On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 5:11 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi all, > > this is a call for vote on releasing the following release candidate as > Apache OpenOffice 4.0. This will be an important release for Apache > OpenOffice with bigger visible UI changes. It is a key milestone to > continue the success of OpenOffice. > > This release candidate provides the following important changes compared > to former OpenOffice releases: > > (1) a major UI change/improvement by introducing a new sidebar concept > where the idea is the comes from IBM's Symphony. It's the combination of > reimplementing a complete new framework for sidebars and merging the > existing sidebar in impress and code of various content panels from the > Symphony grant in OpenOffice. > > (2) 190 fixes from Symphony are merged and integrated, mainly > interoperability issues > > (3) 600 defects are fixed > > (4) many more features and improvements are integrated > > For a detailed feature overview please see the release notes under > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Release+Notes > . > But keep in mind that the release notes are not yet final and will be > updated and polished ... > > The release candidate artifacts (source release, as well as binary > releases for 23 languages) and further information how to verify and > review Apache OpenOffice 4.0 can be found on the following wiki page: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Development+Snapshot+Builds#DevelopmentSnapshotBuilds-AOOSnapshot > > The related RAT scan for this RC can be found under > http://people.apache.org/~jsc/aoo-4.0.0_rat/aoo-4.0.0_rat-output.html > > The RC is based on the release branch AOO400, revision 1502185! > > Please vote on releasing this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.0. > > The vote starts now and will be open until: > > UTC at noon on Monday, 15 July: 2013-07-15 12:00 UTC. > > But we invite all people to vote (non binding) on this RC. We would like > to provide a release that is supported by the majority of our project > members. > > > * [ +1 ] +1 Release this package as Apache OpenOffice 4.0* > > [ ] 0 Don't care > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
