[ooo-build] ANNOUNCE: ooo-build-3.1.0.99.2 released (3.1.1-beta2)

[Petr Mladek]

Hi,

I am happy to announce the 3.1.1-beta2 release of ooo-build master. You might 
find it at

	http://download.go-oo.org/OOO310/ooo-build-3.1.0.99.2.tar.gz
	http://download.go-oo.org/OOO310/ooo-build-3.1.0.99.2.tar.gz.md5

As usual, please, provide test builds for your beta testers and report bugs 
into bugzilla.novell.com for the product "OpenOffice.org".

IMPORTANT: I have created the ooo-build-3-1-1 branch, please see the other 
mail for more details.


Upcoming deadlines (*)
----------------------

Tue, Aug  18    3.1.1-rc1 (**) release (only critical fixes and well tested
                fixes are accepted into the branch)

(*) The date might be shifted by one day or so because we depend on the
    upstream sources
(**) We will do more RCs if necessary


Status of branches and plans:
-----------------------------

	+ master:
		+ opened for OOo-3.2 release
		+ supports ooo310-m17, will be updated for DEV300 within next days/weeks
                  (please, be patient, any volunteer?)
		+ feature freeze for OOo-3.2 in the middle of October
		+ 3.2-alpha1 release within next few weeks (probably after the 3.1.1
                  release)
		+ more detailed schedule for OOo-3.2 will be available later  

	+ ooo-build-3-1-1 (rc phase):
		+ stable branch for OOo-3.1-1 release
		+ only save and critical fixes are allowed in the common sections
		+ RC1 release on August 18 or 19
		+ more RCs if needed; depends also on the upstream status

        + ooo-build-3-1 (maintenance mode):
		+ should stay stable, please commit only critical and well tested fixes
                  for potential maintenance update
		+ support ooo310-m11 (3.1-final)
		+ the last release is at
                  http://download.go-oo.org/OOO310/ooo-build-3.1.0.6.tar.gz
		+ I would do more releases on request if a critical bug is fixed later


Novell team outlook:
--------------------

	+ OOXML import/export filter [Cedric, Jan, Kendy, Radek]
	+ VBA support in Writer [Fong,Noel]
	+ various Calc fixes [Kohei]
	+ split build in git for OOo-3.2 [Kendy]
	+ split build [Petr]
	+ critical fixes for OOo-3.1.1 [all]
	+ ...


Changes in this release against ooo-build-3.1.0.99.1:
-----------------------------------------------------

ooo-build-3.1.0.99.2 (3.1.1-beta2)

    + feature:
        + target ooo310-m17 [Rene]
        + animated border for copied range [Kohei]
        + better modified status icon in statusbar (i#103862) [Kohei]
        + surface shades, custom shapes gradient color (bnc#485637) [Thorsten]
    + common bits:
        + squeezed check boxes in sub menus (bnc#523852) [Kendy]
        + show templates installed as extension (bnc#512146) [Thorsten]
        + single-point polygons in fontwork crasher (bnc#526342) [Thorsten]
    + Calc fixes:
        + sorting when the first row was not 0 (bnc#524215) [Kohei]
        + string cell format during text file import (bnc#523414) [Kohei]
        + non-default max column/row size for range names (bnc#522833) [Kohei]
    + Draw:
        + autoshape geometry on model change [Thorsten]
        + avoids messing with fontwork glyph polygons (bnc#485637) [Thorsten]
    + VBA bits:
        + broken Styles.Add [Fong]
        + toolbar XLS import [Fong]
        + broken toolbar import [Noel]
        + typename issue (bnc#525649)[Noel]
        + better heuristic for deleted ctrls [Noel]
        + support for tooltips and separators [Noel]
        + HTMLSelect activex objects XLS import (bnc#523191) [Noel]
        + Financial functions (bnc#525633, bnc#525635, bnc#525642, bnc#525647)
          [Noel]
    + OOXML bits:
        + pivot table XLSX export (bnc#505917) [Jan]
        + animations PPTX export (bnc#497570) [Radek]
        + blip luminance PPTX export (bnc#497570) [Radek]
        + better header/footer DOCX import (bnc#519201) [Cédric]
    + l10n bits:
        + Russian translation update [Rail]
        + Hungarian translations update [KAMI]
        + translations update by openSUSE community [Petr]
        + Spanish translation of the autofilter menu (i#103840) [Petr]
    + Win32 bits:
        + too long .msp file name [Tor]
    + built bits:
        + convwatch support [Thorsten]
        + tweakconfig extension for OOo debugging [Thorsten]
    + Novell bits:
        + updated Novell branding [Tor]
    + experimental:
        * Canvas/drawinglayer gradient rework [Thorsten]
        + more on autolayout code [Dona]
        + more on Win32 crosscompilation on Linux [Jesús]
        + don't read multiple lines from csv stream [Kohei]

Feel free to send me hints how to improve these announcement mails ;-)

-- 
Best Regards,

Petr Mladek
software developer
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