On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:11 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On 24/10/14 10:00, RA Stehmann wrote:
> > On 23.10.2014 18:16, Rob Weir wrote:
> >> A short term goal, in addition to whatever 5.0 discussions we want to
> have.
> >>
> >> Let's try for a 4.1.2 release containing:
> >>
> >> 1) Whatever new languages/language updates we have, including of
> >> course dictionary updates.
> >>
> >> 2) Fixes for any critical bugs, especially any introduced in AOO
> >> 4.1.1. Do we know yet which bugs these are? Do we have a short list
> >> of the most critical ones?
> >>
> >> 3) Patches merged in from new dev volunteers.
> >>
> >> I think #3 is extremely important here. Although not as evident to
> >> users, these small fixes and small enhancements reflect wins in the
> >> community. We've had many new dev volunteers in the past few months
> >> working on "easy fixes". Let's try to help them get their good work
> >> into the hands of users via a release, and give us all the good
> >> feeling that comes from shipping code.
> >>
> >> So this might be a slower release, since we're focused on new
> >> volunteers and mentoring them takes time. But I think this is a
> >> worthwhile investment in the community.
> >>
> >> What do you think?
> >>
> >
> > It's ok for an exceptional case, but normally we should follow the
> > established release schema: x.y.0 and than x.y.1 and than either x+1.0.0
> > or x.y+1.0.
> >
> > It was communicated and is well known by the users, and we should
> > demonstrate reliableness.
> >
> > I don`t like a x.y.5 or higher version for AOO. I love distinction ;-).
>
> Let's see the logic behind the version numbers
>
> <major>.<minor>.<micro>
>
> <major>: huge release with visible changes and new features including
> incompatible API changes if necessary. Translation updates are most
> often necessary to address the UI visible changes.
>
> <minor>: smaller improvements of features that don't need any
> translation. And of course any kind of bug fixes.
>
As it turns out, some of the contributions of new volunteers involve
changed strings which requite translation.. And there are some larger
changes to helpcontent as well. I was just going to ask for a Pootle
refresh so we could see where we are with this.
These are not new languages but changes to existing translating entities --
ui strings and helpcontent.
So, does this necessitate a <minor> change?
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> <micro>: only selected bug fixes and most often only critical ones. This
> includes any potential security issues.
>
> Keeping this in mind a 4.2 would probably make more sense but will we
> have enough fixes and minor improvements in place?
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> Juergen
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