** Description changed: [Impact] * LibreOffice 7.4.4 is in its forth bugfix release of the 7.4 line: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/7.4#7.4.4_release - * Version 7.4.2 is currently released in kinetic and 7.4.3 in kinetic-proposed. For a list of fixed bugs compared to 7.4.3 see the list of bugs fixed in the release candidates of 7.4.4 (that's a total of ? bugs): + * Version 7.4.2 is currently released in kinetic and 7.4.3 in kinetic-proposed. For a list of fixed bugs compared to 7.4.3 see the list of bugs fixed in the release candidates of 7.4.4 (that's a total of 114 bugs): https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.4.4/RC1#List_of_fixed_bugs https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.4.4/RC2#List_of_fixed_bugs * Given the nature of the project, the complexity of the codebase and the high level of quality assurance upstream, it is preferable to SRU a minor release rather than cherry-pick selected bug fixes. [Testing] * Upstream testing. Bugs fixed upstream typically include unit/regression tests, and the release itself is extensively exercised (both in an automated manner and manually). * A recent set of upstream's automated jenkins testing can be found here: https://ci.libreoffice.org/job/gerrit_74/1542/ * More information about the upstream QA testing can be found here: * Automated tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Automated_Tests * Automated UI tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/UITests * Regression tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Regression_Tests * Feature tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Feature_Tests * Launchpad testing. The libreoffice packages include autopkgtests that were run and verified as passing. - * [amd64] ... - * [arm64] ... - * [armhf] ... - * [ppc64el] ... - * [s390x] ... + * [amd64] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/amd64/libr/libreoffice/20230106_232736_1d62c@/log.gz + * [arm64] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/arm64/libr/libreoffice/20230107_123110_dfe59@/log.gz + * [armhf] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/armhf/libr/libreoffice/20230107_140034_7d823@/log.gz + * [ppc64el] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/ppc64el/libr/libreoffice/20230107_011032_e9378@/log.gz + * [s390x] ... (not availble due to infrastructure problems) * General smoke testing of all the applications in the office suite were carried out by going through the manual testplan as documented by: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Process/Merges/TestPlans/libreoffice [Regression Potential] - * A minor release with a total of ? bug fixes always carries the + * A minor release with a total of 114 bug fixes always carries the potential for introducing regressions, even though it is a bugfix-only release, meaning that no new features were added, and no existing features were removed. * A combination of autopkgtests and careful smoke testing as described above should provide reasonable confidence that no regressions sneaked in.
** Changed in: libreoffice (Ubuntu Kinetic) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2001911 Title: [SRU] libreoffice 7.4.4 for kinetic Status in libreoffice package in Ubuntu: New Status in libreoffice source package in Kinetic: In Progress Bug description: [Impact] * LibreOffice 7.4.4 is in its forth bugfix release of the 7.4 line: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/7.4#7.4.4_release * Version 7.4.2 is currently released in kinetic and 7.4.3 in kinetic-proposed. For a list of fixed bugs compared to 7.4.3 see the list of bugs fixed in the release candidates of 7.4.4 (that's a total of 114 bugs): https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.4.4/RC1#List_of_fixed_bugs https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/7.4.4/RC2#List_of_fixed_bugs * Given the nature of the project, the complexity of the codebase and the high level of quality assurance upstream, it is preferable to SRU a minor release rather than cherry-pick selected bug fixes. [Testing] * Upstream testing. Bugs fixed upstream typically include unit/regression tests, and the release itself is extensively exercised (both in an automated manner and manually). * A recent set of upstream's automated jenkins testing can be found here: https://ci.libreoffice.org/job/gerrit_74/1542/ * More information about the upstream QA testing can be found here: * Automated tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Automated_Tests * Automated UI tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/UITests * Regression tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Regression_Tests * Feature tests https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Feature_Tests * Launchpad testing. The libreoffice packages include autopkgtests that were run and verified as passing. * [amd64] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/amd64/libr/libreoffice/20230106_232736_1d62c@/log.gz * [arm64] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/arm64/libr/libreoffice/20230107_123110_dfe59@/log.gz * [armhf] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/armhf/libr/libreoffice/20230107_140034_7d823@/log.gz * [ppc64el] https://autopkgtest.ubuntu.com/results/autopkgtest-kinetic-libreoffice-libreoffice-prereleases/kinetic/ppc64el/libr/libreoffice/20230107_011032_e9378@/log.gz * [s390x] ... (not availble due to infrastructure problems) * General smoke testing of all the applications in the office suite were carried out by going through the manual testplan as documented by: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Process/Merges/TestPlans/libreoffice [Regression Potential] * A minor release with a total of 114 bug fixes always carries the potential for introducing regressions, even though it is a bugfix-only release, meaning that no new features were added, and no existing features were removed. * A combination of autopkgtests and careful smoke testing as described above should provide reasonable confidence that no regressions sneaked in. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/2001911/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp