Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 (AOO 4.1.3) is the next planned release of Apache OpenOffice.
Update: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 was released on 12 October 2016. See the Release Notes for more information.
Release Schedule
The release is planned for October 2016.
Release Progress and Volunteers
Code | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Appoint Release Manager |  | Patricia Shanahan | She was the only volunteer | ||
| Propose string/localization updates | - | - | | - | Language changes are not being considered for 4.1.3 |
| Propose dictionary updates | | Ariel Constenla-Haile | See release notes for the list of updated dictionaries | ||
| Select bugfixes and enhancements | | All | Anyone can propose a blocker either using the "4.1.3 Release Blocker" flag in Bugzilla or writing to the dev list | ||
| Decide on the proposed release blocker | | Patricia Shanahan | This is done only by the Release Manager | ||
| Provide code for the selected bugfixes/enhancements | | ||||
Build | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments |
| Buildbots | - | - | | - | Buildbots available for: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD. Mac OS X still missing but not a blocker (we don't need a buildbot for OS X release builds) |
| Windows builds | | Ariel Constenla-Haile |
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| Mac OS X 64-bit builds | | Ariel Constenla-Haile | |||
| Linux 32-bit and 64-bit builds | | Ariel Constenla-Haile | |||
| SDK builds | | Ariel Constenla-Haile | |||
| Source builds | | Andrea Pescetti | |||
| Upload builds to ASF Dist server (dev area) | | Ariel Constenla-Haile | |||
| Vote on Release Candidate | | Patricia Shanahan | Vote passed | ||
| Go / No Go for the release (based on votes and comments) | | Patricia Shanahan | GO! | ||
| Upload builds to SF mirrors | | Andrea Pescetti | 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" drectory | ||
| Move builds to ASF Dist server (dist area) | | Patricia Shanahan | |||
| Make sure builds are on the ASF Archive server | | Andrea Pescetti, Marcus Lange | Hash files must not be stored on public servers but only on ASF servers | ||
| Sourceforge: Update to "Latest Version" | | Marcus Lange | Set the attribute "Latest Version" to all full installation files for every platform | ||
| Update Feed: New check.Update for the aoo413 area |
| Calendar week 43 ? | Andrea Pescetti | 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 after the release. | |
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 | | - | This was not done | ||
| Website: Link top bar hint to the blog post | | Marcus Lange | |||
| Wiki: Prepare the Release Notes | | Keith McKenna, Dick Groskamp, Patricia Shanahan, Andrea Pescetti, Jörg Schmidt, Marcus Lange | |||
| Translation: Give participants a note so that they can create localized release notes | | Dick Groskamp, Jörg Schmidt, Marcus Lange | Done so far for Dutch and German. | ||
| Website: Update the main AOO test download page | | Marcus Lange | Test if the download links are working (binaries, hash files, release notes, etc.) | ||
| Website: Update the main AOO download page | | Marcus Lange | |||
| Website: Update the project's AOO pages: main and download | | Marcus Lange | |||
| Website: Update the ASF project information | | Marcus Lange | The DOAP RDF data needs to be updated. | ||
| Blog post: Write the announcement to the AOO blog | | Marcus Lange | |||
| Announcement: Prepare Apache Press Release | | Marcus Lange | Working together with Sally Khudairi @ Apache, based on Release Notes | ||
| Translation: Give participants a note so that they can create localized press release | | Jörg Schmidt, Marcus Lange | |||
| Announcement: Write official announcement for announce@ | | Marcus Lange |
Stay Informed
The best channels for accurate information about the release progress are:
- The development mailing list archives
- The Apache OpenOffice official blog
- The Subversion branch where the development is actually done