Can we maybe use this wiki page to coordinate work on AOO5:
https://s.apache.org/AOO5-TODO
TIA
> On Oct 19, 2026, at 7:08 AM, Jim Jagielski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the Email! Your timing is perfect.
>
> Right now, the main effort is working on getting `trunk`, and specifically
> the `AOO50X` branch to a relative stable place where we could do a
> Developer's Release; let's work on stuff that has an immediate positive
> impact and gets us closer to a release. So things like checking if AOO50X
> builds for you, if it works and where it doesn't. Things like that.
>
> Sure, it would be great to rip-out our current build structure for something
> "modern", for example, but focusing on that improves where are _are_ and
> doesn't move us forward, if you get my meaning. It's a lot of work that ends
> up with us being at the exact spot where we are now. In fact, it actually
> means we step back because now this whole new build system needs a lot more
> testing before we can ensure parity with what we already have. I am simply
> using the build system as a convenient example, nothing more, btw.
>
> AOO50X uses a newer version of C++ and baselines Python 3, so those are other
> good things to check.
>
>
>> On Oct 19, 2026, at 6:00 AM, Gaurav <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I'm Gaurav, a master's student in Applied Data Science at USC (Los
>> Angeles). I work primarily in C++ and Python, and I'd like to volunteer
>> with OpenOffice.
>>
>> To start, I'm happy to help with bug reproduction and triage, or small C++
>> bug fixes — whatever is most useful. I've gone through the New Volunteer
>> Orientation modules [only say this if you actually do].
>>
>> Could someone point me to where help is most needed right now, or a good
>> first bug to look at?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Gaurav Nagalapuram Venkataramanan
>
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