Hi all! I am still open for input.
Even if you are not involved in development/release, you sure have an opinion, don't you? ;-) Regards, Matthias Am 24.02.19 um 17:35 schrieb Matthias Seidel: > Hi Jim and all, > > As mentioned before, I think we need some more time before doing a > (public) beta. > But I also want to get a wider user base for testing and something > "official" we can base our discussions on. > > So here is my proposal: > > We could create a tag (snapshot420 or whatever) and build it as a > developer snapshot. > This can be done similar to a beta with the build targets: > openofficedev, ooodevlanguagepack and sdkoodev. > > We also have a special splashscreen for a "Developer Snapshot": > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/AOO42X/main/ooo_custom_images/dev/introabout/intro.png > > I would like to have all recent translations committed and merged before > we create the tag. > March would be a good time, so we could also include the updated English > dictionary. > > The build should be uploaded to an official place together with all > hashes and PGP signatures. > It could be announced with a blog post linked on our homepage. > > Opinions? > > Regards, > > Matthias > > Am 18.02.19 um 15:42 schrieb Jim Jagielski: >> Release, as in GA, or release as in Beta? >> >>> On Feb 15, 2019, at 4:55 AM, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote: >>> >>> Bug 125129 looks like a wild goose chase and requires considerable >>> understanding of the framework layer, but I'll try continue when I have >>> time. >>> >>> My own release checklist would include: >>> 1. Library audit. >>> 1.1 Did we lose or gain any public symbols in our libraries since the >>> 4.1.0? Gbuild requires explicit export instead of exporting everything and >>> then possibly controlling visibility with a .map file, so it's very >>> possible. >>> 1.2 Did ELF symbol versions on *nix platforms change? The older gbuild >>> modules probably did, as I didn't understand the meaning of .map files back >>> then. >>> 1.3 Are the same libraries with the same names available in both 4.1.0 and >>> 4.2.0? >>> 2. Base: >>> 2.1 Complete the Java SDBC driver framework, used by both the new SDBC-JDBC >>> bridge and the Postgres SDBC driver. >>> 2.2 Audit the new SDBC-JDBC bridge in Java against the old C++ one, fix any >>> differences. >>> 2.3 Complete the Postgres SDBC driver; still needs views, users, groups, >>> etc. >>> 2.4 Complete the integration of the Postgres SDBC driver into the Base UI >>> forms (like MySQL already is). >>> 3. Crashreporter >>> 3.1 Get it working again. >>> 3.2 Bug reported in UI form (instead of submitted to some now obsolete >>> server), which can be copied/pasted or attached to Bugzilla. >>> 4. Testing >>> 4.1 Run all available tests (unit tests, smoketest, module integration >>> tests, bvt, fvt, etc.) against 4.1.0 and 4.2.0, find and fix any >>> regressions. >>> >>> Damjan >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:25 AM Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jim, >>>> >>>> IMO, the situation hasn't changed so much. >>>> >>>> We should at least fix issue 125129 [1] before we release a (public) >>>> beta. I have seen that Damjan is investigating... >>>> >>>> Then we need time to inform translators on l10n@ before we can export >>>> the latest translations from Pootle. >>>> At the moment most of them are at 98% for the UI but the SDF files still >>>> need to be updated in source. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Matthias >>>> >>>> [1] https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125129 >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 14.02.19 um 17:45 schrieb Jim Jagielski: >>>>> Time for another ping... what does everyone think? Time? >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>>> >>>>> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >>
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