[Libreoffice] minutes of tech. steering call ...

[Michael Meeks]

* Present:
	+ Stephan, David, Eike, Andras, Norbert, Rainer, Caolan,
	  Cedric, Petr, Fridrich, Kohei, Kendy, Michael

* Completed Action Items
	+ review Noel's OLE automation fix for 3.4.4 (Petr)
	+ package Liberation fonts on Win32 (Fridrich)

* Pending Action Items
        + default to TM safe (non-TDF) branding (Thorsten)
        + enable on-line updates for QA in cross-compiled dailies [in progress] (Kendy)
	+ come up with a list of QA heros for next meeting [in progress] (Rainer)
	+ rotate top #10 easy-hacks on front-page (Bjoern)
	+ ask wrt. hacking php to improve easy-hacks presentation (Bjoern)

* Release Engineering
	+ diversifying build work
AA:		+ think about Linux build / up-load work (Caolan)
AA:		+ extract 64bit build machine from firewall (Kendy)
		+ Norbert volunteered for OS/X, Thorsten as a deputy
AA:		+ ask Christian wrt. Mac / PPC (Fridrich)
		+ co-ordination on IRC + ML's
		+ need fallbacks for everyone.
	+ 3.3.5
		+ will not come - no significant fixes to justify
AA:		+ update wiki to mark it as skipped (Petr)
	+ 3.4.4 update (Petr)
		+ RC2 build up-loading now, for announce soon
	+ sudden rush of 3.4.x fixes & impact on schedule
		+ lots of people nominating most annoying bugs
		+ lots of patches merged to 3.4 around deadline
		+ post conference back-porting flurry (Kohei)
AA:		+ on hold / proposal for closer 3.4.5 (?) next time (Petr)
	+ 3.4.5 on schedule
		+ freeze in 1 month

* Security list (Michael)
	+ set it up at freedesktop: populate with all our list members
	+ add Dennis as the intermediate moderator etc.

* QA update (Rainer)
	+ problems with UI translations for Farsi / Arabian
AA:		+ chase it down cf. bug#42388 (Andras)
	+ bugzilla performance issues
		+ error/search problems - post update
		+ bug #41983# is tracking it
	+ mingw build testing
		+ three curious problems, expected fixed
		+ kendy tracking down odd regressions
AA:		+ point kendy at original bug numbers, and add
		  to MingW most annoying bugs (Rainer)

* Most annoying bug review (Rainer) ...

* Hiding string helpers in random places (Michael)
	+ previously avoided adding potential problems for later
	  trading convenience for indefinite maintainability
	+ with flag day coming - can change the tradeoff & expand
	  the UNO ABI more rapidly
		+ ergo moving selected comphelper bits into sal/

* Windows build breakage / spamming (Caolan)
AA:	+ connect to Fridrich's machine & fix build failure (Michael)


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