Am Freitag, 23. Dezember 2011 schrieb Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net>: > > On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:35 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> On 12/23/11 10:52 AM, Andre Fischer wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am pleased to announce a major milestone on our way toward a first >>> release of Apache OpenOffice. (This is, of course, no official >>> announcement -- I just happen to have fixed the last IP clearance >>> issue.) >>> >>> This is not yet a release, not even a release candidate. It is a >>> developer build. Use it for testing and for finding out what still >>> has to be done but do not edit important documents with it. >>> >>> >>> 1. All source code (used in the widest sense) under category X license >>> [1] (eg copyleft like GPL) has been removed from the SVN trunk. >>> This does not necessarily mean loss of features. Where possible, >>> libraries have been replaced with ones that have licenses >>> acceptable to Apache, and that offer the same and sometimes even >>> better functionality. See [3] for details. >>> >>> 2. All source code under category B license [2] (eg weak-copyleft like >>> MPL and EPL) is disabled by default. It is now required by the >>> developer (or release engineer) to make a conscious and explicit >>> decision to include category B code into the build. >>> >>> >>> That means, that what you checkout from the Apache SVN server and >>> build with the default switches is by default all category A license >>> (permissive, like Apache, BSD and MIT) code. >>> >>> >>> We all can be proud of what we have achieved so far (and by "we" I >>> mean everybody on this list who has helped and contributed to this >>> effort, not just the people who touched the code.) >>> >>> Now that we have reached this important milestone we should think of >>> the remaining steps for AOO 3.4, things like: >>> >>> A. Remaining steps for IP clearance work: >>> >>> - finish the conversion of license headers >>> >>> - adapt references to trademark and product name, including for >>> example the splash screen >>> >>> - replacements for lp_solve (linear programming in calc), neon >>> (HTTP/WebDAV) >>> >>> - reintegration of dictionaries >>> >>> >>> B. Testing/QA >>> >>> This is an important milestone because it now enables others to >>> contribute to the project in areas like testing, translation, >>> documentation, etc. >>> >>> >>> C. This is also a good time to start thinking about appointing a >>> release manager for the 3.4 release. You can read more on this at [4]. >>> >>> Are there any volunteers? >>> >> >> i would volunteer to drive our first release forward, means i would i like to collect the items we have to do to be cconform with the Apache release management process (André's number [4]), would like to track these items and would like to work with all of you on (this) our primary goal for the next. > > Are you volunteering to fill the role of "Release Manager"? That's fine with me.
Yes, I would at least give it a try and would do my best. But I am sure there is enough where I need help ;-) Juergen > > Best Wishes for the Holidays! > Dave > > >> >> Juergen >> >>> >>> >>> It is my personal opinion (hopefully shared by others) that when >>> we all keep up the good work we can have a release candidate that is >>> ready for voting on as a Apache OpenOffice 3.4 podling release in Q1. >>> >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Andre >>> >>> [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#category-x >>> [2] http://www.apache.org/legal/3party.html#category-b >>> [3] >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/IP_Clearance+Impact >>> [4] http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html >> > >
