I wrote: "(...) live AOO because nothing works there." It should be:"(...) leave AOO because nothing works there."
Wlada 2013/10/25 Vladislav Stevanovic <[email protected]> > > Yes, we can do this. It must be marked in anyway. But the situation is > more complex. AOO now suffer because users can not get functionality as > they had before. If this extension is important for users work, why should > someone think that user will stay on AOO? Next, there is also a bad > marketnig for AOO, see > http://www.dmaths.org/documentation/doku.php?id=presentation:en The > message is clear: live AOO because nothing works there. > To be honest, we create this situation, not users. At list, we must try to > somehow fix this by pushing authors of extensions to make necessery > changes, or, if it is possible, that we made some improvement in our code > and fix this problem. > > Regards, > Wlada > > > 2013/10/25 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > >> On 10/25/13 11:30 AM, janI wrote: >> > On 25 October 2013 11:15, Vladislav Stevanovic < >> > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> 2013/10/25 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> >> >> >> >>> >> >>> we can simply define a rule that unmaintained extension will be >> removed >> >>> when the owner doesn't reply on mail requests. >> >>> >> >>> That means we can send a mail to the owner and if he doesn't reply at >> >>> all or is not willing to add these information, we remove the >> extensions >> >>> completely. >> >>> >> >> >> >> That is my opinion too, but you have people who still using previous >> >> version of AOO or Ooo. We must have solution and for those people. >> Maybe we >> >> can do this in a few stages: >> >> 1) We can marked all old extensions as incompatible for AOO4.0. In the >> same >> >> time, we will sent meil to the authors of this extensions with request >> to >> >> make changes for compatibility for AOO 4.0. in next 6 months. After >> that >> >> period, if job is not done, we will remove this extensions. >> >> >> > +1 >> >> why should we make more noise than necessary, we should mark only >> extensions where we know that they don't work >> >> Juergen >> >> > >> >> 2) Inside this period of 6 months, we will improved filter option for >> >> searching by version of Oo. On every page on this site there will be >> notice >> >> that old extension will be completely removed in the end of 6 month. >> >> (second option will be: removed in other place, something like >> backstage; >> >> it will not be visible in the regular pages like it is now). >> >> >> > >> > Can we not do something so that user will normally only "see" 4.0 >> > compatible packages ? >> > >> > maybe put non-compatible extensions in a archive section, just an idea. >> > >> > If we just filter people searching might not see an extension if the >> name >> > changed (like pdf). >> > >> > >> >> 3) After 6 months, we will sent mail to the authors of extension again >> that >> >> we can offer another 7 days to do this changes, if not, we will remove >> (or >> >> move in some other place) this extension. In the mail, we can also say >> that >> >> we will be happy to see this changes, to keep this known extension in >> live. >> >> But, if that not happens, we will calling our community to make new >> version >> >> for AOO4.0. because it is our obligations to ensure the availability >> of all >> >> existing features. >> >> >> > I would do the move (not remove) without any further delay. >> > >> > rgds >> > jan I. >> > >> > >> >> >> >> Comment, please? >> >> Regards, >> >> Wlada >> >> >> > >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> >
