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Attachment AY: Report from the Apache OpenOffice Project [Peter Kovacs]
Attachment AX: Report from the Apache OpenOffice Project [Peter Kovacs]
## DESCRIPTION
## DESCRIPTION
Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office-document productivity suite. There
Apache OpenOffice is an open-source office-document productivity suite. There
are six productivity applications based around the OpenDocument Format (ODF)
are six productivity applications based around the OpenDocument Format (ODF)
that are Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base. With limited support for
that are Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Math, Base. With limited support for
other file formats, OpenOffice ships for Windows, mac-OS, Linux 64-bit, Linux
other file formats, OpenOffice ships for Windows, macOS, Linux 64-bit, Linux
32-bit and in 41 languages.
32-bit and in 41 languages.
## STATUS
## STATUS
The activity within the project dropped in this quarter. Topics took longer to
The activity within the project has been low during summer month. People
process. However to our knowledge no committer left permanently, we expect that
started to be more active very late in this quarter. Our main focus is
activity will raise again when our volunteers have time again for OpenOffice.
currently divided, between OpenOffice development topics and Infrastructure
We see the current situation as a natural development.
topics. Branching and volunteer recruiting receive only little attention.
## ISSUES FOR BOARD AWARENESS
## ISSUES FOR BOARD AWARENESS
There are no current topics to be concerned with.
There are no current topics to be concerned with.
## ISSUES
No topics
## RELEASES
## RELEASES
We are preparing 2 releases.
We are still preparing 2 releases.
4.2.0 is the next minor release, planned to be released into a beta phase
4.2.0 is the next minor release, planned to be released into a beta phase
within this year. Currently we have some blockers that have to be solved
within this year. Currently we have some blockers that have to be solved
before we can take next steps.
before we can take next steps.
4.1.6 is a small maintenance release, planned in July.
4.1.6 is a small maintenance release, rescheduled for November. Stuck until
recently when the release manager found time. We have now picked up speed.
Plan is until end of month to have a release candidate.
## latest Release History
## latest Release History
2017-12-30 4.1.5 2017-10-19 4.1.4 2016-10-12 4.1.3
2017-12-30 4.1.5 2017-10-19 4.1.4 2016-10-12 4.1.3
## PMC
## PMC
There are 28 PMC members as of 2018-Apr-11. The recognition and invitation of
There are 28 PMC members as of 2018-Apr-11.
new PMC members remains on a stable level.
Last PMC member addition was on 2017-Dec-20 Keith N. McKenna (knmc) Last PMC
Last PMC member addition was on 2017-Dec-20 Keith N. McKenna (knmc) Last PMC
member withdrawal was on 2017-Feb-04 Dennis E. Hamilton (orcmid)
member withdrawal was on 2017-Feb-04 Dennis E. Hamilton (orcmid)
## COMMITTERS
## COMITTERS
There are 141 committers as of 2018-Apr-11. The recognition and invitation of
There are 141 committers as of 2018-Apr-11.
new committers is also on a stable level.
Last committer addition was on 2017-Jan-28 Kay Schenk (kschenk) Last committer
Last committer addition was on 2017-Jan-28 Kay Schenk (kschenk) Last committer
withdrawal was on 2017-Feb-04 Dennis E. Hamilton (orcmid)
withdrawal was on 2017-Feb-04 Dennis E. Hamilton (orcmid)
## ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
## ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
No Changes to report. We did not do any activity to recruit new committers.
No Changes to report. We have some new volunteers that make some first steps.
## WEBSITES & INFRASTRUCTURE
## WEBSITES & INFRASTRUCTURE
We are processing the migration towards new VMs and taking over the
We are processing the migration towards new VMs or the Wikis and Forums and
maintenance from infra for these systems. We have targeted to finish the
taking over the maintenance from infra for these systems.
migration of the Wiki media platform by end of June, in order to proceed with
testing. Forums have been planned to processed in a longer term. However the
progress in the migration relative to our expectations of the forum is better,
and the Wiki media is a bit behind. In total we are satisfied with the progress
in total, since for both topics we see no show stoppers.
Forum is currently in public testing, and receives incremental bug fixes.
However due to the summer month, we did not finish the migration, yet. We
Media Wiki is expected to go into public testing on the weekend from 13 to 15
missed our own plan. We have now a deadline of 30th of November from Infra. At
July.
this date the old VMs will be switched off. We are confidant and eager to
finalize the migration until this deadline.
We want to thank Infra for their support in this topic. We are very happy
We have initiated a new VM payed from the Project Funds, for a reviving the
with their supported provided.
OpenGrok Service. So far we currently wait for the VM to be accessible.
We still use the Apache CMS for our web presence. It seems it is currently
unmaintained and unsupported. The recommendation is to migrate to a different
setup. Resolution to this issue is acceptable in a mid term time frame.
## MARKETING
## MARKETING
The German community is producing new flyers for the Booth team in German and
The German community is producing new flyers for the Booth team in German and
English. We are looking for translators into other languages.
English. We are looking for translators into other languages.
(French has been discussed.)
We have applied for an own booth on FOSDEM next year, answer still pending.