Re: [oic] virtual ODF interop fest ?

[robert_weir@us.ibm.com]

Interesting idea.  You could also make it a "permanent plugfest" if the 
OIC TC could come up with a single good interop test document each week or 
every other week.  Announce it to the mailing list (and we could have 
OASIS create a new mailing list for this) and everyone works on that test 
document for that week (or two week period).  Maybe we take turns 
proposing a test document.  Since the pace is slower, communications via 
the mailing list would be fine.  You wouldn't need a chat service.

This approach would be require less effort I think than coordinating a 
24-hour global effort. 

-Rob

"Hanssens Bart" <Bart.Hanssens@fedict.be> wrote on 02/19/2009 03:00:35 PM:

> 
> 
> Maybe I'm going way to fast here, but I'd like to have your opinion 
> on this idea, since materializing it would require a considerable 
> effort and a few weeks (or months) time.
> 
> Inspired by the XAdES plugfests and open source project bugfests, 
> I'm dreaming of organizing regular ODF interop fests :-)
> 
> Given the current state of the economy, global warming etc, 
> timezones, jet lag etc... a virtual workshop would be more feasible
> For example, a 24h interop run every 6 months, lead by OIC members 
> but with participants from all interested parties (both
> OASIS and non-OASIS members). Say, first week of May, and the next 
> one in October / November.
> 
> Vendors / organizations could even organize local workshops or 
> integrate this into their (product or other) events, scaling up the 
> number of participants. The interop run could be started in, say, 
> Asia, passing the bucket to the Middle-East after business hours and
> so on (people are free to participate as long as they want: one 
> hour, 4 hours, ... whatever).
> Afterwards, there's some cleaning up and summarizing to do.
> 
> 
> This would require
> 
> - a chat service (plain old IRC sounds good)
> - a website where people can sign up (perhaps with their geo-
> coordinates, so we can create a googlemap or something similar)
> - a publicly available SVN server / mailing list, so that non-OASIS 
> members can participate (perhaps a sourceforge project ?)
> - at least one test case that can be passed on
> As a gimmick, we could for instance start an ODF cookbook: fire up 
> your favorite editor, add a page with your favorite recipe (this 
> might includ bulleted lists, an image, some headings, ToC etc). This
> can be sent to the next tester, using another editor and create 
> another version of the document and so on.
> - in addition, we could invite people to bring a few of their own 
documents
> (IIRC, Rob already kindly offered his expertise on the requirements 
> of such test cases, after the work on the "state of interop" draft)
> - participants willing to send in their final documents / bug 
> reports to the OIC-comment list
> - perhaps a waiver from vendors (some EULA's might prevent this kind
> of activity, but IANAL :-)
> - a lot of publicity :-)
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Bart