On 10/18/05, Andre Schnabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > 1. Is there any due date on the testing?
> >
> We have a date for the (global) final release, what means source /
> english binary release and some localizations. (for 2.0 this is set to
> Oct. 10th 05).
> If you want to join the global release, you should give a GO about 2
> days before this date. If you have bugs, that would stop the global
> release - it's the same (but should be reported as soon as possible)
>

Thanks for your kind answer. Currently, _Korean team relies on Sun's
build_ and provide it through Korean NL website. And, my question was
about smoke testing which allows to change rc3 build into stable one.
As far as I know, if community submits a report that rc3 is
satisfactory to formal release then QA can change rc3 into stable,
correct? I meant the due date for the smoke testing report.

Actually, until 1.1.X release, we haven't got a chance to do smoke
testing and have provided rc3 as formal release. And this confuses
many users. With increasing interest in OO.o 2.0, I decided to correct
situation. :-)

> > 2. If we find a problem regarded as show stopper, how much time we
> > have for fixing it?
> >
> Depends, if it is a stopper for global release or for Korean "only". If
> only a localized version is deleayed, it's up to the native lang project
> to define the release date and readyness. This may sound dissatisfying
> to the native lang teams, but it has been the practice for years now.
> (We are an open source project ... and are often critcized not to follow
> the release early - release often rule).
>

Let me clarify my understanding. If we find a Korean specific stopper
in rc3 during smoke testing, then we have to wait Sun's next build
cycle or we may provide community build. Is that correct?


> > For example, 2.0 rc3 Korean build has incomplete messages and missing
> > buttons names in Windows setup. And there was a opinion through
> > community forum that the problem needs to be fixed in 2.0 release
> > because it makes OOo look very naive to first time users.
> >
> > In fact, the problem had been fixed already but appeared again
> > possibly by new translation from Sun. Now I wonder if it is possible
> > for Sun to provide new Korean build soon after fixing the issue.
> >
>
> Is there an issue for this? If not, file an issue immediately and ask at
> releases list, if developer / release engineering could pay attention to it.
>

One of them is iz47190 (
http://ko.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=47190 ). In Korea, we
typically use square brackets to designate button names. However,
those are special characters in MSI database and eats up button names
in Windows setup. I found the way to escape them in MSDN and the
problem was fixed in milestone build. I feel it is my fault not to
check rc builds carefully.

For now, I will focus on solving the issues with l10n team. Once they
are fixed then I will go to release list and check when next build is
available.

> Do you have other builds available, that are not done by the Sun team?
> Would be helpfull, to guess if this is a problem in the build
> environment or in the sources.
>

I personally build Windows version for my own purpose, but no official
community build yet. I am considering to provide community build with
Sun's build together. I believe it will make easy to handle some
Korean specific issues. For example, iz55356 (
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=55356 ) is one of
demanding issues but failed to get developer's attention. Many votes,
easy to fix but Korean-specific. :-)

Thanks for your kind answer again.

Jeongkyu
--
Jeongkyu Kim
OpenOffice.org Korean community lead

Official website http://ko.openoffice.org
Community forum  http://oooko.net/
Personal blog    http://oooko.net/gomme

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Reply via email to