Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 (AOO 4.1.3) is the next planned release of Apache OpenOffice, with a planned release date in October 2016..
Update: Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3 was released on 12 October 2016. See the Release Notes for more information.
Release Schedule
The final 4.1.3 release is planned for October 2016.
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Code | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | |||||
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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 for OpenOffice 4.1.3 | 06 | 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 at https://; note: project name has changed since 4.1.2 and now the rsync target must be written as Set new files as "Latest Version": 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. | Update Feed (new check.Update for aoo411 area – http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/updates-site/trunk/aoo411/) |
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QA | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | |||||
Generic QA | All | |||||||||
Specific QA focused on 4.1.2 the selected bugfixes/enhancements | All | |||||||||
Communication | Started | Finished | Status | Volunteers | Comments | |||||
Blog post: first 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 | |||||||||
Blog posts: announcement | ||||||||||
Website: link top bar to 4.1.2 blog post | ||||||||||
Website: link announcements to 4.1.2 blog posts | ||||||||||
Wiki: prepare Release Notes | ||||||||||
Website: update download pages | ||||||||||
Press: prepare press release / announcement | Based on Release Notes |
Release Notes
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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 OpenOffice 4.1.2 release progress are:
- The development mailing list archives
- The Apache OpenOffice official blog
- The Subversion branch where OpenOffice 4.1.2 is being developedthe development is actually done