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Re: [O] Wanted: Caretaker of the ODT backend
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Christian Moe |
Subject: |
Re: [O] Wanted: Caretaker of the ODT backend |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:18:09 +0200 |
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mu4e 0.9.9.5-dev6; emacs 24.3.1 |
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 <address@hidden> 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