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, Andrea Pescetti | Copy requires just a few hours, with the normal rsync instructions shown (project name is openofficeorg.mirror) | |||||||||||
| 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 | Website: Link announcements to the blog posts | | Marcus Lange | ||||||||||
| Wiki: Prepare the Release Notes | 08 | | 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 announcementRelease | | 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: Prepare Write official announcement for anaounce@ announce@ | | Marcus Lange |
Release Notes
Release Notes are available at Release Notes page.
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