Re: [libreoffice-users] Indexing for Search not working?

Hi :)
I think we both want the same thing.  The question is how to get it.  

1.  How to encourage new devs to join?  At the moment we show LO as an exciting projects for devs 
to get involved with and quickly see the results of their work getting out there into the real 
world.  As a result they are likely to get into fixing any unexpected problems or side-issues that 
might have cropped up.  

2.  We need a "stable branch" where new stuff never gets added, just fixes back-ported from the 
newer, more exciting branch.  

That is pretty much what we have already.  By the time the newer branch reaches around .4 then it's 
usually stable enough for everyone = about as stable as the .6 or .7 of the older branch but with 
better compatibility with non-native formats and some interesting things.  

If some of us helped the devs more by posting bug-reports earlier then we might be able to help 
them push that stability in earlier.  We might start finding the 3. or even the .2 starts to be the 
one stable enough to migrate our colleagues and co-workers to as well as ourselves instead of 
having to wait for the .4.  

It's on us more than the devs.  They are working hard and need our support rather than our 
criticism.  Do we want to push devs away unless they only get involved with boring dry stuff and no 
reward, no chance of showing off prowess, no chance of getting recognition out there?  

I like people in here too.  I also enjoy arguing with people i like and respect that have a good 
point of view and a good way of looking at the world.  I usually take good points from here and 
then argue in favour of them on the marketing list because you have very valid points here.  

We do need an LTS because these frequent upgrades and uncertainty are just not possible when you 
have more than a handful of computers to maintain or have limited download, or ....  Well, tons of 
valid reasons  
Regards from
Tom :)  



--- On Wed, 17/10/12, Dr. R. O Stapf <reinhold@stapf-online.com> wrote:

From: Dr. R. O Stapf <reinhold@stapf-online.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Indexing for Search not working?
To: "Tom Davies" <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 17 October, 2012, 9:42

It's not falling behind in development. It's about stability and
    this means productivity.It's like placing an always stronger engine in an F1 car without
    considering to get the power on the road. What means the best engine
    when the suspension is not strong enough. With other words I feel I
    spent a lot of time in this forum which are reducing my productivity
    time. I don't mind being in the forum because there are nice people
    here and I like to read the various opinions.)I don't know how many devs are working on new 
functions and how many
    on bug fixes. It would just be good to change for a certain time the
    ratio of devs working on bugs.Do we want it or not we are compared against MSO. But in MSO we
    don't know the bugs.... MS neglects them.On 17.10.2012 17:07, Tom Davies wrote:
Hi :)Ok, so we should just get rid of or push away any devs
              that are interested in adding new functionality.There
              are a lot of other projects they could go to for that sort
              of excitement.We could build-up a strong core of devs
              that focus only on fixing things that already exist.Get
              rid of any that have too much imagination.We could watch and wait while other Office 
Suites develop
              new functionality and then try to catch up and try to
              write code to do the same thing but without the code
              looking too similar.They would set the format and the
              way things should look and we just try to copy exactly
              without looking too similar.Let our competitors do the driving and just gradually fall
              further and further back?!!??Alternatively we could try to help all our devs by test
              driving the new branch asap.Seek out 'bugs' or anything
              vaguely wonky.Post bug reports.Find work-arounds.Fall back on the more stable release 
from the older branch
              (we can have 2 versions installed at once right?) for when
              we need to meet deadlines.The question is do we want LO to fall behind and become
              increasingly irrelevant or are we ready to help push out
              into the world?Do we want LO to keep going in the future
              or are we happy to be forced into switching back to MSO
              one day?Regards fromTom :)--- OnWed, 17/10/12, Dr. R. O 
Stapfreinhold@stapf-online.comwrote:From: Dr. R. O Stapfreinhold@stapf-online.comSubject: Re: 
[libreoffice-users] Indexing for Search not
                working?To:users@global.libreoffice.orgDate: Wednesday, 17 October, 2012, 8:44On 
17.10.2012 16:07, Pertti Rnnberg wrote:BRAVO Anne-Ology!!Exactly that message - only in other words 
-- I
                  have repeatedly tried to tell to the LibO-experts
                  (devs) since January:they must take a brake in developing and take a
                  certain version (e.g. 3.4.xx) and make every module of
                  the suite - Base included - absolutely free of bugs
                  and inconsistencies both in programming and the
                  instructions and especially the LibO-Help.Every feature shall have a clear 
explanation and
                  a detailed guiding how-to in the LibO-Help -- easily
                  understood by any average non-expert user.I cannot agree more.I started with 
3.5.4 a few month ago and saw some
                  problems disappearing in3.5.5 and 3.5.6. Currently I
                  am hesitating to upgrade to 3.5.7.I hope the dev-team listens to Pertti's 
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