On Thu, 7 Mar 2019 11:46:08 +0100 Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> wrote:
> Hi all! > > I am still open for input. > > Even if you are not involved in development/release, you sure have an > opinion, don't you? ;-) > > Regards, > > Matthias I'm using 4.2.0, currently revision 1854799, for daily work on Xubuntu 18.04.2 64 bit - writing/editing long booklength texts and preparing/editing/showing Impress presentations, with also some trivial Calc work. It runs well, and has produced no unpleasantnesses. I think it is ready for a first beta, with the usual warnings about not being used for mission critical work Rory > > Am 24.02.19 um 17:35 schrieb Matthias Seidel: > > Hi Jim and all, > > > > As mentioned before, I think we need some more time before doing a > > (public) beta. > > But I also want to get a wider user base for testing and something > > "official" we can base our discussions on. > > > > So here is my proposal: > > > > We could create a tag (snapshot420 or whatever) and build it as a > > developer snapshot. > > This can be done similar to a beta with the build targets: > > openofficedev, ooodevlanguagepack and sdkoodev. > > > > We also have a special splashscreen for a "Developer Snapshot": > > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/branches/AOO42X/main/ooo_custom_images/dev/introabout/intro.png > > > > I would like to have all recent translations committed and merged before > > we create the tag. > > March would be a good time, so we could also include the updated English > > dictionary. > > > > The build should be uploaded to an official place together with all > > hashes and PGP signatures. > > It could be announced with a blog post linked on our homepage. > > > > Opinions? > > > > Regards, > > > > Matthias > > > > Am 18.02.19 um 15:42 schrieb Jim Jagielski: > >> Release, as in GA, or release as in Beta? > >> > >>> On Feb 15, 2019, at 4:55 AM, Damjan Jovanovic <dam...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> Bug 125129 looks like a wild goose chase and requires considerable > >>> understanding of the framework layer, but I'll try continue when I have > >>> time. > >>> > >>> My own release checklist would include: > >>> 1. Library audit. > >>> 1.1 Did we lose or gain any public symbols in our libraries since the > >>> 4.1.0? Gbuild requires explicit export instead of exporting everything and > >>> then possibly controlling visibility with a .map file, so it's very > >>> possible. > >>> 1.2 Did ELF symbol versions on *nix platforms change? The older gbuild > >>> modules probably did, as I didn't understand the meaning of .map files > >>> back > >>> then. > >>> 1.3 Are the same libraries with the same names available in both 4.1.0 and > >>> 4.2.0? > >>> 2. Base: > >>> 2.1 Complete the Java SDBC driver framework, used by both the new > >>> SDBC-JDBC > >>> bridge and the Postgres SDBC driver. > >>> 2.2 Audit the new SDBC-JDBC bridge in Java against the old C++ one, fix > >>> any > >>> differences. > >>> 2.3 Complete the Postgres SDBC driver; still needs views, users, groups, > >>> etc. > >>> 2.4 Complete the integration of the Postgres SDBC driver into the Base UI > >>> forms (like MySQL already is). > >>> 3. Crashreporter > >>> 3.1 Get it working again. > >>> 3.2 Bug reported in UI form (instead of submitted to some now obsolete > >>> server), which can be copied/pasted or attached to Bugzilla. > >>> 4. Testing > >>> 4.1 Run all available tests (unit tests, smoketest, module integration > >>> tests, bvt, fvt, etc.) against 4.1.0 and 4.2.0, find and fix any > >>> regressions. > >>> > >>> Damjan > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Feb 15, 2019 at 1:25 AM Matthias Seidel > >>> <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Hi Jim, > >>>> > >>>> IMO, the situation hasn't changed so much. > >>>> > >>>> We should at least fix issue 125129 [1] before we release a (public) > >>>> beta. I have seen that Damjan is investigating... > >>>> > >>>> Then we need time to inform translators on l10n@ before we can export > >>>> the latest translations from Pootle. > >>>> At the moment most of them are at 98% for the UI but the SDF files still > >>>> need to be updated in source. > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> > >>>> Matthias > >>>> > >>>> [1] https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=125129 > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Am 14.02.19 um 17:45 schrieb Jim Jagielski: > >>>>> Time for another ping... what does everyone think? 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