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.
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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 | 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 mirrors 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 (project name is openofficeorg.mirror); 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) | Vote on Release Candidate | Patricia Shanahan | Go / No Go for the release | ||||||||
Make sure builds are on the ASF Archive server | 08 08 | Patricia Shanahan | Andrea Pescetti, Marcus Lange | Hash files must not be stored on public servers but only on ASF serversThis will be done based on the votes and their comments | |||||||
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 | |||||||||
Blog posts: Write the announcement Website: Link top bar hint to the AOO blog post | Marcus Lange | Website: Link top bar hint to the blog post | |||||||||
Wiki: Prepare the Release Notes | Keith McKenna, Dick Groskamp, Patricia Shanahan, Andrea Pescetti, Jörg Schmidt, Marcus Lange | ||||||||||
Website: Link announcements to the blog posts | 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 | Wiki: Prepare the Release Notes | Keith McKenna, Dick Groskamp, Patricia Shanahan, Marcus Lange | |||||||||
Website: Update the | download pagesproject'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 | ||||||||||
PressAnnouncement: Prepare press release / announcement | Patricia Shanahan | Apache Press Release | Marcus Lange | Working together with Sally Khudairi @ Apache, based on Release Notes |
Release Notes
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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 developement development is actually done