The LibreOffice community has a wide geographical reach, which is shown on this map, where all countries where there is at least a TDF Member are shown in green.
The LibreOffice community will gather in Aarhus for the LibreOffice Conference, where most of the countries will be represented. In addition, there will be volunteers from other countries, according to this map, where all countries where there is at least a conference participant are shown in green.
Now that the summer vacation time is over for many of us, it’s time to have a look at what has been happening behind the scenes with our fantastic native-language community. And indeed – it’s a lot of exciting things!
Now that TDF has launched the Android Viewer and even if the application itself is not yet available other than in en_US language, we could at least give its description in several languages. We offer the download description in about 16 languages. If yours is not there, just join us on the localization list and we will help you to achieve it.
This is THE big news of this second quarter: Pootle has been moved two versions further and after a testing period, the server went live and we are now using this version to translate 5.0 strings. Imagine a big big database which needs several days to be saved and pushed, then a first migration to the intermediate version, then to the 2.7 which is the actual version we are using. Dwayne and his team have done a tremendous work during this migration, fixing bugs almost as soon as they were reported.
We have also changed our workflow while preparing 5.0.0 release. The teams are now translating on master which allows more small steps in translation work instead of working on a large bunch of changes. Some new teams have joined the group and I would like to underline the work done by Giovanni to get the Guarani version done for 5.0. It was a challenge and he won it! We even have an emoji language in our translated versions, have you tried it already?
With the launch of the 5.0 version, several press releases have been translated and sent to the local press. Thanks to all who participated to this effort, that has allowed a very good coverage of the news in numerous countries.
At the same time, we also have made the annual report available in English and thus available for translation. This year, it was first written in English and then translated to German to be available for the German authorities. If it has not been translated in your language, you’ll find it here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:TDF2014AnnualReport.pdf. It’s a very nice document, which explains the many facets of our project.
We are preparing the LibreOffice conference in Aarhus (Denmark) in September, and we are very pleased to see that the Native Language and Localization teams will be well represented this year, with a full workshop and several talks. If you can’t attend, there will be an IRC channel available where we will report and discuss. Don’t hesitate to check the conference site, as even if you don’t attend, there will be several news here: http://conference.libreoffice.org.
The program of the LibreOffice Conference 2015 has been published on the conference website at the address: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/. There is a separate page for each day of the event, including the community day (which is happening, as usual, the day before the conference).
Tuesday, September 22: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-22th-community-day/.
Wednesday, September 23 (opening sessions + tracks): http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-23th-wednesday/.
Thursday, September 24 (tracks): http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-24th-thursday/.
Friday, September 25 (tracks + closing session): http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/the-program/sept-25th-friday/.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings there will be events involving all participants: dinners in local restaurants, plus a party and a hacknight at the Aarhus University. Check the program and register for the events (registration is mandatory, to help organizers with numbers) on this page: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/.
The organizing committee has published the calendar of events at the upcoming LibreOffice Conference in Aarhus: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/.
On Tuesday, September 22nd, there will be a Community Dinner at Restaurant Flammen: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/community-dinner/.
On Wednesday, September 23rd, there will be a Conference Dinner at Restaurant Bone’s: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/wednesday-dinner/.
On Thursday, September 24, there will be a HackFest & Party at the Aarhus University: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/events/hack-fest-and-party/.
To better organize the three events, all interested conference participants are kindly requested to register using the form that can be found in each event page. Only people registered will have access to the events in Aarhus.
The Document Foundation hereby extends the
TDF Freelance Job Opening (#201507-01) – Development Mentoring Lead
The new deadline for applications is September 24, midnight UTC.
TDF is looking forward to receiving your applications, including curriculum vitae, your financial expectations, and the earliest date of your availability, via e-mail to Florian Effenberger at floeff@documentfoundation.org. You can encrypt your message via PGP/GnuPG.
Find the role description below:
The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks a
Development Mentoring Lead
to start work as soon as possible. The role, which is scheduled for 20 hours a week, includes amongst other items:
The role requires the following:
Previous experience with such tasks is highly welcome, so is using free software for creation of media. Speaking and writing English fluently is a mandatory requirement.
The work time during the day is flexible, apart from some fixed times when availability is required (e.g. during meetings, which usually take place at 1400 or 1500 UTC once per week).
TDF welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
As always, TDF will give some preference to individuals who have previously shown a commitment to TDF, including but not limited to members of TDF. Not being a member, or never having contributed before, does not exclude any applicants from consideration.
The job is offered on a freelance basis. Work happens from the applicant’s home office, which can be located anywhere in the world.
TDF is looking forward to receiving your applications, including curriculum vitae, your financial expectations, and the earliest date of your availability, via e-mail to Florian Effenberger at floeff@documentfoundation.org no later than September 24, 2015, midnight UTC. You can encrypt your message via PGP/GnuPG.
If you haven’t received feedback by October 1, 2015 your application could not be considered.
Berlin, August 27, 2015 – The Document Foundation (TDF) releases LibreOffice 5.0.1, the first minor release of the LibreOffice 5.0 family, with a number of fixes over the major release announced on August 5. So far, LibreOffice 5.0 is the most popular LibreOffice ever, based on the feedback from the marketplace.
LibreOffice 5.0.1 is targeted to technology enthusiasts, early adopters and power users. For more conservative users, and for enterprise deployments, TDF suggests the “still” version: LibreOffice 4.4.5. For enterprise deployments, The Document Foundation suggests the backing of professional support by certified people (a list is available at: http://www.documentfoundation.org/certification/).
People interested in technical details about the release can access the change log here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/5.0.1/RC1 (fixed in RC1) and https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/5.0.1/RC2 (fixed in RC2).
Register for the LibreOffice Conference
Registration for LibreOffice Conference 2015, which will be hosted by the Danish city of Aarhus from September 23 to September 25, is open at the following page: http://conference.libreoffice.org/2015/registration/.
The LibreOffice community is growing, and the conference is the best opportunity to join the fun by meeting a large group of the people that have contributed to the project: developers, and volunteers who have localized the suite, chased the bugs, written the manuals, spoken at conferences, and advocated LibreOffice at global and local levels.
Download LibreOffice
LibreOffice 5.0.1 is immediately available for download from the following link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at http://donate.libreoffice.org.
