Log Mac Meeting January 23rd 2008

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[2008-01-23 14:05:15] <PhilippL> 1. Welcome new devs joining Mac OS X port

[2008-01-23 14:05:19] <PhilippL> anyone new ?

[2008-01-23 14:06:04] <PhilippL> 2. Current state of the open CWS's 

[2008-01-23 14:06:19] <PhilippL> aquavcl04 is integrated in OOH680m2 and SRC680m243

[2008-01-23 14:06:48] <PhilippL> aquavcl05 is resynced, so work can finally continue properly.

[2008-01-23 14:06:59] <PhilippL> nativeprintdlg01 is RfQ

[2008-01-23 14:07:18] * PhilippL watches a tumbleweed roll by ...

[2008-01-23 14:09:43] <PhilippL> 3. Roundtable

[2008-01-23 14:09:58] <ericb2> hello

[2008-01-23 14:10:17] <PhilippL> ah, I'm not the last man on earth ...

[2008-01-23 14:10:41] <ericb2> what about make a point about next cws/tasks ?

[2008-01-23 14:10:49] <ericb2> PhilippL: ;)

[2008-01-23 14:11:27] <PhilippL> Make a point ?

[2008-01-23 14:11:43] <ericb2> yes, e.g. macosxdnd is close to be ready for QA

[2008-01-23 14:11:48] <ericb2> same for aquafilepicker02

[2008-01-23 14:11:56] <ericb2> ans probably quicklook plugin

[2008-01-23 14:12:03] <PhilippL> very good !

[2008-01-23 14:12:04] <ericb2> what are the next tasks ?

[2008-01-23 14:12:32] <ericb2> about quicklook plugin, I have asked Florian to QA it, but no answer so far

[2008-01-23 14:12:53] <PhilippL> there is e.g. the roadmap at http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Mac_OS_X_Porting_-_Roadmap

[2008-01-23 14:12:57] <ericb2> I'll have some times at the end of the next week, and I could start other tasks

[2008-01-23 14:13:02] <PhilippL> which is of course open to discussion.

[2008-01-23 14:13:10] <ericb2> indeed, that's the reference I had in mind

[2008-01-23 14:13:50] <ericb2> or we could define a list of issues to be fixed in priority .. or whaever other way

[2008-01-23 14:14:49] <ericb2> just a suggestion of course

[2008-01-23 14:15:34] <ericb2> another topic: I'll present the native Mac OS X version in a local event, where Education project is involved

[2008-01-23 14:15:57] <ericb2> Apple is of course interested, and I'll try to keep the contact with them

[2008-01-23 14:16:04] <ericb2> to be continued :)

[2008-01-23 14:16:48] <ericb2> I'll add more infos when possible

[2008-01-23 14:17:11] <PhilippL> Sounds good !

[2008-01-23 14:17:23] <ericb2> other question : with pre-defined work, I could start work with students

[2008-01-23 14:17:49] <ericb2> e.g. I'm working with mba and tl on an old issue, and we could do the same on Mac OS port

[2008-01-23 14:18:08] <ericb2> little tasks, attracting students, cannot be bad

[2008-01-23 14:18:48] <ericb2> last question: I'd like to propose a presentation about last changes in native MAc OS X version at FOSDEM 2008

[2008-01-23 14:19:02] * PhilippL skims the issue list

[2008-01-23 14:20:06] <ericb2> I'd like to know if somebody disagrees my proposal ?

[2008-01-23 14:20:13] <ericb2> ( about FOSDEM )

[2008-01-23 14:21:02] <ericb2> For the record, my previosu talk : http://archive.fosdem.org/2007/slides/lightningtalks/MacOOosX.pdf

[2008-01-23 14:21:20] <ericb2> the idea is to make a point, talking about the changes in the code

[2008-01-23 14:21:26] <PhilippL> If you get funding for FOSDEM and would like to I think you certainly should go.

[2008-01-23 14:21:50] <ericb2> PhilippL: thanks :)

[2008-01-23 14:22:01] * obr thinks so too

[2008-01-23 14:22:30] <PhilippL> As for "simple" tasks I don't find any that springs to mind immediately. However perhaps I'm not the best judge what 
would be suitable to a newcomer. It basically depends on their interests.

[2008-01-23 14:23:07] <PhilippL> Another question does anybody still use AquaLog ? If nobody objects I'll remove that.

[2008-01-23 14:24:31] <ericb2> PhilippL: in correct order: I'll try to imagine some tasks , for say 2 months of work for a peer student/prof, and I'll propose 
once well defined in my head. Second I no longer use aqualog.

[2008-01-23 14:26:42] <obr> what about issue 57043

[2008-01-23 14:26:49] <IZBot> porting TASK STARTED P3 Complete the feature  "send active document as " on Mac OS X for other mua's http://
qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=57043

[2008-01-23 14:27:31] <obr> the main task would be providing an apple scripts per mail client to support

[2008-01-23 14:28:10] <ericb2> obr: good idea, and this is an old request

[2008-01-23 14:28:58] * obr never got the time to actually work on it

[2008-01-23 14:29:22] <ericb2> obr: do you think a student could work on that ? ( I think so )

[2008-01-23 14:31:15] <obr> I think so too. we could prepare some default way of invoking apple script for that purpose
[2008-01-23 14:31:53] * obr even plays with the idea of making "send as e-mail" extendable via OOo extension.

[2008-01-23 14:32:50] <obr> ericb2: it might take some time of preparation, but depending on the skills of a student, even this might be doable for some of 
them

[2008-01-23 14:33:09] <obr> this = the preparation

[2008-01-23 14:33:35] <obr> = creating a framework to invoke applescripts for that purpose

[2008-01-23 14:33:56] <ericb2> obr: can you propose some draft on the wiki please ?

[2008-01-23 14:34:19] <ericb2> obr: just a start, with some infos, is enough, and can hep to start

[2008-01-23 14:34:41] <obr> at an existing page or a new one ?

[2008-01-23 14:35:57] <ericb2> obr: create one, e.g. a subpage ( using / ) of the roadmap

[2008-01-23 14:36:07] <ericb2> obr: or whatever other idea :)

[2008-01-23 14:36:12] <obr> o.k.

[2008-01-23 14:36:48] <obr> remind me early next week if I haven't done it until than

[2008-01-23 14:36:59] <ericb2> obr: no problem

[2008-01-23 14:37:13] <ericb2> obr: or at the end of the week, because I'll be out for the week

[2008-01-23 14:38:40] <PhilippL> Any other points ?

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[2008-01-23 14:40:27] <PhilippL> Then that's it for today ?

[2008-01-23 14:41:12] <ericb2> are there some issues to reset ( target .. )  ?

[2008-01-23 14:41:34] <ericb2> e.g. change 2.x for 3.0 or whatever in this order

[2008-01-23 14:42:51] <ericb2> ok, bye

[2008-01-23 14:42:57] * ericb2 returns correct copies