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Now THIS is #community! Names/usernames of volunteers who've helped the #LibreOffice project in May – and there are more to come 💪 Get on the list too: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/05/16/month-of-libreoffice-may-2023-half-way-point/#opensource

Month of LibreOffice, May 2023 – Half-way point! - The Document Foundation Blog

So far, 202 sticker packs have been awarded in the Month of LibreOffice, May 2023. But we’re only half of the way through – so if your name (or username) isn’t on the list, join in, help to make LibreOffice even better, and get some cool swag! We’ll …
Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)
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Hoping to make the list with my first patch which I've just confirmed to be fully operational!

Was looking forward to a smoother all-#FOSS paper writing workflow with @zotero and @libreoffice, am now also looking forward to getting some cool stickers 😎

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@mattit @zotero Oh cool! Can you link to the patch, so we can take a look? Thanks 😊
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@zotero haha my translation made it sound like a new feature, it’s two lines & some refactoring to fix an ancient bug inherited from #openoffice - though imo being able to fix such annoyances (or pay a random non-employee dev to do so on your behalf) is a really cool property of #FOSS projects like #LibreOffice. Beats hopelessly bashing my head against the wall while trying to work around the bugs and limitations of a certain proprietary office suite…
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@mattit @zotero It's still a great contribution! And yes, when you can claim your sticker pack at the end of the month (details to follow), remind us to send you two 😉
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Thanks! (Can I claim a third pack by reporting a bug my patch introduced? :D)

I think Month of LibreOffice & the sticker packs are a great way to get more people involved long-term - after all the first patch/translation/bug report is often the most cumbersome one due to all the setup overhead.

I always try to lower the barriers I bump into along the way, eg. submitted this patch to #fedora to include all build debs ootb:
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libreoffice/pull-request/12

Official #flatpak build env when?

PR#12: Add BuildRequires for patch, perl-FindBin - rpms/libreoffice - src.fedoraproject.org

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