From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christian Moe Subject: Re: Wanted: Caretaker of the ODT backend Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:18:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: <5CA18982-214C-486C-8B94-0DDA99EC70A2@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47597) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOSS9-0001UJ-Q5 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:15:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOSS3-0005qS-5t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:14:57 -0400 Received: from mail-forward4.uio.no ([129.240.10.33]:60157) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VOSS2-0005ja-RS for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 09:14:51 -0400 Received: from exim by mail-out4.uio.no with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VOSRQ-0001No-4D for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:14:12 +0200 In-reply-to: <5CA18982-214C-486C-8B94-0DDA99EC70A2@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Carsten Dominik Cc: "emacs-orgmode@gnu.org mode" Hi, I don't have the developer skillz. Otherwise I'd be happy to help out any way I can, e.g. tracking issues and requests, digging into ODT format, replicating bugs and testing patches on a more systematic basis. (The latter two assuming I can root out the setup/installation weirdness that seems to affect my local ODT export.) I see Jambunathan has placed his patches in the public domain under a GPL-compatible CC0 license. Other considerations aside, doesn't that mean they could be applied in Org? Yours, Christian Carsten Dominik writes: > Hi eager Org mode contributors > > One more try - it would be really nice to find a volunteer for this task. > I can do this myself - but it would take time away from other tasks. > > - Carsten > > On 18.9.2013, at 06:38, Carsten Dominik wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I am looking for someone who knows about the internals of the ODT file format, and who would have time to become the responsible person for ox-odt.el. Since we cannot take patches from the original author (Jambunathan) anymore, this module is currently orphaned. >> >> There are a few recent patches Jambunathan has made and published here: >> >> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=15384 >> >> We cannot take them (due to FSF rules and for other reasons as well) - but the new maintainer can take a look at them and see if there is functionality or bug fixes we need and re-implment those. For the rest I would hope that you can watch the mailing list and Emacs bug reports for issues related to this backend and try to fix them, obviously with support from the mailing list. Also,maybe there are ideas for additional functionality? >> >> Please write to me if you are interested. >> >> Thank you. >> >> - Carsten