I plan to have a look on the weekend, what we have now. I want to add one 
patch concerning mailmerge.
And then off we go, I Think.


I agree with Jim in general. I see a possibility that the 4.1.x series gets 
maintenance till 2020, for centOS6 while every one else is moving to 4.2.0.


Am 6. September 2018 15:25:19 MESZ schrieb Jim Jagielski <[email protected]>:
>Anyone can propose something as a blocker... it's up to the RM on
>whether it really is one or not ;)
>
>BTW: I'm ready to go w/ Linux and macOS builds!
>
>> On Sep 6, 2018, at 8:05 AM, Matthias Seidel
><[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Jim,
>> 
>> Am 03.09.2018 um 23:45 schrieb Jim Jagielski:
>>> For some users, AOO 4.1.6 will be the "last" version of OO that they
>can use, since AOO 4.2.x will not provide some community build for 
>older platforms (eg: CentOS5,...). As such, I think we need to make
>4.1.6 as good and as stable and as useful, with as many patches and
>fixes, as feasible for those users.
>> 
>> Definitely!
>> We already have some release blocker asked for.
>> 
>> How to proceed?
>> 
>> Regards,
>>    Matthias
>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Sep 3, 2018, at 4:49 PM, Matthias Seidel
><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Andrea,
>>>> 
>>>> Am 03.09.2018 um 22:37 schrieb Andrea Pescetti:
>>>>> Matthias Seidel wrote:
>>>>>> How about this one:
>>>>>> https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126736
>>>>>> It fixes a typo in the build process.
>>>>> This one has zero impact for users and, if 4.1.6 was just a
>>>>> maintenance release and we had regular 4.x major releases, it
>wouldn't
>>>>> make sense to include fixes like this one. Still, it is zero-risk
>and
>>>>> (unfortunately) 4.2.0 is taking longer than expected, so I
>understand
>>>>> if we try to backport some fixes to 4.1.6. No objection.
>>>>> 
>>>>> In general, release blockers should be:
>>>>> - important bugfixes for users
>>>>> - important build fixes (e.g., don't break with a new compiler)
>>>>> - important infrastructure fixes (e.g., support newer JRE, or a
>newer
>>>>> Windows release... just an example)
>>>> This is why I didn't ask for release blocker. ;-)
>>>> 
>>>> It is just "nice to have" and another resolved issue that would
>finally
>>>> find its way into a release.
>>>> There are a lot of them, that do not qualify as "blocker"...
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>>   Matthias
>>>> 
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>  Andrea.
>>>>> 
>>>>>
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