On 11/26/12 10:54 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 23/11/2012 Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> 1. Only new languages, no bugfixes, no other code changes >> We add the new languages on top of the existing AOO34 branch, build the >> office with the new languages and release the new languages as >> convenience binary packages. We also build a new src release package and >> add the revision number ... aoo-3.4.1-rev1372282-src.tar.bz2 > > This is the best solution for me. > >> 2. New languages + bug-fixes or security fixes >> The micro number will be increased and we do a normal release cycle. >> The src release will contain the revision number in future always. > > This could still be a possibility, but only if we need to fix a critical > security bug and 4.0 seems too far away. In that case, of course, we > would need to release a 3.4.2 with only that security fix and doing so > we would include all languages that are ready for 3.4. > >> 1. set a deadline for new translations, for exmaple December 31, 2012 >> 2. integrate the new languages and provide the builds until January >> 10, 2013 >> 3. test and verify the new language builds asap >> 4. release the new languages at the end of January > > All fine to me. I would honestly have started with what we already have > and release it as soon as possible, and possibly with another release > manager (so, Juergen focused on 4.x someone else works on the > "maintenance" releases of 3.4.x), to test the process and avoid late > surprises or policy questions. But if for the time being this is the > best solution for release management, fine. Sure, in future we should > definitely avoid that it takes this long to get a translation integrated > and released. So I would try to use this occasion to learn how we can > streamline the release process as much as possible. But let's start to > communicate clear deadlines to volunteers,
I have include the deadline end of December already in my blog draft that I will publish later today. I will work on some update int eh wiki to reflect this plan in more detail. Juergen
