Rob Weir wrote:
a 4.0.1 release in the next few weeks to address the specific
high-urgency issues? [...]
Good plan. I'm adding some remarks below, to see the release not only
from the users point of view, but from the community perspective too.
3) Use the "release blocker" flag to propose defects for inclusion in
the 4.0.1 release.
OK, but by default the "proposed 4.0.1 release blocker" flag (when it
exists) should be set for:
1) All the issues with keyword "regression" found after 4.0 was released
2) All the issues nominated as release blockers for 4.0 and unresolved.
It is important that we don't fall in the "release and forget" trap,
i.e., "this bug was already known when 4.0 was released, so it doesn't
need to be evaluated again for 4.0.1". At least, we should re-evaluate
the old proposed blockers: some of them might have become more relevant.
4) New translations are rolled in, since a new translation cannot
break core code. [...]
Here (and, by the way, the infamous problem for Italian was a broken
translation of style names a few years ago; indeed, this kind of
problems does not affect other translations) it is really important that
we are able to clearly communicate to volunteers that they can target 4.0.1.
This is not the case at the moment: we have volunteers who are ready to
work and Pootle is not ready yet for their language, or it only offers
3.4.1. See http://markmail.org/message/4oxacrviktdbmbcv for more.
The opportunity is now and we should definitely make it a priority for
4.0.1, so we can tell volunteers that 4.0.1 can be released in their
language and that they can start contributing immediately. This has the
potential to motivate contributors.
5) The one "feature" that I'd consider rolling in would be changes to
work with Mac OS 10.9. It is not a regression in our code per se, but
it is a new issue, and a critical one. [...]
A minor and low-risk "feature" is updating bundled dictionaries. As I
explained in a mail to this list, the update behavior is not optimal
from a usability point of view so it's best to update dictionaries just
before the new release. Needless to say, I'd volunteer for that.
Regards,
Andrea.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org
For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
