Re: OpenDocument annoyance list - reward?

Hi,

On 11/25/06, Jean-François Fortin <web.kiddo@free.fr> wrote:

[...]

> * is there people assigned to opendocument specifically right now?

See answer to a)

> * any plans to use google summer of code to make it 100% compatible?

To my knowledge we have no information about another SoC opportunity
yet. 100% compatibility is impossible to achieve anyways, because
abiword doesn't support a good deal of the more esoteric OpenWriter
features.

> * will support for OLPC change anything on the ODT issue?

OLPC is built around yet another document format called Crossmark.
Interest to support that has been expressed by prominent abiword
developers.

[...]

> Why I did not initially put a bounty/reward in this thread:
> a) I have no idea if anyone is currently working on those bugs or if
> they are just sitting among the 2051 bugs waiting for love

Everyone is free to work on whatever fits his fancy, be it bugs,
features, documentation ...
That said, sum1 takes a lot of credit for picking up where the nokia
sponsored effort left off.

> b) I fear that adding new features such as collaborative editing will
> just take priority over fixing bugs and enhancing format compatibility

There is no single project priority, developers pursue their plans
independently. It is a misguided assumption that developer A, spending
N hours per week on collaborative editing would otherwise spend those
N hours on improving import/export filters.

> c) I a fear that you will just laugh at the measly sum I could afford to
> donate to "get those bugs squashed". Or maybe I could use
> http://www.fundable.org but I don't know if I would find people
> interested in pledging. I would need to mail everyone who requested
> opendocument support I guess :)

People have been receiving compensation for implementing specific
requests in the past. There is no obvious reasong this approach would
not work any more.

[...]

Best,
Rob
Received on Sat Nov 25 12:26:22 2006