[libreoffice-projects] minutes of ESC call ...

[Michael Meeks]

* Present:
+ Stephan, Jan-Marek, Miklos, Heiko, JanI, Michael M, Norbert,
 Christian, Robinson, Armin, Eike, Bjoern, Kendy, Michael S
 
* Completed Action Items:
 
* Pending Action Items:
+ setup Mac machine for Base development (Cloph /Norbert)
[ is a Mac there not used; but no access (Norbert)
  if knew the hostname, could check (Cloph)
  + not aware of any spare macs
AI:   + find the mystery Mac (from Markus) with Alex (Cloph) ]
+ investigate a cron job that queries & auto-merges (Norbert)
[ the solution proposed by David - using his query & a JSON script
  to refine it - will work - needs a bit more python (Norbert) ]
+ tweak UI and get LiveConnect API key / build case for board (Christian)
+ attempt to re-build a recent gstreamer 1.0 / core spec file
  on our CentOS6 base (tdf#94508) (Christian)
 
* Release Engineering update (Christian)
+ 5.1.5 RC1
+ synching to mirrors, early testing & QA list announce done.
+ will announce to the public early evening / tomorrow morning.
+ 5.2.0 RC3
+ due next Tuesday - 19th.
+ please review your patches & target branches v.s 5-2
+ Now: one review to -5-2 branch, and another two to:
+ libreoffice 5-2-0 branch
+ Android & iOS Remote
+ non-crashing builds - but bug in Android Viewer:
+ only shows top-left tile for Impress for render
+ but slide-show thumbnails not working
+ not pushed yet.
  
* When to push large-scale cosmetic changes? (Stephan)
+ e.g.  "Remove the ::
  prefix in ::std for sd"
 + large-scale cleanup patch
+ Miklos had dug out an ESC resolution that we want such only
  between libreoffice-x.y.2 tagging and libreoffice-x-(y+1) branch-
  off
+ i.e., next window between week 39 ("Release 5.2.2" at
  )
  and week 47 ("Hard feature freezed & branched
  libreoffice-5-3" at
  )
+ quite some time out.
+ postponed all these patches - which pile-up in gerrit
+ clarify if we want to go with this push window
+ how far away ? (Norbert)
+ eleven weeks away - week 39 (Norbert)
+ rule is to limit the aggravation back-porting (Norbert)
+ understand need to keep back-porting open (JanI)
+ patch lingering for months de-motivates people.
+ find a balance, 2 months or so
+ want to limit the amount of churn (Norbert)
+ not don't want them - but would like to postpone them.
+ a large cumulative effect (Michael)
+ wasted a lot of time in the past with code churn & back-porting.
+ is it an easy-hack, or own-initiative ? (Bjoern)
+ huge - but line for line (Kendy)
+ better than renaming, and splitting, etc.
+ ok with this one, but discourage this on a regular basis.
+ compromise suggested (Miklos)
+ merge what is in gerrit, but no more at this stage in release cycle.
+ how best to communicate the window ? (JanI)
+ somewhere in the release-plan / wiki ?
+ have a page in the wiki - can tell contributors.
+ the release plan is already there (Norbert)
+ ESC minutes are there.
AI: + create proposal for page to point contributors at it (JanI)
+ after x.y.2 - things open up.
+ big bulk changes auto-created (Bjoern)
+ best to present scripts.
+ we want to do these in a certain window.
+ scripts don't need re-basing etc.
+ very big bulk changes - delayed just to before next big branch 
(Michael)
+ small, localised cosmetic changes ok as a 1st easy-hack (Michael)
+ useful to clarify it (Stephan)
 
* LibreOffice Conference in Brno - CfP open (Sophie)
+ 
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2016/04/08/libreoffice-brno-conference-call-for-paper/
+ travelling to Brno -> fly to Prague / Vienna unlikely to go direct
  (BMI has a flight from Münich, others from London).
+ Dates here:
+ 
https://conference.libreoffice.org/2016/practical-info/general-planing/
+ Link is: 

+ Deadline is -this-Friday- [!]
+ other colleagues want to speak, and already filed (Jmux)
+ filed some UX results / planning talks (Heiko)
+ joint workshop on UX / development interaction (Kendy / Heiko)
+ submitted mentoring & language tooling talk (JanI
+  (Michael)
+ CI infrastructure update / lightning perhaps (Norbert)
+ pootle + translation workflow / feedback / glade bits (Christian)
+ silverstripe / website talk (Christian)
+ state of the infra -> state 

[libreoffice-projects] Minutes of the Design Hangout: 2016-Jul-15

[Heiko Tietze]

2016-July-15 Present:
+ Samuel, Jay, Heiko, Kendy, Cor, Szymon

Easy hacks and extensions
  - nothing new

Google Summer of Code

  * Template Manager (Akshay/Samuel)
+ Akshay is going back to university
+ Emoji toolbar will be finished

  * Area Fill (Rishabh/Heiko)
  + Show user colors below the palette (replaces the recent colors)
  + Rework color picker widget in sidebar so recent colors will be
replaced by user colors
  + Multiple Palettes functionality working correctly -
http://imgur.com/zCTJinH
 + Problems faced - Abnormally large entries name in few
   palettes.
 + Color Listbox size allocated according to the length of
   longest entry.
 + color listbox wont be used in the new area, so not sure
the issue (jay)
 + Example: 1. http://imgur.com/HcCjud1 (Increased size of Area
   dialog).
 + Example: 2. http://imgur.com/j6mMjNd (Increased size of
   shadow sidebar tab).
 + looks like a bug in the sidebar code, so isnt a problem
 + Work in progress: Replace the legacy color listbox with new
   color selection widget.
  + Regressions reported :
 + Auto checkbox for gradient steps in gradient tab (quikee)
 + tdf#100907: Enable Background color checkbox for hatch tab
  + Bitmap tab:
 + Design finalized
 + Position offsets X & Y don't work for non tiled bitmap styles
+ Out of scope for GSoC (bubli)
  + Goals for next week:
 + Complete Color tab - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/26868
 + Complete Bitmap tab - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/26402/

  * Sidebar Improvements (Susobhan)
  + More Shapes Panel: WIP
+ Basic Layout for More Shapes Panel created. Draft at -
  https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/27181/
+ Stuck at loading shapes to the panel (similar to Gallery)
  + Preview Checkbox for Styles and Formatting -
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93845
+ Stuck at how to add a checkbox to the layout

   * Notebookbar (Szymon, Kendy, Samuel)
  + Intermeditate state switches tabs, (Heiko)
+ it's just an example of the opportunities, another UI file
  would solve this (kendy)
+ UI files to test would be nice
  + Hidden toolbar sections implemented recently

   * Table Styles (kendy, Jakub)
   + Many commits about import/export
   + Core work goes nicely, now focus moves forward to the UI

Enhancements and proposals
+ Draw: Design session about layers/groups in the Navigator today


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