Re: OpenOffice.org 3.3 - PLS approve and request language versions

Hi Andrea,

really thank you for your feedback, please see my comments below:
>> My proposal was to have all remaining RC10 builds and language packs
>> be tested automatically to check if they get installed and then to
>> have them distributed over the mirror network. ... The proposal has
>> been accepted:
>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ReleaseStatus_Minutes#2011-02-07
> Reading yesterday's minutes I had understood that you would post a
> "proposal" to these list, not a "decision". I mean, I had the impression
> that this was still under discussion.
OK. But please note that I am saying that any team who is not in favor 
of the *automatic distribution* can explicitly say that they don't want 
and we will definitively respect this.
>> This means that on February 11th, we will proceed with the
>> distribution of automatically approved build/language packs.
> Please don't. This could very easily be mistaken for a way to tell the
> community that they are not needed,
The Community is needed! This is not at all the impression I wanted to 
give.....
>   while the truth is that a lot of N-L
> projects have already approved their builds explicitly, and as shown by
> yesterday's figures there are as many approved builds for OOo 3.2.1 in
> its entire lifespan as for OOo 3.3.0 in less than two weeks. So I don't
> see a need for this.
Ok. I understand your concerns. For Italian and the other languages that 
have properly released the versions, the situation is different. Are you 
suggesting to exclude all these languages from the *automatic* distribution?
I am thinking about the users who go to the download page, see a 3.2.1 
release version and a RC10 for 3.3. The RC10 3.3 would install, why not 
giving them the 3.3? In other cases teams translate but do not proceed 
with the distribution request so that the RC10 remain always RC asnd 
many users would not even download a RC because that's too confusing .....

How would you proceed about this?

Rafaella