[ooo-build] ANNOUNCE: ooo-build-3.1.99.3 released (3.2-beta3)

[Petr Mladek]

Hi,

I am happy to announce 3.2-beta3 release of ooo-build master. You might find 
it at

	http://download.go-oo.org/OOO320/ooo-build-3.1.99.3.tar.gz
	http://download.go-oo.org/OOO320/ooo-build-3.1.99.3.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".

NOTE: I have shifted the upcoming deadlines by two days because upstream 
shifted the release as well. See below.


Known bugs:
-----------

	+ ooo-build translations are not used because of the separated l10n-stuff;
          I promise, I'll fix it for the next beta.
	+ see bugzilla for more ;-)


Upcoming deadlines:
-------------------
Thu, Dec 3     3.2-beta4 release (create ooo-3-2 branch)
Thu, Dec 10    3.2-rc1 release

+ the dates are just tentative and might be shifted; it will depend when the
  related upstream milestones appear
+ especially the rc1 release might be shifted; upstream would like to make it
  public on Dec 17; I am not sure if the sources would be available the whole
  week before; any ideas?


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

	+ master (3.2 beta phase):
		+ currently support ooo320-m5
		+ passed feature freeze; please, commit only fixes into the common sections;
                  please, discuss potential exceptions with pmladek or kendy
		+ beta4 release on December 3 (last beta)
		+ upstream shifted the final release to January

	+ ooo-build-3-1-1 (3.1.1 maintenance mode):
		+ only save and well tested fixes are allowed in the common sections
		+ final release at
                  http://download.go-oo.org/OOO310/ooo-build-3.1.1.1.tar.gz
		+ (less tested) maintenance udpate at
                  http://download.go-oo.org/OOO310/ooo-build-3.1.1.4.tar.gz 
		+ might do more releases for a maintenance update in the future


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

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


Changes in this release against 3.1.99.2:
-----------------------------------------

ooo-build-3.1.99.3 (3.2-beta3)

    + features:
        + support ooo320-m5
        + Numbertext extension [KAMI]
        + build on Linux hppa [Caolan, Rene]
    + speed up:
        + bunch of useless flush calls in rdb code [Thorsten]
        + page break update and printing performance (bnc#554955) [Kohei]
        + row's hidden state lookup during pagenation (bnc#554955) [Kohei]
    + Common bits:
        + better document status icon in the status bar [Jimmac, Kohei]
    + Calc bits:
        + more on flat_segment_tree implementation [Kohei]
        + better icons in the datapilot popup window [Jimmac, Kohei]
        + datapilot position in XLS export/import (i#106583) [Kohei]
        + storing custom display names for datapilot tables (i#106975) [Kohei]
    + Draw bits:
        + malformed Bezier curve printing (bnc#553219) [Thorsten]
        + more on custom shapes gradient color (bnc#485637) [Thorsten]
    + VBA bits:
        + more Writer VBA API [Fong]
        + more on sheet protection [Noel]
        + event helper crasher (bnc#438606) [Noel]
        + find fails to wrap search when it fails (bnc#554261) [Noel]
    + build bits:
        + allow build with patch-2.6 (i#107027)
        + update Lightproof extension to version 1.2.2 [KAMI]
        + update Google Docs and Zoho extension to version 1.9.0 [Fridrich]
    + Novell bits:
        + update Novell branding for OOo-3.2 [Petr]


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

-- 
Best Regards,

Petr Mladek
software developer
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