On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 3:32 AM, Shenfeng Liu <liush...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, all, > It was one month since 4.0.1 release. And I noticed some some great works > are going to be delivered soon. e.g. the IA2 framework from Steve, the Mac > 64-bit support from Herbert, and Windows Patch mechanism from Andre. > > So I'm thinking, is it a good time to start the 4.1 plan now? We should > deliver those great value to our users through a formal release ASAP! And > IMO, even only the 3 items above can be enough for a release to be called > 4.1. We also want to do OOXML improvement by integrating OSBA patches, and > enhance user experience like in-place Input Field, and many other things... > While, I think we can keep the continuous improvement across releases. From > the record breaking download number since 4.0 and 4.0.1, I feel that > keeping regular release is very important to response to our users, attract > more new comers, and bring this product to success. > > So I suggest we start the 4.1 plan now, and set a target date. Since 4.0 > was in July, 4.0.1 was in Oct, I feel some time in 1Q will be a good time > for 4.1. >
Hi Simon, Something to think about: After 4.0.0 we discussed having a public beta with out next major release. If we think this is worth doing, then we should plan on two dates: 1) A public beta data, and 2) a final release date. For the beta to be useful I think we would want it to last 3-4 weeks, enough time to process any new bug reports, identify any critical regressions, and fix them. Regards, -Rob > I suggest to update the 4.1 planning wiki[1] and: > (1) Set the target date. > (2) Clean up the planning list, starting from leaving only the active > items, and moving the rest to project backlog[2]. > > Any suggestion/comments? > > > [1] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1+Release+Planning > [2] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/Project+Blog > > > - Shenfeng (Simon) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
