Hi all,
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Best,
Bjoern
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#libreoffice-dev: ESC call 2013-01-24
Meeting started by Sweetshark at 15:12:52 UTC. The full logs are
available at
http://pumbaa.documentfoundation.org/meetbot/libreoffice-dev/2013/libreoffice-dev.2013-01-24-15.12.log.html
.
Meeting summary
---------------
* Last-time Action Items (Sweetshark, 15:14:00)
* ACTION: find person who can write and add off-line help for
impress-remote (Thorsten) (Sweetshark, 15:14:48)
* in progress: get tshirts / hoodies printed (kendy) (Sweetshark,
15:15:33)
* ACTION: create/request mail alias for certification (Bjoern)
(Sweetshark, 15:15:51)
* ACTION: inprogress: Bugzilla attachments not set to autodetect
(Bjoern) (Sweetshark, 15:16:02)
* ACTION: Update gsoc ideas page before FOSDEM (Sweetshark, 15:16:29)
* LINK: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Gsoc/Ideas
(all) (Sweetshark, 15:16:51)
* ACTION: in progress: Investigate native build/env scripts for SDK
(Bjoern) (Sweetshark, 15:17:22)
* sberg and Sweetshark will look at SDK together (Sweetshark,
15:19:23)
* ACTION: in progress: completing generic / Linux builds -> RedHat
(Caolan) (Sweetshark, 15:20:18)
* Pending Action Items (Sweetshark, 15:20:25)
* completed: decision on whether to switch back to old floppy save
(Astron) (Sweetshark, 15:22:58)
* ACTION: regression catching on tinderbox, Figure out time-out issues
(Markus) (Sweetshark, 15:23:31)
* completed: FOSDEM: misc. new interop. feature and their development,
Markus will write to Italo to add Eilidh's talk (Markus)
(Sweetshark, 15:23:48)
* LINK: https://fosdem.org/2013/schedule/track/libreoffice/ (moggi,
15:23:59)
* ACTION: Presenter console patches 4-0 backport (Michael M)
(Sweetshark, 15:24:21)
* completed: come up with / improve the existing concrete funding
request for build hardware => board budget (Thorsten) (Sweetshark,
15:25:13)
* ACTION: STLPort removal - release-note: Document dropping the DLL
and the VS run-time on the system in the release-notes (Fridrich)
(Sweetshark, 15:25:32)
* ACTION: full-word selection / editing ergonomics cf. UX-advise
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46517 pending input
from Caolan / Cedric / Michael S (Sweetshark, 15:26:08)
* ACTION: create a new AmbitiousHacks wiki page, based on GSOC page
(Michael M) (Sweetshark, 15:26:20)
* ACTION: in progress: investigate re-using Win32 binary signing for
Mac (Thorsten) (Sweetshark, 15:27:35)
* ACTION: on-line help for impress-remote would be useful, help
appreciated (Sweetshark, 15:28:41)
* LINK: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58699
(Sweetshark, 15:28:53)
* ACTION: add off-line help and it'll appear on-line (kendy)
(Sweetshark, 15:29:59)
* might be better next week with new stuff by floeff (Sweetshark,
15:29:59)
* ACTION: minimal triage for good mentors for proposed easy hacks
(Bjoern) (Sweetshark, 15:30:03)
* ACTION: disable Rhino / Beanshell unless in experimental mode
(Michael M) (Sweetshark, 15:30:06)
* ACTION: tweak the configure defaults, no submodules by default, no
gnome-vfs (Kendy) (Sweetshark, 15:30:13)
* Release Engineering update (Petr) (Sweetshark, 15:30:22)
* 4.0.0 rc ready and pushed to mirror (Sweetshark, 15:33:05)
* Jan 28 rc3 date, triple review, lets be careful (Sweetshark,
15:33:06)
* any known issues? (Sweetshark, 15:33:06)
* android remote to 4.0.0 or 4.0 branch (Thorsten) (Sweetshark,
15:33:06)
* ACCEPTED: android to 4.0 branch, not 4.0.0 -- more relaxed reviews
(Sweetshark, 15:34:43)
* template manager remote repos moved to experimental features (
schoinobates ) (Sweetshark, 15:36:01)
* 3.6.5 rc2 will go final next week if there are no issues. if you
know about regressions speak up now (Sweetshark, 15:37:06)
* UX Update (Astron) (Sweetshark, 15:37:31)
* template manager progress (Sweetshark, 15:37:39)
* restore menu entries? no, we shouldnt at all (Astron) (Sweetshark,
15:38:33)
* LINK: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/1787 (Sweetshark, 15:39:03)
* (Thorsten) has string changes, might cause trouble/extra work
(Sweetshark, 15:40:41)
* Andras: also not happty about string changes (Sweetshark, 15:41:15)
* ACCEPTED: reject patch for now/postpone the patch (Sweetshark,
15:42:49)
* personas punted, kendy not in the call -- some issue need to be
disccussed (Sweetshark, 15:43:46)
* Ubuntu font excluded so far on licensing ground, forbid renaming is
a blocker/problem (Sweetshark, 15:45:57)
* ACTION: clarify at Canonical (Bjoern) (Sweetshark, 15:46:18)
* not available on most distros because of legal review (Sweetshark,
15:47:30)
* FOSDEM Update (Markus) (Sweetshark, 15:48:22)
* LINK:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Marketing/Events/Fosdem2013Stand
(moggi, 15:48:33)
* bring hardware to FOSDEM! (Sweetshark, 15:49:49)
* poke Thorsten for that. (Sweetshark, 15:50:34)
* Features (Sweetshark, 15:50:47)
* please update: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.0
(Sweetshark, 15:50:51)
* 4.0 pending tasks (Sweetshark, 15:51:35)
* MySQL connector compat issues (Sweetshark, 15:51:39)
* comments on the bugs: recompile against 4.0 for stlport drop
(Sweetshark, 15:52:38)
* who releases, publishes that? TDF would host, if someone would
build? Thorsten: maybe not even then, needs further resaerch.
(Sweetshark, 15:54:57)
* ACTION: Thorsten looking into the MySQL stuff (Sweetshark,
15:56:53)
* binfilter: warn on legacy file-types with helpful dialog (no owner)
(Sweetshark, 15:57:03)
* drop Mozilla mess in the tree: lots of cleanup in configure
(Sweetshark, 15:57:55)
* LINK: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56902
(Sweetshark, 15:57:55)
* we need Outlook/O Express drivers for windows to completely drop it.
(Sweetshark, 15:59:15)
* Unix / LDAP addressbook support disappeared, close that wontfix &
release-note it ? (Sweetshark, 15:59:23)
* LINK: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57417
(Sweetshark, 15:59:26)
* no major distro uses that (Sweetshark, 16:01:07)
* evolution2 enabled in the upstream TDF build (Sweetshark, 16:01:58)
* OSX state unknown (Sweetshark, 16:02:12)
* Proposed easy-hacks -> Easy Hacks (Joel) (Sweetshark, 16:02:44)
* devs to to build code-pointers or clear proposed easy-hack for
these: (Sweetshark, 16:02:45)
* LINK:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=147895&status_whiteboard_type=anywordssubstr&query_format=advanced&status_whiteboard=ProposedEasyHack&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=REOPENED&product=LibreOffice
(Sweetshark, 16:02:48)
* make them real EAsyHacks or unpropose them (Sweetshark, 16:03:38)
* HardHacks (Joel) (Sweetshark, 16:03:49)
* LINK: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/HardHacks (Sweetshark,
16:03:49)
* mostly suspended until post 4.0 release. (Sweetshark, 16:03:49)
* on hold (Sweetshark, 16:04:09)
* google play account created (Sweetshark, 16:04:16)
* who wants access? (Sweetshark, 16:04:16)
* thorsten raises hand for impress remote (thorsten, 16:05:04)
* QA update (Joel) (Sweetshark, 16:05:28)
* REOPENED vs. UNCONFIRMED discussion (Sweetshark, 16:05:28)
* discussion needs to be reopened (Sweetshark, 16:07:02)
* LINK:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=205374&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=REOPENED&version=4.0.0.0.alpha0%2B%20Master&version=4.0.0.0.alpha1&version=4.0.0.0.beta1&version=4.1.0.0.alpha0%2B%20Master&version=4.0.0.0.beta2&version=4.0.0.1%20rc&produc
(jmadero, 16:07:15)
* current consensus doesnt work too well (Sweetshark, 16:07:16)
* please look at these: (Sweetshark, 16:07:40)
* LINK:
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=205374&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=REOPENED&version=4.0.0.0.alpha0%2B%20Master&version=4.0.0.0.alpha1&version=4.0.0.0.beta1&version=4.1.0.0.alpha0%2B%20Master&version=4.0.0.0.beta2&version=4.0.0.1%20rc&produc
(Sweetshark, 16:07:49)
* we can now "ban" abusive users on fdo (Sweetshark, 16:08:36)
* hope we never need it (Sweetshark, 16:08:43)
* LINK:
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/FreeDesktop_Rules_Procedures
(jmadero, 16:08:45)
* poll for libreoffice conference (Sweetshark, 16:12:13)
* ACTION: all member: do your duty and vote! (Sweetshark, 16:12:32)
* GSOC updates (Sweetshark, 16:13:37)
* ACTION: update your GSoC stuff (Sweetshark, 16:13:52)
Meeting ended at 16:14:08 UTC.
Action items, by person
-----------------------
* caolan
* in progress: completing generic / Linux builds -> RedHat (Caolan)
* full-word selection / editing ergonomics cf. UX-advise
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46517 pending input
from Caolan / Cedric / Michael S
* Fridrich
* STLPort removal - release-note: Document dropping the DLL and the VS
run-time on the system in the release-notes (Fridrich)
* thorsten
* find person who can write and add off-line help for impress-remote
(Thorsten)
* in progress: investigate re-using Win32 binary signing for Mac
(Thorsten)
* Thorsten looking into the MySQL stuff
* Bjoern/Sweetshark
* create/request mail alias for certification (Bjoern)
* in progress: Bugzilla attachments not set to autodetect (Bjoern)
* in progress: Investigate native build/env scripts for SDK (Bjoern)
* minimal triage for good mentors for proposed easy hacks (Bjoern)
* Michael Meeks/mmeeks
* Presenter console patches 4-0 backport (Michael M)
* create a new AmbitiousHacks wiki page, based on GSOC page (Michael
M)
* disable Rhino / Beanshell unless in experimental mode (Michael M)
* clarify Ubuntu font licensing at Canonical (Bjoern)
* kendy
* add off-line help and it'll appear on-line (kendy)
* tweak the configure defaults, no submodules by default, no gnome-vfs
(Kendy)
* Markus
* regression catching on tinderbox, Figure out time-out issues
(Markus)
* all
* Update gsoc ideas page before FOSDEM
* on-line help for impress-remote would be useful, help appreciated
* all members: do your duty and vote on conference location!
* update your GSoC stuff
People present (lines said)
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* Sweetshark (96)
* _rene_ (29)
* jmadero (28)
* jorendc (18)
* thorsten (14)
* caolan (11)
* IZBot (9)
* schoinobates (5)
* floeff (4)
* shm_get (3)
* cbosdonnat (3)
* kohei_ (3)
* moggi (3)
* vmiklos (3)
* loirkerbot (3)
* sknorr (2)
* bubli (2)
* erAck (1)
* matus (1)
* pmladek (1)
* sberg (1)
* timar (1)
* jcorrius (1)
* tibbylickle (1)
* Fridrich (1)
* mst__ (1)
* astron (0)