On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:21 AM, Jon Peli Oleaga <oleaga...@hotmail.com>wrote:
> > > > Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:14:46 +0200 > > From: jogischm...@gmail.com > > To: dev@openoffice.apache.org; l...@openoffice.apache.org; > q...@openoffice.apache.org > > Subject: [RELEASE]: proposal for an update of the AOO 4.0 release > schedule > > > > Hi, > > > > I tried to get an overview where we are with our AOO 4.0 release and I > > have thought about an updated release plan. I hope you share my view on > > this updated plan and you will continue to help that we can achieve it. > > > > First of all I am still thinking that we should release the 4.0 as soon > > as possible and before the majority will take a break and go in summer > > holidays. And with a potential second release later this year in mind I > > believe July is the best time. > > > > We are a little bit behind my proposed schedule that we can't hold under > > the current circumstances. It's ok, we worked hard, did a lot of > > testing, work on translation and things moved forward. But when I take a > > look on the list of proposed show stoppers and the not yet integrated > > help for the sidebar and the translation, I believe we should adapt our > > release plan to take the current situation and status into account. > > > > I see the following work items that we have to complete before or in > > parallel to the vote of an RC: > > > > - sidebar help > > merge the English help file on Pootle and give the translation > > volunteers at least the chance to provide a translation. This is not yet > > done because the lack of time (I am the bottle neck here and maybe other > > volunteers can jin me in the future to work on this). > > The sidebar is the most visible improvement in 4.0 and now where we have > > a help file, it should be translated if possible > > > > - finish general translation update, means update Pootle with offline > > translated strings on demand, merge the localized strings back from > > Pootle, run gsi consistency check to find potential problems like > > mismatched xml tags. I would like to see some further languages complete > > that are very popular, this includes Danish, Sweidish, German. > > > > - continue to review, identify the real show stopper issues. We expect > > to come up in the end with a list of 15-20 real show stopper issues > > > > - prepare the update service > > > > - prepare release notes (attractive marketing material that can be > > used), with screenshots as many as possible to highlight the features > > and bug fixes > > > > - logo integration as first step of an ongoing brand refresh -> depends > > on the availability of the logo files > > > > - RAT scan -> have to be checked > > > > - document migration path for incompatible API changes, not migrated > > extensions > > > > > > > > Some of these points have to be finished until the first official > > release candidate (RC). Taking all this into account I would like to > > propose the following update: > > > > - Wednesday June 19th, update Pootle with sidebar help and provide Po > > files for all current languages available on Pootle. > > > > - Monday July 1th, deadline for the localization, it always takes more > > time to merge it back and fix potential problems > > > > - Monday July 1th, deadline for logo integration > > > > - Wednesday/Thursday July 3/4th, provide last snapshot build with all > > available translations, logo if finished etc. > > > > - create new AOO release branch on Wednesday July 4th after the last > > snapshot > > > > - continue fixing show stopper issues until Friday July 5th on the new > > created release branch > > > > - start RC build on Monday July 8th, on new created release branch > > > > - July 9th, provide RC to the community and start voting on July 11th > > continue to work and improve build independent work items, like release > > notes etc. > > > > - vote should be finished July 4th > > final preparation, signing, uploading etc. for the release > > > > - July 16th public release and announcement > > > > > > Sorry for the longer email but I hope this make sense and we can all > > agree on this to achieve our goal and make AOO 4.0 available to the > public. > > > > Opinions and discussion should take place on the dev list only please. > > > > > > Regards > > > > Juergen > > > > PS: I will start to work on the Pootle update. > > > As always, thank your for your analysis here and great work as our release manager. We have had a number of items that have changed just in the last week or so and these, of course, need to be taken into account. On this one in your timeline-- - vote should be finished July 4th final preparation, signing, uploading etc. for the release Did you mean the 14th instead of 4th? > > > > Me too, I want to thank > you for your hard and good work. > > > As for the the voting on > your proposals, I am not going to be able to complete the UI > translation for the first release; so for me it is O.K. whatever > seems adequate to you. Regards Jonpeli > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: l10n-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: l10n-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Normal is not something to aspire to, it is something to get away from." -- Jodie Foster
