On Apr 28, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > Hello; > > On 04/28/12 11:32, Rob Weir wrote: >> I'm already starting to get questions on what we'll be doing after AOO >> 3.4 is released. Based on previous conversations on this list, I'm >> able to speak confidently about a few things: >> >> 1) We'll probably graduate to a Top Level Project >> >> 2) IBM says they will contribute Symphony source code after 3.4 is released >> >> 3) We have some initial feature ideas for AOO 4.0 on the wiki: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.0+Feature+Planning >> >> 4) We also have some ideas listed for an AOO 4.1: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+4.1+Feature+Planning >> >> Beyond that, do we have anything to say? > > Well, we have to integrate some CWSs. I am interested in gnumake4 > since it might help clean some issues in the BSD port. For the rest > I am not sure what is there or how stable it is so I would guess > we should tackle them slowly and leave most of them for "later". > > We also have to update some components. Anything with an Apache > tag on it, like Apache Commons or Apache Lucene comes first > because working with other Apache projects is key for our > graduation.
The amount of "Apache" product consumed will have nothing to do with my IPMC vote. Our community diversity, IP, and release are the main criteria. > Some other components are important but involve a lot > of hard work: It would be really great if someone from ICU would > give a hand too. > > The clang port is also rather important and would help the MacOSX > support. > > Finally, I think we should continue cleaning/replacing some Category-B > software. For example, carrying an outdated version of Mozilla SeaMonkey > just for addressbook support, is a nonsense. Category B cleanup and removal of prebuilt packages from SVN would be good. > > All in all, I think we should focus on stability and not on features. Cleaning up the Readme, branding and NOTICE will be helpful. Regards, Dave > > Just my $0.02. > > Pedro. >
