Since 2012 we at SourceForge have been proud partners of the Apache OpenOffice community. We’ve maintained both the Apache OpenOffice Extensions and Templates sites and made sure to spread the word about their latest news and developments.
It’s been reported that extensions that haven’t been updated in a while are displaying this warning message:
“This extension was not updated recently. It might not work with latest versions of OpenOffice.”
For registered users, there’s an additional message that allows them to contact the original author and apply to be a co-maintainer. As co-maintainer they can edit the extension description and create releases.
Improvements for Maintainers
Registration emails and password-related communications can now be delivered in the language of the user’s choice. For those willing to help with translations, .po files can be provided and if needed, localization files may also be uploaded to the Apache Pootle server so that existing translation teams can help.
Password recovery has been simplified to allow users to reset their passwords with just a simple link, and a more efficient anti-spam system has also been set up to improve handling by extension maintainers.
For more information on this and the new Apache OpenOffice sites, you can take a look at the official blog post. See you there!