [..] I don't think so, I would do it exactly in the other direction. Fixes for critical issues or issues that are assigned for a 3.4.1 should be fixed on the related

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-30 Thread Herbert Duerr
I don't think so, I would do it exactly in the other direction. Fixes for critical issues or issues that are assigned for a 3.4.1 should be fixed on the related stable branch and also merged into trunk. +1 I thought Armin ran into some performance-related issues with merging. Do we know

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-30 Thread Pedro Giffuni
On 04/29/12 23:55, Juergen Schmidt wrote: ... I think it all depends on how fast we plan to release 4.0. It looks likely that merging Symophony may be easy for the IBM guys, since symphony already updated theit base OOo, so a release may be fast and the 3.x branch may be short lived. (I don't

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Ross Gardler
: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says they will contribute Symphony source

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 04/28/2012 06:32 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Rob Weir wrote: 1) We want to have a maintenance branch that can be used to deliver quick-turnaround releases. ... 2) We also want feature release, like 3.5, 3.6, etc. Almost anything can go into them. ... 3) Then we have major updates, like 4.0. These are similar to #2, only more

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Kay Schenk
On 04/29/2012 07:16 AM, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Am 04/28/2012 06:32 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread luizheli
already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says they will contribute Symphony source code after 3.4

RE: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 -Original Message- From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.sch...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2012 09:00 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: After AOO 3.4? [ ... ] I concur with Marcus's analysis and observation here, as well as comments by Rob and Andrea. Bug fixes

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Sab 28/4/12, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net ha scritto: ... We also have to update some components. Anything with an Apache tag on it, like Apache Commons or Apache Lucene comes first because working with other Apache projects is key for our graduation. The amount of Apache

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Pedro Giffuni
--- Sab 28/4/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org ha scritto: ... All in all, I think we should focus on stability and not on features. What I am meaning here is that our users should not expect false promises like adding an import Visio documents feature that simply doesn't work. Of

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-29 Thread Juergen Schmidt
On Sunday, 29. April 2012 at 21:10, Pedro Giffuni wrote: --- Sab 28/4/12, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org ha scritto: ... All in all, I think we should focus on stability and not on features. What I am meaning here is that our users should not expect false promises

After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-28 Thread Rob Weir
I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says they will contribute Symphony source code after

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-28 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello; On 04/28/12 11:32, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project 2) IBM says

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-28 Thread Dave Fisher
On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: Hello; On 04/28/12 11:32, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few things: 1) We'll

Re: After AOO 3.4?

2012-04-28 Thread Rob Weir
On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 4:07 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: Hello; On 04/28/12 11:32, Rob Weir wrote: I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO 3.4 is released.  Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm able to speak confidently about a few

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-04-02 Thread Rob Weir
On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:23 AM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: Drew and Rob, I'll defer to your experience with the OO recruiting. Your comments make sense. The key point I wanted to make was that I feel that diversity is a good thing, and that product design need not

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-04-01 Thread Kevin Grignon
Drew and Rob, I'll defer to your experience with the OO recruiting. Your comments make sense. The key point I wanted to make was that I feel that diversity is a good thing, and that product design need not solely the domain of technical people. Yes, the offering is software and that requires

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-31 Thread Hennie Potgieter
Please cancel all emails to me. Tkanks On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 7:03 AM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 23:21 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:35 PM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:04 -0400, Rob

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-30 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:35 PM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:04 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: Rob, Sounds like we can appeal to contributors intrinsic and extrinsic

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-30 Thread drew jensen
On Fri, 2012-03-30 at 23:21 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:35 PM, drew jensen drewjensen.in...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:04 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: Rob,

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Kevin Grignon
Rob, Sounds like we can appeal to contributors intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Another newbie question: Does OO have any experience recruiting non-technical volunteers. Many disciplines outside coding can have an impact on the offering. Product management, UX, ID, training, visual design,

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 March 2012 05:51, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.com wrote: Given the risk in a formal certification program, Why would there be risk - well any more risk than doing anything else? Not for profit is easy. Do it through ASDAN, (for example) a registered charity in the UK and

Re: Fwd: Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Shane Curcuru
Thanks Pedro for explaining the non-profit angle. The ASF does not offer any such certificates currently - it's hard to see how they work with our primary mission (of the ASF overall), which is providing software for the public good. There are plenty of other third parties who do this kind

Re: Fwd: Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread Ian Lynch
On 29 March 2012 14:08, Shane Curcuru a...@shanecurcuru.org wrote: Thanks Pedro for explaining the non-profit angle. The ASF does not offer any such certificates currently - it's hard to see how they work with our primary mission (of the ASF overall), which is providing software for the

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-29 Thread drew jensen
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 09:04 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Kevin Grignon kevingrignon...@gmail.comwrote: Rob, Sounds like we can appeal to contributors intrinsic and extrinsic motivation. Another newbie question: Does OO have any experience recruiting

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Ian Lynch
. Regards, Kevin On Mar 27, 2012, at 10:47 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 2012-03-19, at 08:41 , Rob Weir wrote: Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread qa
improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo actually worked--to attract developers and contributors of all sorts. What worked against us I do not think I need spell out, but the cussedness

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Rob Weir
improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo actually worked--to attract developers and contributors of all sorts. What worked against us I do not think I need spell out, but the cussedness

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Rob Weir
in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo actually worked--to attract developers and contributors of all sorts. What worked against us I do not think I need spell out, but the cussedness

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread qa
, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 2012-03-19, at 08:41 , Rob Weir wrote: Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hi Ram; We are strictly non-profit here so I am not sure how far we could go with such certifications. I think it's a delicate matter and sooner or later someone would likely complain about students being exploited or your company making money in exchange of ASF certificates. We certainly can

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Kevin Grignon
Given the risk in a formal certification program, we could look to support contributors intrinsic motivation by reducing barriers to entry and supporting a positive on-boarding experience. On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:37 PM, Pedro Giffuni p...@apache.org wrote: Hi Ram; We are strictly

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Kevin Grignon
, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On 2012-03-19, at 08:41 , Rob Weir wrote: Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did

Fwd: Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread qa
Hi Pedro Giffuni, You are absolutely right, i could not think the other side it(exploiting making money inexchange of certificates). The certificates are issyed by Apache and issued only when there is a contribution. The second point is that most of the students generally do not have any ideas

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hi; --- Gio 29/3/12, q...@imsoftwaresystems.com ha scritto: ... Hi Pedro Giffuni, You are absolutely right, i could not think the other side it(exploiting making money inexchange of certificates). The certificates are issyed by Apache and issued only when there is a contribution. The

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-28 Thread drew
how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo actually worked--to attract developers and contributors of all sorts. What worked against us I do not think I need spell out

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-27 Thread Kevin Grignon
...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 9:39 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts lui...@gmail.comwrote: Hi, On 2012-03-19, at 08:41 , Rob Weir wrote: Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-26 Thread Louis Suárez-Potts
Hi, On 2012-03-19, at 08:41 , Rob Weir wrote: Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? Lots, and these would complement the rather good ideas already proposed. What we did at OOo actually worked--to attract developers and contributors of all sorts

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-23 Thread Herbert Duerr
On 03/22/2012 08:06 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: I'm not sure if Jim meant this or not, but being started doesn't mean finding things to do. The first stage is figuring out how to set up a dev environment. Could this be sensibly added to (our linked from) the get involved page? Ah, sorry for the

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-23 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On 3/22/12 7:18 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: On 03/22/12 11:09, Herbert Duerr wrote: As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :) Additionally to what Pedro said I'd like to point to our Bugzilla at

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-23 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, On 23.03.2012 08:31, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: On 3/22/12 7:18 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: On 03/22/12 11:09, Herbert Duerr wrote: As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :) Additionally to what Pedro

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Armin Le Grand
On 20.03.2012 11:09, Armin Le Grand wrote: Hi Rob, [..] Extendign after Reginas eMail: - refactoring - featues - bugfixing - tutoring The tradeoffs are hard, but splitting time in - refactoring - featues - bugfixing is the key, the ratio is hard to determine, maybe everyone has to find a

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :)

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hi Jim; On 03/22/12 10:03, Jim Jagielski wrote: As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :) It depends on your particular interests. The codebase is rather big and there's a lot to do. There are big

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Herbert Duerr
As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :) Additionally to what Pedro said I'd like to point to our Bugzilla at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ which is a fountain of inspiration. E.g.

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Pedro Giffuni
On 03/22/12 11:09, Herbert Duerr wrote: As a quick note, I'd *love* to dive in and start doing some coding on AOOo; it's just that I've no idea where in the heck to start... :) Additionally to what Pedro said I'd like to point to our Bugzilla at https://issues.apache.org/ooo/ which is a

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-22 Thread Ross Gardler
I'm not sure if Jim meant this or not, but being started doesn't mean finding things to do. The first stage is figuring out how to set up a dev environment. Could this be sensibly added to (our linked from) the get involved page? Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-21 Thread Simon Brouwer
Hi Regina, Thanks for these excellent insights. Best regards Simon Op 20-3-2012 13:29, Regina Henschel schreef: (...) It is impossible to understand the code without guides and without mentoring. Conclusion, wish or how you might call it: (1) Document parts of the code very detailed in all

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-20 Thread Armin Le Grand
on the release. Post AOO 3.4 we might want to adjust to a more balanced approach. Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? The tradeoffs are hard, but splitting time in - refactoring - featues - bugfixing is the key, the ratio is hard to determine, maybe everyone

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-20 Thread Regina Henschel
of the contributor base. With AOO 3.4 we have biases the effort toward forward progress on the release. Post AOO 3.4 we might want to adjust to a more balanced approach. Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? It is impossible to understand the code without guides

After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-19 Thread Rob Weir
. Any ideas and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? -Rob

Re: After AOO 3.4, attracting new contributors

2012-03-19 Thread Kevin Grignon
and the best ways how we can improve in this area after AOO 3.4 releases? -Rob