Hi, Am 30.04.20 um 19:39 schrieb Pedro Lino: > Hi Matthias > >> Just for clarification: >> There are a lot of little things (double spaces, wrong icons in help, >> etc.) in the source code that we have to fix. >> From time to time Mechtilde creates a new language template (en-US) and >> imports it in Pootle. This results in those strings that have to be to >> reviewed. > Thank you for the clarification. No problem! We want AOO to be as perfect as > humanly possible. We are here to help reach that goal ;) I just wanted to make clear *why* there are "new" strings from time to time... > >>> In my opinion it would be better to have an RC0 that installs on the same >>> path and uses the same profile as the release version for proper testing >>> than fixing Dev builds. >> RC0 (which does not exist) would imply that we are in a release process. > It could easily exist if the developers wanted. > We could be on a tentative release process. LibreOffice 5.0 had 5 RCs.
We also have several RCs if needed, but only if we are in the release process. > >> And the different path is on purpose, so the "normal" profile is not >> touched by the Dev Build. > I am aware of that ;) > But on the other hand it prevents to detect regressions in the release > version... > There is no perfect plan :) > >> Since desktop integration works on Windows (and macOS?) it would be >> better to fix it on Linux. > I do not disagree. But given the very reduced number/time of developers I > would be happier if they fixed problems such as the update bug in Linux > https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=127774 > > If they can fix both, better yet! If you know a developer, feel free to ask him to fix it. ;-) > >> A Dev Build is for broader testing by a >> bigger audience and I would like to do that more often. >> 4.2.0 must be thoroughly tested (after all the time) and there are still >> a lot of hurdles before we can release it. > Again, I do not disagree. But having a bigger audience increases the volume > of feedback and obviously it increases the expectations of people > participating in the testing... > Are there enough developers/developer-time to correspond to such expectations? Are there enough testers?! I do Test Builds almost every month, but I get absolutely *no* feedback... Very disappointing! Regards, Matthias > > Regards, > Pedro > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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