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- Mail; banged the Free software vs. Open Standards
drum a bit.
- It seems that the kick-ass new OO.o release process
hasn't actually sunk into any minds. [ cf. Martin's
announcement ]. Here is the my take:
- There is a published plan
for OO.o up until 2.0.2. Better than that - (as long as
features are of a suitable quality) - features can be added in these
minor releases.
- Why is that important ? accelerating the release schedule
of OO.o has been a major personal goal for years now; this is a move
towards getting features to users quickly: good for users, good for
building momentum & encouraging community developers; also good
for quality - there is a great temptation to abandon & not fix bugs
in 18month-old branches.
- It should make things easier for Novell & others who
invest in OO.o to do so with more certainty, and stop us having to waste
time maintaining work in vs a separate branch (ooo-build) due to lack
of up-stream predictability.
- Why no features on the roadmap ?! - this is a good thing,
that's about timing predictability - if we can slip for 1 feature, we
can slip for 2, and we have no sane process to manage that in a fair
and reasonable way. Releasing in a time-based way removes feature
considerations from the decision process - but - of course, ensures
that if a feature misses a release; it will be out soon: in the next
release, which will go out on time.
- This change happened without anyone really noticing
which is a great shame; we need to communicate the thinking here
more clearly. The great news - OO.o 2.0.1 will be here in 4 weeks,
and 2.0.2 3 months after that; and so on.
- Series of conference calls - it's the conference calling season,
what fun. Managed to shave more off i18npool for non-asian locales - shrunk
by 2.4Mb. Also - very worried about the 'pagein' calls on 2nd start, posted
to the performance list.
- Cell group plus dinner for Shiela beforehand & 5 others;
good stuff - very well attended. Finished on time.
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created by me and (unless obviously labelled otherwise) are licensed under
the public domain, and/or if that doesn't float your boat a CC0
license. I encourage linking back (of course) to help people decide for
themselves, in context, in the battle for ideas, and I love fixes /
improvements / corrections by private mail.
In case it's not painfully obvious: the reflections reflected here are my
own; mine, all mine ! and don't reflect the views of Collabora, SUSE,
Novell, The Document Foundation, Spaghetti Hurlers (International),
or anyone else.
It's also important to realise that I'm not in on the Swedish Conspiracy.
Occasionally people ask for formal photos for conferences
or fun.
Michael Meeks (michael.meeks@collabora.com)
