On Nov 2, 2012, at 1:40 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > On 01/11/2012 robert_weir wrote: >> We (IBM) have consulted with customers, internal users, other IBM product >> teams, on what our (IBM's) development priorities should be for the next >> AOO release. Obviously, we're not the only ones with priorities or >> interests or opinions. We don't make AOO decisions by ourselves. But we >> want to be transparent about what our own priorities are > > Thank you for sharing. They are all good and needed contributions and they > cover many of the main results from the Google Moderator user survey. > > There are still missing things that I've seen requested and that I would > personally like to see in the product (a non-exhaustive list would include: > better OOXML support,
If a Java library is not a barrier then Apache POI might be helpful. Talk to Nick Burch or Yegor Kozlov at Apachecon EU. > full or enhanced ODF 1.2 support, Again if Java is not a barrier the Apache ODFToolkit (incubating) might be a reasonable tool - What do you think Rob? Regards, Dave > better defaults, better integration with the Extensions and Templates sites > or in general better visibility for the additional resources, a refreshed > visual identity not only in the interface...), and indeed it will be good to > start collecting priorities on the wiki and assess feasibility of the > underlying development. > > And then of course there's the community side: we are now able to engage > localization volunteers but there is still work to do to be able to engage > unaffiliated developers, so we might take that into consideration when > discussing the new features. > >> releasing is PMC decision, not an IBM one. But we think that this work >> could be completed and tested for a release in the March/April 2013 >> time-frame. And the scope of the release might be significant enough to >> warrant a "4.0" designation. > > Seems like this would be a good plan. Let's make it real! > > Regards, > Andrea.
