Hi, please see the summary of the latest discussion on wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Release_Model. If we can call agree with that I propose to go with that model with the creation of the OOF680 branch onwards,
Martin Clytie Siddall wrote: > To: l10n, releases > CC: mac-porting > > Hello everyone :) > > I am very concerned about the current three-month release interval. When > I first arrived here, with our fairly complete interface translation, I > was met on the lists with a mélange of information about impending > version 2.0.4 and upcoming version 2.1. That was confusing, and I had to > filter out all the stuff about 2.0.4 and focus on 2.1. > > 2.1 has just been officially released, but there are still QA issues for > different teams and architectures. I hope to release our (vi) 2.1 builds > fairly soon, but there is at least one pan-language stopper bug (on Mac > Intel), and a fair bit of specific work to do yet. > > And the translation deadline for OpenOffice.org 2.2 is January 18th, > only a month away! > > So what do I do? Abandon 2.1 and work on the translation updates for > 2.2? Finish 2.1 and not be ready for 2.2? > > We have a set of major goals for 2.2, including translating all the Help > section (nearly half a million words) and improving support information > (docs, website, spellchecker etc.) in general. On this time-scale, we'll > be lucky if we get even the interface update in. > > I have participated in a discussion on the releases list about changing > the release interval to six months. What is the status of that discussion? > > It's essential that we construct a more realistic release schedule, or > we are going to be faced with the choice of releasing buggy builds, or > not releasing at all. We simply need more time to create a high-quality > product. > > OpenOffice.org is far too complex a product to release every three > months. It should compare itself, not with single-program projects, but > with complex multi-app projects like the systems: GNOME, KDE, Xfce, Debian. > > I recommend comparison with Debian, which has a culture of excellence. > Debian "Etch" will be released about 18 months after Debian "Sarge". > Meanwhile, users can get early builds, but the official release has been > polished and debugged very thoroughly. My team had its first Debian > translation basically ready over a year ago, and people have been using > it, but the extra time gave us the chance to QA our translation > extensively, and to translate support materials. I will be happy and > proud to release Debian officially in Vietnamese for the first time. But > I can only release our initial OpenOffice.org translation (2.1) by > seriously compromising the quality of version 2.2. Or release 2.2. by > dropping 2.1. > > We need action on this. I for one refuse to push out releases on this > schedule. It doesn't allow sufficient time to do a quality job. It's > sloppy and unprofessional. Our users deserve better than this. > > Please extend the release interval to six months minimum. Do it now. > > from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm > Việt hóa phần mềm tự do) > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
