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Posted to dev@openoffice.apache.org by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> on 2013/09/15 20:44:30 UTC
FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
(sent on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC: http://s.apache.org/9hx )
* Devroom name:
Apache OpenOffice
* Description
Apache OpenOffice, formerly known as OpenOffice.org, is one of the most
popular Free and Open Source software projects. A Top Level Project at
the Apache Software Foundation since October 2012, OpenOffice had a
new major release, version 4.0, in July 2013, and more than 50 million
downloads in the last 12 months. OpenOffice is developed by a large and
diverse community, including full-time and part-time core developers,
translators, testers, user experience experts, documentation
contributors, developers of third-party extensions and templates.
* Project URLs
- http://www.openoffice.org
- http://openoffice.apache.org
* Preferred day: Saturday or Sunday
- Saturday
* Why should FOSDEM accept this proposal?
The OpenOffice project is now back to a regular release schedule, is
attracting new volunteers and is now able to successfully engage them,
also by participating in programs like Google's Summer of Code.
An Apache OpenOffice devroom would allow existing volunteers to meet
and discuss future developments, and users and potential new volunteers
to learn how they can help the project, thanks to presentations and
hacking sessions spanning a broad range of topics.
Topics that may be interesting for FOSDEM 2014 include: the new user
interface, the Sidebar, and the possibilities it offers to developers;
the new localization process; the automated testing framework; progress
towards a more modern build system.
The Apache OpenOffice project is willing to consider a possible
suggestion by the organizers for a joint "ODF editors" devroom,
dedicated to Apache OpenOffice and to the other Free and Open Source
editors using OpenDocument as their native format.
Best regards,
Andrea Pescetti - Apache OpenOffice PMC.
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Drew Jensen wrote:
> Of course I will offer to help produce materials as needed
Yes, please! By the way, materials are for the booth/stand. The FOSDEM
organizers decided to merge the two sessions rooms into one, but booths
will be separate (and will run for two days, while the sessions will
only be one day).
Michael and Mechtilde already asked for a dedicated booth, and FOSDEM
organizers will let us know in the coming weeks whether the request is
accepted.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Drew Jensen <dr...@gmail.com>.
Hi,
I understand, and in the general think sharing a room like that would be
for the better. I only think that in the particular here the old warning
that 'familiarity breeds contempt' is apropos. Anyway, I have no
expectation that I could convince both organizations to respectfully
decline the offer and abstain from attending though I firmly believe that
would be best, so I'll make no more mention of it.
Of course I will offer to help produce materials as needed and hope for the
best.
//drew
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> Drew Jensen wrote:
>
>> Well, so as not to lie by omission - I for one am sad to hear about their
>> (FOSDEM) choice on this and hope to see the two groups and projects
>> continue to evolve along different lines.
>>
>
> Even separate projects can share best practices, test cases, test
> documents, localization standards... I see nothing bad in doing this.
>
> FOSDEM explicitly says that they reserve the right to aggregate projects
> similar in scope in the same devroom, and if they had received applications
> from other ODF-based suites they would probably have aggregated them too.
> Aggregation does not mean that they want the projects to merge, but simply
> that they feel that projects can share experiences and ideas productively.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
Drew Jensen wrote:
> Well, so as not to lie by omission - I for one am sad to hear about their
> (FOSDEM) choice on this and hope to see the two groups and projects
> continue to evolve along different lines.
Even separate projects can share best practices, test cases, test
documents, localization standards... I see nothing bad in doing this.
FOSDEM explicitly says that they reserve the right to aggregate projects
similar in scope in the same devroom, and if they had received
applications from other ODF-based suites they would probably have
aggregated them too. Aggregation does not mean that they want the
projects to merge, but simply that they feel that projects can share
experiences and ideas productively.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Drew Jensen <dr...@gmail.com>.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 3:40 AM, janI <ja...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 3 October 2013 09:30, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > On 02/10/2013 Philip Paeps wrote:
> >
> >> We received a broadly similar proposal to yours from the LibreOffice
> >> crowd and decided to merge both of you into an "open document editors"
> >> developer room, where you can collaborate and share ideas.
> >>
> >
> > (Keeping only the dev list as recipient, just to summarize)
> >
> > So this means that on February 1st OpenOffice will have a devroom (which
> > means a conference room, with talks and possibly short coding sessions)
> for
> > the whole day at FOSDEM in Brussels, shared with the LibreOffice project
> > (and possibly other "ODF editors"?).
> >
> > This will pose some organizational challenges, but it is in the full
> > spirit of FOSDEM and I believe it opens nice opportunities. So we can
> start
> > thinking at how we can best use this time.
> >
>
> This is really a great chance to show others that we are open for
> cooperation. We could e.g. make a presentation, on how to keep the base of
> our code as one common standard, and the invite LO to a panel discussion
> targeting how to use our total resources (like e.g. translators) most
> efficient to create the best possible end-product(s).
>
> rgds
> jan I.
>
>
> > Regards,
> > Andrea.
> >
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Well, so as not to lie by omission - I for one am sad to hear about their
(FOSDEM) choice on this and hope to see the two groups and projects
continue to evolve along different lines.
Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by janI <ja...@apache.org>.
On 3 October 2013 09:30, Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> On 02/10/2013 Philip Paeps wrote:
>
>> We received a broadly similar proposal to yours from the LibreOffice
>> crowd and decided to merge both of you into an "open document editors"
>> developer room, where you can collaborate and share ideas.
>>
>
> (Keeping only the dev list as recipient, just to summarize)
>
> So this means that on February 1st OpenOffice will have a devroom (which
> means a conference room, with talks and possibly short coding sessions) for
> the whole day at FOSDEM in Brussels, shared with the LibreOffice project
> (and possibly other "ODF editors"?).
>
> This will pose some organizational challenges, but it is in the full
> spirit of FOSDEM and I believe it opens nice opportunities. So we can start
> thinking at how we can best use this time.
>
This is really a great chance to show others that we are open for
cooperation. We could e.g. make a presentation, on how to keep the base of
our code as one common standard, and the invite LO to a panel discussion
targeting how to use our total resources (like e.g. translators) most
efficient to create the best possible end-product(s).
rgds
jan I.
> Regards,
> Andrea.
>
>
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org>.
On 02/10/2013 Philip Paeps wrote:
> We received a broadly similar proposal to yours from the LibreOffice
> crowd and decided to merge both of you into an "open document editors"
> developer room, where you can collaborate and share ideas.
(Keeping only the dev list as recipient, just to summarize)
So this means that on February 1st OpenOffice will have a devroom (which
means a conference room, with talks and possibly short coding sessions)
for the whole day at FOSDEM in Brussels, shared with the LibreOffice
project (and possibly other "ODF editors"?).
This will pose some organizational challenges, but it is in the full
spirit of FOSDEM and I believe it opens nice opportunities. So we can
start thinking at how we can best use this time.
Regards,
Andrea.
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Philip Paeps <ph...@fosdem.org>.
On 2013-09-15 20:53:48 (+0200), Philip Paeps <ph...@fosdem.org> wrote:
> On 2013-09-15 20:44:30 (+0200), Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> > (sent on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC: http://s.apache.org/9hx )
> >
> > * Devroom name:
> >
> > Apache OpenOffice
>
> ACK from devrooms@fosdem.org. Your proposal arrived safely and it looks
> complete. We'll be in touch in due course to let you know if we accept
> it.
We received a broadly similar proposal to yours from the LibreOffice
crowd and decided to merge both of you into an "open document editors"
developer room, where you can collaborate and share ideas.
We will subscribe you to the devroom-managers mailing list where we'll
post more information in the next couple of days about sending calls for
participation and managing proposals with Pentabarf.
We'll also put you in touch with the LibreOffice crowd.
Best wishes.
Philip
--
Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information
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Re: [FOSDEM-Devrooms] FOSDEM 2014 devroom proposal: Apache OpenOffice
Posted by Philip Paeps <ph...@fosdem.org>.
On 2013-09-15 20:44:30 (+0200), Andrea Pescetti <pe...@apache.org> wrote:
> (sent on behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PMC: http://s.apache.org/9hx )
>
> * Devroom name:
>
> Apache OpenOffice
ACK from devrooms@fosdem.org. Your proposal arrived safely and it looks
complete. We'll be in touch in due course to let you know if we accept
it.
Philip
--
Philip Paeps
Senior Reality Engineer
Ministry of Information
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