On Friday, 23. March 2012 at 19:31, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > Why is it assumed that AOO support should end because Microsoft has ended > > the support life for Windows 2000 SP4? That has nothing to do with whether > > or not users are continuing to run it, for any reason. > > > "Support" is a term that probably requires definition for it to mean > anything in the context of an community-supported open source project. > Will we kick someone out of the support forums if they ask about > Windows 2000? Of course not. Will we list it among the recommended > platforms? Not unless someone volunteers to test it and verify that > it works. > > > I continued to run Windows 98 machines beyond that support life, mainly > > because they were not up to running Windows XP at all well. (I do have one > > of those running XP SP3 now mainly because it is only running a little web > > server.) > > > > One advantage (more or less) of running Apache OpenOffice on such a machine > > is that it can run there whereas later versions of Microsoft Office will > > not. > > > > Here's the support list for the Java JRE 6u31, the latest update of Java 6: > > Platform(s): Windows 7, Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, > > Windows 2008 Server. > > > > Java 7, which is not yet the public distribution, removes Windows 2000 and > > Windows 2003 (server) from that list. > > > > I suggest that if we want AOO 3.4 to run wherever OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 > > does, we do not shrink the list until AOO 4.0 is a reality. > > Volunteers to test other platforms are always welcome. Otherwise I'd > expect that corporate-sponsored QA engineers will likely focus on the > more commercial relevant platforms. > > > - Dennis > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: O.Felka [mailto:olaf-openoff...@gmx.de] > > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 23:13 > > To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Propose AOO 3.4 RC Build Test Plan > > > > Am 23.03.2012 03:40, schrieb Yan Ji: > > > MS already teminate support service for Windows 2000 SP4. Is there any > > > need for us to take care this OS? > > > > > > Yes, in the readme files we have Win2000 in the system requirements for AOO. > > Cleaning up the readme could be a solution. > > > > Groetjes > > Olaf > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks& Best Regards, Yan Ji > > > > > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 11:52 PM, xia zhao wrote: > > > > > > > Olaf, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/3/22 O.Felka<olaf-openoff...@gmx.de> > > > > > > > > > Am 22.03.2012 10:16, schrieb xia zhao: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > As AOO 3.4 RC build is nearly ready, I propose AOO 3.4 RC build > > > > > > test plan > > > > > > here. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. Installer testing > > > > > > Focus on installation testing on below major platforms: > > > > > > > > > > > > - Windows 7 64/32 bit > > > > > > - Windows Vista 64/32 bit > > > > > > - Windows XP SP2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No tests for Windows 2000? > > > > If volunteer has this environment, yes, surely he can test against > > > > Windows > > > > 2000, but this platform isn't major platform AOO 3.4 supposed from my > > > > view. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - RedHat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 64 bit/32 bit > > > > > > - Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit/32 bit > > > > > > - Mac OS 10.7(Lion) > > > > > > - Mac OS 10.6.x > > > > > > - Mac 10.5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Additional Platform are suggested: > > > > > > > > > > > > - FreeBSD 9.0/8.2 > > > > > > - OS/2 > > > > > > - Solaris x86 10 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2. Extension testing > > > > > > Volunteers can get the extension list from: > > > > > > http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/>(??) > > > > > > > > > > > > - Directory > > > > > > - Extensions based on OOo (Verify they still works with IP > > > > > > clearance > > > > > > > > > > > > work done in AOO 3.40 > > > > > > - Extensions based on AOO (View by "Most Recent" category on > > > > > > > > > > > > extension page) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3. Basic Interoperability Testing > > > > > > The test scenarios cover: > > > > > > > > > > > > - Load > > > > > > - Save > > > > > > - Reopen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > And the interoperability cover both compatibility with MS office > > > > > > 2003/MS > > > > > > office 2010 and old OOo versions. > > > > > > > > > > > > 4. General testing > > > > > > Do free testing on AOO six components, Math, Base, Draw, Impress, > > > > > > Writer, Calc for three days. > > > > > > > > > > > > 5. Globalization and Translation testing > > > > > > If other languages build are offered as RC builds(seems we will > > > > > > only > > > > > > have English only RC build for AOO 3.4), quick globalization and > > > > > > translation testing will be done. Which include: > > > > > > > > > > > > - Check the UI > > > > > > - Switch locale and check some culture related functions, such as > > > > > > > > > > > > currency, date, formula etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The above testing are supposed to be done during 1 week and during > > > > > > this > > > > > > week, if no critical issues are reported, we can say the RC build > > > > > > is ready > > > > > > to ship based on vote. > > > > > > > > > > > > I placed this plan here: > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/**confluence/display/OOOUSERS/** > > > > > > AOO+3.4+RC+Build+Test+Plan<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OOOUSERS/AOO+3.4+RC+Build+Test+Plan> > > > > > > > > > > > > Lily > > > > > I did some additional tests for r1299571 on Windows XP and Suse 11.3 > > > > > Linux > > > > > with VCL testtool. > > > > > They look very promising. I haven't found any big flaws. Some tests > > > > > show > > > > > that some controls are missing and they stumble over the new color > > > > > picker. > > > > > Lots of tests don't show any warning or error. > > > > > > > > > > Groetjes, > > > > > Olaf > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Well I think it's quite easy if somebody wants to support this platform, means build it frequently, fix issues, do testing etc. then we are all fine with supporting it. I will kick it of the readme to avoid false expectations ;-) Juergen
