From koffice-devel Sat Oct 30 17:23:23 2010 From: Andrij Zinchenko Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:23:23 +0000 To: koffice-devel Subject: Re: thoughts from community member on a split Message-Id: X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice-devel&m=128845945314635 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0808238311==" --===============0808238311== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=485b397dd0a3090acf0493d8d577 --485b397dd0a3090acf0493d8d577 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 2010/10/29 Cyrille Berger Skott : > On Friday 29 October 2010, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote: > >> On 29 October 2010 08:33, Andrij Zinchenko >> wrote: > >> > As for releases being pushed back, it makes sense to make a time > >> > disclamer, linked from every schedule page at the KOffice wiki. It can > >> > say something like this "Please, note that these schedules are dynamic > >> > in their nature, as is open-source. Since much of work on KOffice is > >> > done by volunteers, these dates are more of oriented dates than > >> > iron-fixed release dates. To speed up the development, consider > >> > donation to KOffice project". This small disclaimer kills > >> > overexpectations and gently explains the flexibility of the project`s > >> > schedule. > >> > >> +1 > > You mean something like this "All information and plans must be taken with > caution and are subject to changes without notices, decisions are taken on > the koffice-devel@kde.org mailing list." [1] :) > > [1] http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=Schedules/KOffice > > Also note that nothing is decided with RC1 and/or beta4. > > -- > > Cyrille Berger Skott > > _______________________________________________ > koffice-devel mailing list > koffice-devel@kde.org > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel > > Something like this but: - bit less corporate :). "Is a subject to change withought notice" - sorry, but it sounds like a passage from some bank's credit agreement. - and a bit more elaborate (explain to users, why the process is such and that this is natural for open-souce project, especially of this scale) - and on every Wiki page related to planning on the top of it highlited with some color or otherwise marked I am not asking You to do that. when You will be ready for that - just tell me and I will gladly write this text. Users/testers will love reading it. I am also ready to write a donation page materials, because it is a shame that this project does not ask people for money. As we could see from Krita's experience people will graldy provide KOffice with funding, because http://www.koffice.org/contribute/ page does not provide an easy way for people to donate :( --485b397dd0a3090acf0493d8d577 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
2010/10/29 Cyrille Berger Skott <cberger@cberger.net>:
> On Friday 29 Oct= ober 2010, Jaroslaw Staniek wrote:
>
>> On 29 October 2010 0= 8:33, Andrij Zinchenko <andrez.the.slacker@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>
>> > As for releases being pushed back,= it makes sense to make a time
>
>> > disclamer, linked f= rom every schedule page at the KOffice wiki. It can
>
>> >= ; say something like this "Please, note that these schedules are dynam= ic
>
>> > in their nature, as is open-source. Since much of wor= k on KOffice is
>
>> > done by volunteers, these dates ar= e more of oriented dates than
>
>> > iron-fixed release d= ates. To speed up the development, consider
>
>> > donation to KOffice project". This small disclai= mer kills
>
>> > overexpectations and gently explains the= flexibility of the project`s
>
>> > schedule.
> >>
>
>> +1
>
> You mean something like thi= s "All information and plans must be taken with
> caution and ar= e subject to changes without notices, decisions are taken on
> the koffice-devel@kde.= org mailing list." [1] :)
>
> [1] http://wiki.koffice.org/index.php?title=3DS= chedules/KOffice
>
> Also note that nothing is decided with= RC1 and/or beta4.
>
> --
>
> Cyrille Berger Skott
>
> ______= _________________________________________
> koffice-devel mailing lis= t
> koffic= e-devel@kde.org
> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel
>=
>
Something like this but:

bit less corporate :). =A0&= quot;Is a subject to change withought notice" - sorry, but it sounds l= ike a passage from some bank's credit agreement.
and a bit more elaborate (explain to users, why the process is such and= that this is natural for open-souce project, especially of this scale)
and on every Wiki page related to planning on the top of it highlited = with some color or otherwise marked

I am not asking You to do that. when You will be ready for that - just= tell me and I will gladly write this text. Users/testers will love reading= it.=A0

I am also ready to write a donation page materia= ls, because it is a shame that this project does not ask people for money. = As we could see from Krita's experience people will graldy provide KOff= ice with funding, because=A0= http://www.koffice.org/contribute/=A0page does not provide an easy way = for people to donate :(

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