Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 (AOO 4.1.5) is the next planned release of Apache OpenOffice.
Update: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.5 was released on 30 December 2017. See the Release Notes for more information.
Release Schedule
The release is planned for <month> <year> December 2017.
Release Progress and Volunteers
Code | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | ||||
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Appoint Release Manager | Jim Jagielski | As per thread on dev@ | |||||||
Propose string/localization updates | All pertinent bugz blockers closed | ||||||||
Propose dictionary updates | Andrea Pescetti | All pertinent bugz blockers closed | |||||||
Select bugfixes and enhancements | All | in process | |||||||
Decide on the proposed release blocker | Jim Jagielski | in process | |||||||
Provide code for the selected bugfixes/enhancements | All | in process | |||||||
Build | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | ||||
Buildbots | - | - | - | Buildbots available for: Windows and Linux. macOS still missing but not a blocker (we don't need a buildbot for OS X release builds) | |||||
Windows 32-bit builds | Matthias Seidel | Build platform: Windows 10 (64bit), because we use Windows 64bit shell extensions | |||||||
macOS 64-bit builds | Jim Jagielski | Build server: macOS 10.12 (Sierra w/ Xcode7) | |||||||
Linux 32-bit and 64-bit builds | Jim Jagielski | CentOS5, both rpm and deb | |||||||
Source builds | Jim Jagielski | ||||||||
Upload builds to ASF Dist server (dev area) | Since the dev area is an ASF controlled resource, we need to make sure we have the hashes and PGP signatures uploaded with the actual builds. | ||||||||
Vote on Release Candidate | Jim Jagielski | ||||||||
Go / No Go for the release (based on votes and comments) | Jim Jagielski | ||||||||
Move builds to ASF Dist server (dist area) | Jim Jagielski | Jim forgot to warn Infra. Changed How to Cook a Release to better remind people. | |||||||
Make sure builds are on the ASF Archive server | Jim Jagielski | Hash files must not be stored on public servers but only on ASF servers | |||||||
Upload builds to SF mirrors | Carl Marcum | Copy requires just a few hours, with the normal rsync instructions shown; note: project name has changed since 4.1.2 and now the rsync target must be written as Make sure it's going into a "staged" directory to hide it from the public until the official release date. | |||||||
QA | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | ||||
Generic QA | All | ||||||||
Specific QA focused on the selected bugfixes/enhancements | All | ||||||||
Communication | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | ||||
Blog post: First status update and call for volunteers on dev@ mailing list | - | - | - | ||||||
Wiki: Prepare the Release Notes | Keith McKenna | Keith: Base note created via template Matthias and Marcus: Further updates | |||||||
Translation: Give participants a note so that they can create localized press release | - | - | - | It was agreed that no press release will be done | |||||
Announcement: Prepare Apache Press Release | - | - | - | It was agreed that no press release will be done | |||||
Translation: Give participants a note so that they can create localized release notes |
| Keith McKenna | Done by mail in on @L10n | ||||||
Website: Update the main AOO test download page | - | - | | Marcus Lange- | Test if the download links are working (binaries, hash files, release notes, etc.) and the metadata (milestone, build, SVN rev., release date) are correct. | ||||
Website: Update the main AOO download page | Marcus Lange | After the test was successful, do the changes in the Life-System. Test again that the links are working and the metadata is correct. | |||||||
Website: Update the localized download pages. | Currently the following language codes are relevant: ast, bg, ca, cs, da, de, el, es, eu, fi, fr, gd, gl, he, hi, hu, it, ja, km, ko, lt, nl, no, pl, pt, pt-BR, ru, sk, sl, sr, sv, th, tr, vi, xx, zh-CN, zh-TW | ||||||||
Website: Update the project's AOO pages: main and download | Matthias SeidelMarcus Lange | This is the https://openoffice.apache.org/ website. Test again that the links are working and the metadata is correct. | |||||||
Website: Link top bar hint to the blog post | Matthias Seidel | Here the large blue headline with "Apache OpenOffice X.Y.Z released" is meant. | |||||||
Website: Update the ASF project information | Marcus Lange | The DOAP RDF data needs to be updated. | |||||||
Sourceforge: Update to "Latest Version" | Marcus Lange | Set the attribute "Latest Version" to all full installation files for every platformWindows, macOS and Linux (see the icons for the correct checkbox). | |||||||
Blog post: Write the announcement to the AOO blog | Marcus Lange | ||||||||
Announcement: Write official announcement for announce@apache.openoffice.org | Marcus Lange | ||||||||
Announcement: Copy the official announcement for announce@apache.org | - | - | Marcus Lange | Important | |||||
Forward the announcement to dev@ | Marcus Lange | ||||||||
Update Feed: New check.Update for the aoo415 aoo414 area | and all older releases | The update notification will create a high load on the mirror servers as a lot of users will then update their AOO installation. This must be avoided. Therefore this task has to be done always some days 1-2 weeks after the release. Start with older releases earlier and finish with newer releases later. | |||||||
Go-Live | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | ||||
The release is live | All |
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