On 06/12/2010 Petr Mladek wrote: > Andrea Pescetti píše v Ne 05. 12. 2010 v 18:39 +0100: > > So a major change with respect to the OpenOffice.org release process > > would be that no explicit approval is needed for localized versions. > ... I understand your concerns. We came with the central build because of > the many advantages: > + translators do not need to fight with technical problems > + save space (do not duplicate binaries) > + packaging is standardized, compatible, ...
Yes, these are clear advantages from the infrastructure point of view. > I have several ideas how to solve the above problem: > + do smoke test of each localization to make sure that it starts > at least; we should do it anyway > + do more and more frequent bug fix releases with only safe and > critical fixes; it is a bit questionable because of resources > + allow to later update just a single localization These are all valid solutions, but they will not help for the quality of the first (3.3) release, which will be rather important. Maybe a solution for the Microsoft Windows package could be to put in the "smaller" multi-language installer only explicitly approved localizations, relegating untested languages into the "all" package; but I understand this could become a maintenance nightmare later on... Best regards, Andrea. _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
