On 13 August 2013 15:14, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 5:24 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > first if all I volunteer to act as the release manager for AOO 4.0.1 if > > that is wanted but I am also open to let somebody else to the job ;-) > > > > It is probably best if you continue, since 4.0.1 is very closely > related to 4.0.0, and you already have the build environment set up, > etc. > +1
> > > In preparation for an AOO 4.0.1 release I have first created a AOO400 > > tag based on revision 1503704. I have also created a new branch AOO401 > > based on branch AOO400 based on the head revision of the branch. > > > > I noticed that Yuri checked in some code on the branch already. Can we > > please follow some guideline how we handle such release branches? > > > > I would like to propose the following: > > > > Changes on a release branch should be discussed before and should be in > > relation to a proposed and approved fix (if you want showstopper) that > > will go in the next release. > > > > > > For now that means the branch AOO400 is dead and changes towards AOO > > 4.0.1 have to be made on the new branch AOO401 and should be discussed > > first. Or propose the related issue as showstopper first. > > > > I believe we agreed more or less to keep the changes for AOO 4.0.1 > > minimal to reduce the test effort. We should concentrate on the most > > serious issues only and on new languages or improved translations. Keep > > in mind that AOO 4.1 is coming as well. Stability is a key feature and > > every single bug fix can introduce a regression as well. Often not > > obvious directly. > > > > I assume we also want to avoid introducing new UI strings? Otherwise > we'd require translation updates on all languages. > I would formulate it stronger: we cannot allow new strings, unless it is absolutely unavoidable. > > > > > Any opinions or comment son this plan. > > > > Should we create new Release Notes? Or augment the existing 4.0.0 > ones? It might be simpler if 4.0.x releases share the same release > notes, but we start with fresh ones for 4.1? > Lets share release notes, amend so that is clear what is only available in 4.0.1, and start from a fresh with 4.1 I also assume that 4.0.1 will simply overwrite 4.0 exe on mirrors etc. rgds jan I. > > -Rob > > > Juergen > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
