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Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 18:05:45 -0500
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Subject: Re: [DRAFT]: Request for an early review of an potential Apache
 OpenOffice release
From: Donald Whytock <dwhytock@gmail.com>
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Grammar-weenie-ing:

"We did a lot of IP clearance work to become Apache conform"

That sentence structure suggests "compliant" instead of "conform", as
in "to become Apache-compliant".  Alternately, you can say "IP
clearance work to conform to Apache standards" or "to conform to the
Apache Way".

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"We are preparing developer snapshots since several weeks"

I'd suggest "We have prepared developer snapshots over the past several wee=
ks".

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"because of the complexity of the project we would be very much appreciate"

Remove "be".

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"We know that we have no RC candidate right now"

RC =3D release candidate?  If so, replace "RC" with "release" here.  The
second "RC" is probably okay.

Otherwise, good content and tone.

Don

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Hans Zybura <hzybura@zybura.com> wrote:
> I don't know much about the incubator folks and the whole process. So I
> can't really judge the timing of this. But I for my part wouldn't want to=
 be
> left without dictionaries, but with a spellchecker gone wild instead, jus=
t
> because I did not really understand what the note of warning meant in pla=
in
> English. The amount of work already done will be more impressive, if the
> known issues are better explained, especially the most obvious ones.
>
> Alternative wording suggestion:
>
> NOTE: Be careful with the binary packages and save your office user
> profiles before testing. Existing OOo 3.x installations will be overwritt=
en.
> We provide full install sets to test system integration and upgrades.
> Known issues: Currently we are not able to migrate installed
> extensions. There will be no dictionaries, therefore the spellchecker wil=
l
> go wild. (We are
> working on this, of course.) Please rename your user profile before testi=
ng
> our
> snapshot build, and re-rename your user profile after reinstalling a stab=
le
> OOo version.
> We recommend using a virtual machine for testing, not your production
> environment.
>
> BTW: This would be a better wording for the note of warning on the downlo=
ad
> site for dev snapshots as well, I think.
>
> Hans
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kay Schenk [mailto:kay.schenk@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2012 6:13 PM
>> To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: [DRAFT]: Request for an early review of an potential Apache
>> OpenOffice release
>>
>> J=FCrgen --
>>
>> I don't know what the requirements are or will be, but I think this is a
> good
>> invitation to the "incubator" folks. Nice!
>>
>>
>> 2012/3/6 J=FCrgen Schmidt <jogischmidt@googlemail.com>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > I would like to send =A0out the following email to the general incubat=
or
>> > mailing list to ask for early feedback related the general Apache
>> > requirements. The main intention is to address potential issues asap
>> > and to save time later on.
>> >
>> > Any opinions or improvements?
>> >
>> > Juergen
>> >
>> >
>> > ###
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > the Apache OpenOffice podling project is moving forward to a first
>> > release that is long expected by the OpenOffice.org community and user=
s.
>> >
>> > You know that Apache OpenOffice is the continuation of OpenOffice.org
>> > and that the project is very huge, has a very long history and a very
>> > huge user base all over the world.
>> >
>> > We did a lot of IP clearance work to become Apache conform and we
>> > would like to get some early feedback if we are in shape with the
>> > Apache guidelines for a potential release.
>> >
>> > We are preparing developer snapshots since several weeks for our
>> > project members to test and review. This developer snapshots can be
>> > found under
>> >
>> > Source package
>> > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/**developer-snapshots/src_**
>> > releases/srcrelease.html<http://people.apache.org/%7Ejsc/developer-sna
>> > pshots/src_releases/srcrelease.html>
>> >
>> > Binary package
>> > https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/**
>> >
>> AOO+3.4+Unofficial+Developer+**Snapshots<https://cwiki.apache.org/con
>> f
>> >
>> AOO+luence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+Unofficial+Developer+Snapshot
>> s>
>> >
>> > The mac version is also signed and the check files can be found in the
>> > download directory directly http://people.apache.org/~jsc/**
>> > developer-
>> snapshots/macos/**r1296433/<http://people.apache.org/%7Ejsc/
>> > developer-snapshots/macos/r1296433/>
>> >
>> > NOTE: be careful with the binary packages and save your office user
>> > profiles. We provide full install sets to test system integration and
>> > upgrades. And we are currently not able to migrate installed
>> > extensions because of the removal of the Berkeley DB. But we are
>> > working on this. You can easy rename your user profile can test our
>> > snapshot build and can rename your user directory afterwards.
>> >
>> > Right now we are focusing on show stopper issues but nevertheless we
>> > would like to invite you to review the source packages and also the
>> > binary packages if they fulfill the Apache requirements (e.g license,
>> > NOTICE, ...)
>> >
>> > We know that we have no RC candidate right now and that it would
>> > require some work by you. But because of the complexity of the project
>> > we would be very much appreciate any kind of early feedback at this
>> > time. And the main goal is to fix potential issues early and to save
>> > time later on when we have a first RC in place.
>> >
>> > On behalf of the Apache OpenOffice PPMC
>> >
>> > Juergen
>> > ###
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------=
---
> ------------
>> MzK
>>
>> "Follow your bliss."
>> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0-- attributed to Joseph Campbell
>