Hi Martin; --- On Wed, 11/16/11, Martin Hollmichel wrote: ... > On 11/16/11 6:33 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > > On 16 November 2011 16:56, Martin Hollmichel > > <martin.hollmic...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > ... > > > > What kind of a "release" are you talking about. OOo > > releases can only be made from the Apache Software > > Foundation. Perhaps you are planning a downstream > > release that conforms to our trademark policy. > > > > Please let us know your plans. > we're offering to provide an interim release of > OpenOffice.org 3.3.1 with a joint messaging of ASF and Team > OpenOffice.org. This would fill the gap between the 3.3.0 > release from beginning of this year (with some known severe > issues) and the first AOO release in the future. I'm > convinced that this proceeding will help strengthen the > trust in OpenOffice.org / AOO. >
As much as we would like to do an interim release I am afraid there are issues that won't make it possible: - Apache releases have to be approved by the PPMC and can only be released under an Apache License. - The old OpenOffice.Org made available 3.4 RC, releasing 3.3.1 would not give the right signal wrt continuity. - The ASF, through the PPMC, cannot approve code that it hasn't seen and AFAICT Team OOo hasn't been very visible here in the community (sorry if I just missed it). This said, 3.4 is advancing very nicely. I don't want to hurry things but I think we are moving in the right direction. Pedro.
