On Sun, Jun 19, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@openoffice.org>wrote:
> I understand that the necessary code reorganization in the Apache > project will forbid a public release for months. > > On the other hand, OpenOffice.org 3.4 beta has been out for several > weeks, is regarded by our QA testers as remarkably stable, has a > dedicated code line and it is not far from release. > > Would it be possible to release OOo 3.4 on the old (Oracle-owned) > infrastructure, and maybe take advantage of this release to educate > users and volunteers about the coming new infrastructure at Apache? > > This shouldn't require an exceptional effort and it would allow to show > that OpenOffice.org it in good shape and to use the momentum of a new > release to communicate better the transition to Apache. Otherwise we > really risk to confuse users and let them feel abandoned, and work on > the incubator in the next months could be less useful. > > It really seems a small effort compared to the major code refactoring > needed at Apache, and I believe Oracle can state that the bugfixes on > the OOo 3.4 code line will be granted to Apache too. And the benefits > for users and communication would be immense. > > Now, I take for granted that the community would support this proposal > (for one, the Italian community spent weeks to get the OOo 3.4 strings > 100% translated into Italian, and our QA team is ready to start full > testing any moment). Would developers and release managers support this > too? > > Regards, > Andrea. > > +1 I think this should be a go. I even publish the Beta version on the 'es' homepage so people have a quicker access to it. -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org
