ESC meeting minutes: 2025-01-09

Miklos Vajna vmiklos at collabora.com
Thu Jan 9 15:43:28 UTC 2025


* Present:
   + Heiko, Jonathan, Xisco, Cloph, Michael W, Stephan, Ilmari, Regina, Michael S, Olivier, Miklos, Eike

* Completed Action Items:

* Pending Action Items:

* Release Engineering update (Cloph)
   + 24.8.5 rc1 in 3 weeks
   + 25.2 rc2 this week?
     + branch rules: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Branches
       + 1 review needed
       + another 2 for the libreoffice-25-2-0 branch, as usual
     + late features:
       + Sahil is working on the application colors (Heiko)
       + Quick Look plugin for macOS is ready for review (Patrick):
           https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/178393
           + looks safe, indepdent from LO itself (Cloph)
           + can do a sign build later and then Heiko can check it
           + still on Intel (Heiko)

       + Revert proposal for RC2. "initial implementation of the Histogram Chart" (Xisco)
         + Tomaz's proposed change: https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/c/core/+/179811
         + current state is not yet usable (Regina)
         + see https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=164593 for details (Caolan)
         + can't save to / from XLSX (Regina)
         + not usable from macros, either
         + needs more work
         + best to avoid from the release branch for now
     + new UI language: Abkhaz (ab) (cloph)
       + patch for this is not yet merged
       + UI language, but not a language for text
       + if works, then will merge it, already at 80% UI coverage
       + will avoid Tagalog-like problems in the future
       + never tried such a combination, though (Eike)
         + i.e. UI language, but not a language for text
     + Mac App Store paperwork is sorted out, can publish releases there again (Cloph)
       + though expect a backlog in review, may take a bit of time

* Documentation (Olivier)
     + Fixes after translation rounds (ohallot, S. Horacek)
     + Help page for "Appearance" (S. Gautham)
        + %PRODUCTNAME x "LibreOffice" x "Application" in UI?
        <property name="label" translatable="yes" context="appearancetabpage|libreofficethemeslb">LibreOffice Themes</property>
        + %PRODUCTNAME is used in general ~everywhere (Heiko)
          + perhaps donations was an exception
          + currently hardcoded in the .ui file
        + there was an exception for a11y tags (Caolan)
          + don't get->replace->put back to trigger a11y machinery
          + i.e. "application macros"
        => use %PRODUCTNAME in general
     + Browser without Javascript:
         + Help to avoid a "flashing" warning.
         + e.g. https://help.libreoffice.org/master/en-US/text/shared/05/new_help.html
         + will look at this (Ilmari)
     + Guides
         + Calc Guide 24.8 ready - book under compilation (D. Maddern)
         + Getting Started 25.2 on the way.

     + Bugzilla Documentation statistics
         223(223) bugs open
     + Updates:
         BZ changes   1 week   1 month   3 months   12 months
            created     12(8)    102(2)    123(4)     318(2)
          commented     26(23)    67(19)   153(25)    998(5)
           resolved      4(4)     14(2)     28(3)     180(2)
     + top 10 contributors:
           Bogdan B made 204 changes in 1 month, and 236 changes in 1 year
           Olivier Hallot made 25 changes in 1 month, and 371 changes in 1 year
           Vernon, Stuart Foote made 17 changes in 1 month, and 184 changes in 1 year
           Heiko Tietze made 11 changes in 1 month, and 97 changes in 1 year
           Kaganski, Mike made 8 changes in 1 month, and 87 changes in 1 year
           Kelemen, Gabor made 4 changes in 1 month, and 10 changes in 1 year
           John made 4 changes in 1 month, and 4 changes in 1 year
           Sahil Gautam made 4 changes in 1 month, and 4 changes in 1 year
           *UNKNOWN* made 3 changes in 1 month, and 3 changes in 1 year
           Dieter made 3 changes in 1 month, and 29 changes in 1 year

* UX Update (Heiko)
     + Bugzilla (topicUI) statistics
         227(227) (topicUI) bugs open, 31(31) (needsUXEval) needs to be evaluated by the UXteam
     + Updates:
         BZ changes   1 week   1 month   3 months   12 months
              added      5(-4)    15(-6)    24(-6)      30(-6)
          commented     37(17)   109(-2)   314(4)     1487(-6)
            removed      0(0)      0(0)      4(0)       11(0)
           resolved      6(6)     17(0)     49(6)      243(3)
     + top 10 contributors:
           Vernon, Stuart Foote made 51 changes in 1 month, and 424 changes in 1 year
           Heiko Tietze made 37 changes in 1 month, and 794 changes in 1 year
           Bogdan B made 34 changes in 1 month, and 49 changes in 1 year
           Eyal Rozenberg made 31 changes in 1 month, and 218 changes in 1 year
           Roman Kuznetsov made 27 changes in 1 month, and 50 changes in 1 year
           m.a.riosv made 12 changes in 1 month, and 48 changes in 1 year
           Dieter made 11 changes in 1 month, and 118 changes in 1 year
           Ilmari Lauhakangas made 8 changes in 1 month, and 160 changes in 1 year
           Raal made 7 changes in 1 month, and 11 changes in 1 year
           Kaganski, Mike made 5 changes in 1 month, and 38 changes in 1 year
     + [Bug 163114] Comments ignore spacing above first paragraph and below last
            paragraph
     + [Bug 164549] Calc, export as pdf automatically adds sheet name as pdf bookmark
     + [Bug 164586] Remove context-menu option for deleting all comments
     + [Bug 164571] Actively suggest enabling RTL/CTL (resp. CJK) when first editing
            RTL/CTL (resp. CJK) content
     + [Bug 135454] UI: Other fields aren't updated at manual input (you have to jump
            to different field)
     + [Bug 155746] Files in temporary directories should not be allowed to be pinned
     + [Bug 155508] Changing scale in crop dialog doesn't scale image in ratio
            (and there is no option to do it synched)
     + [Bug 164495] Be more liberal with when carets get direction indicators
     + [Bug 164492] Caret direction-indicator does not respect keyboard layout
     + [Bug 164469] Comments in Navigator should look other
     + [Bug 164458] Tools -> Customize -> Keyboard: window lacks "Apply"-button
  -> + [Bug 163624] Multiline text field for pasting / typing multiline formulas
            in conditional formatting rules editor
            + would this preserve linebreaks? (Heiko)
            + we do that already (Eike)
     + [Bug 164452] Extension manager for new UI Options -> Appearance theme shows
            themes installed after removal
     + [Bug 164414] Add an "Open Document Parent Folder" menu option to the File menu
     + [Bug 164427] New Theme selector should have four default variants instead
            current three
     + [Bug 164393] New Options -> Appearance LO Theme panel unable to review the
            list box of 'Customization' items when in 'Automatic' theme
  -> + [Bug 164410] Need visibility for the fonts chosen for embedding
       + good for tendering

* Crash testing (Caolan)
     + 211(-16) import failure, 14(-1) export failures
      - https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Crashtesting
      - this list is now complete
     + 0 coverity issues
     + 0 oss-fuzz issues
      - thanks to Jonathan on fixing the last one
     + CVE-2024-12425 and CVE-2024-12426 published

* Crash Reporting (from crashreport.libreoffice.org) (Xisco)
     + 24.8.1.2    23395(+275)
     + 24.8.2.1    55611(+272)
     + 24.8.3.2    37012(+4671)
     + 24.8.4.2    4053(+2143)


+ Fixed in 24.8.4 https://crashreport.libreoffice.org/stats/signature/SwSectionFrame::SwClientNotify(SwModify%20const%20&,SfxHint%20const%20&)

     - Second most reported crash in 24.8.3


+ New in 24.8
https://crashreport.libreoffice.org/stats/signature/SfxItemSet::GetByOffset(unsigned%20short,unsigned%20short)

* Mentoring (Hossein)
   + Missing Hossein
           committer...   1 week     1 month      3 months    12 months
                   open      78(16)     152(-3)      153(-3)      153(-3)
                reviews     396(128)   1370(-146)   3872(-30)   13598(-38)
                 merged     156(68)     998(-226)   3514(-96)   14239(-83)
              abandoned       5(-6)      47(-11)     153(2)       712(-8)
            own commits      95(29)     611(-146)   2443(-65)   10036(-83)
         review commits      53(16)     212(-2)      818(16)     3237(-22)
         contributor...   1 week     1 month      3 months    12 months
                   open     979(785)   1090(139)    1094(138)    1094(138)
                reviews     622(182)   2758(-526)   8424(-90)   31556(-200)
                 merged      14(-17)    100(-28)     468(3)      1414(-13)
              abandoned      12(2)       98(4)       190(10)      635(2)
            own commits      15(-10)     98(-14)     433(4)      1395(-3)
         review commits       0(0)        0(0)         0(0)         0(0)
     + easyHack statistics:
        needsDevEval 9(9)   needsUXEval 1(1)   cleanup_comments 339(339)
        total 421(421)   assigned 29(29)   open 354(354)
     + top 10 contributors:
           Bogdan B made 33 patches in 1 month, and 286 patches in 1 year
           Manish Bera made 7 patches in 1 month, and 9 patches in 1 year
           Kushagra Kasliwal made 7 patches in 1 month, and 7 patches in 1 year
           Rashesh Padia made 6 patches in 1 month, and 10 patches in 1 year
           Shantanu Oak made 4 patches in 1 month, and 4 patches in 1 year
           Weblate made 3 patches in 1 month, and 33 patches in 1 year
           Alin, Andrei Abahnencei made 3 patches in 1 month, and 4 patches in 1 year
           Samuel Adesola made 2 patches in 1 month, and 7 patches in 1 year
           Theppitak Karoonboonyanan made 2 patches in 1 month, and 9 patches in 1 year
           Dione Maddern made 2 patches in 1 month, and 87 patches in 1 year
     + top 10 reviewers:
           Vajna, Miklos made 162 review comments in 1 month, and 1208 in 1 year
           Ilmari Lauhakangas made 114 review comments in 1 month, and 742 in 1 year
           Adolfo Jayme Barrientos made 112 review comments in 1 month, and 938 in 1 year
           Caolán McNamara made 86 review comments in 1 month, and 1384 in 1 year
           Christian Lohmaier made 86 review comments in 1 month, and 650 in 1 year
           Michael Stahl made 84 review comments in 1 month, and 912 in 1 year
           Kaganski, Mike made 64 review comments in 1 month, and 536 in 1 year
           Thorsten Behrens made 62 review comments in 1 month, and 676 in 1 year
           Xisco Fauli made 56 review comments in 1 month, and 794 in 1 year
           allotropia jenkins made 50 review comments in 1 month, and 330 in 1 year
     + Patches automatically abandoned:
         tdf#88918: Enable editing of hyperlinks for shapes ( Omkar Nikam )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/166396
         tdf#145538: Change two for loops into range based loops ( Aditya (Addy) Sahu )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/175288
         tdf#163486: PVS: remove unused code ( Xisco Fauli )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/175479
         fix: resolve issue with UI commands ( Olga Ngala )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/175727
         tdf#45904 Move SwXTabelRows tests to cpp ( muluh )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/175767
         tdf#114441 Convert use of sal_uLong to better integer types ( ZOK zok )
             - https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/175780
     + big CONGRATULATIONS to contributors who have at least 1 merged patch, since last report:
           Shantanu Oak

* Commit Access

* Developer Certification (Stephan/Miklos/László/Gabriel)
   + resting since: 9 weeks (limit: 20 weeks)

* Jenkins / CI update (Cloph)
gerrit_android_aarch64     jobs: 114 ok: 110 ko:   0 fail ratio: 0.00% mean_ok:   8 ( 17) median_ok:   6 ( 10)
gerrit_android_arm         jobs: 114 ok: 110 ko:   3 fail ratio: 2.63% mean_ok:   8 ( 17) median_ok:   6 ( 11)
gerrit_android_x86         jobs: 114 ok: 111 ko:   0 fail ratio: 0.00% mean_ok:   8 ( 17) median_ok:   7 ( 11)
gerrit_android_x86_64      jobs: 114 ok: 110 ko:   3 fail ratio: 2.63% mean_ok:   8 ( 17) median_ok:   7 ( 10)
gerrit_linux_clang_dbgutil jobs: 247 ok: 185 ko:  52 fail ratio: 21.05% mean_ok:  38 ( 46) median_ok:  35 ( 38)
gerrit_linux_gcc_release   jobs: 282 ok: 223 ko:  48 fail ratio: 17.02% mean_ok:  22 ( 28) median_ok:  19 ( 21)
gerrit_mac                 jobs: 262 ok: 198 ko:  52 fail ratio: 19.85% mean_ok:  53 ( 56) median_ok:  47 ( 49)
gerrit_windows             jobs: 242 ok: 190 ko:  44 fail ratio: 18.18% mean_ok:  39 ( 40) median_ok:  34 ( 34)
gerrit_master_ml           jobs: 316 ok: 169 ko: 124 fail ratio: 39.24% mean_ok:  83 ( 83) median_ok:  75 ( 75)
gerrit_master              jobs:  33 ok:  17 ko:  13 fail ratio: 39.39% mean_ok:  69 ( 69) median_ok:  72 ( 72)
gerrit_master_seq          jobs: 278 ok: 152 ko: 107 fail ratio: 38.49% mean_ok:  84 ( 84) median_ok:  76 ( 76)
    + tests that failed more than twice in last seven days
       3 CppunitTest_vcl_pdf_encryption                gerrit_linux_gcc_release
       3 UITest_sw_sidebar                gerrit_linux_clang_dbgutil
       4 Killed by the kill-wrapper                gerrit_linux_clang_dbgutil
       4 CppunitTest_sw_uiwriter8                gerrit_linux_clang_dbgutil
       4 UITest_impress_tests                gerrit_linux_clang_dbgutil
       5 aborted by jenkins job timeout                gerrit_windows
   + it was a nice week for Jenkins
   + tiled rendering error disappeared, the workaround helped
   + poppler update would bump the xcode requirement and also macOS version
     + an old trashcan mac pro would be then not usable for building
     + but it was out of service anyway for a few weeks already
     + currently looking at getting poppler to work with the older macOS baseline (Michael S)
       + will see soon.
       + will test it with gcc-7
       + OK, will wait for this first (Cloph)

* What’s cooking (Miklos)
   + A11y update (Michael W)
     + tdf#163335 ("Linux: crash whenever selecting text using cursor or keyboard going from right to left")
       + will fix it in Writer or work it around on the qt side
   + RTL/CTL/CJK update (Jonathan)
     + tdf#66791 sw: Incorrect application of Asian script
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66791
       + Leading weak characters now use same script as first strong characters
     + tdf#152515 Japanese vertical text printed incorrectly on Windows
       + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152515
         + was broken for quite some time
       + Fixed
       + does that also unblock some cleanup? (Caolan)
         + this old way depended on "@" prefixing, doesn't work with new fonts (Jonathan)

* FOSDEM 2025 (Xisco)
     - DevRoom: Saturday, February 1, from 10AM to 2PM. -- in 3 weeks
     - schedule URL: <https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/libreoffice/>

* QA update (Xisco)
     + UNCONFIRMED: 1441 (-9)
         + enhancements: 370  (-7)
         + needsUXEval: 14 (-6)
         + haveBackTrace: 12 (+1)
         + needsDevAdvice: 49 (+1)
         + documentation:  8 (+2)
         + android:  0 (+0)
         + iOS:  0 (+0)
         + Online:  9 (+0)

     + Most pressing bugs:
      New:

     None


     + New high severity bugs of the week:

* QA stats
     + https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/page.cgi?id=weekly-bug-summary.html
       +90  -11 (-89) overall)
       many thanks to the top bug squashers:
        Buovjaga                14
        QA Administrators       13
        BogdanB                 11
        Heiko Tietze            4
        Patrick (volunteer)     4
        Tomaz Vajngerl          4
        Jonathan Clark          3
        Mike Kaganski           3
        Olivier Hallot          3
        m_a_riosv               3

     + top 10 bugs reporters:
        Buovjaga                4
        Mike Kaganski           3
        Telesto                 3
        golemus                 3
        Gabor Kelemen (allotropia) 2
        Gerald Pfeifer          2
        Regina Henschel         2
        Xisco Faulí             2
        elias estatistics       2
        goodguy00@zoho.com  2

     + top 10 bugs fixers:
        Vajngerl, Tomaž         4
        Ilmari Lauhakangas      3
        Olivier Hallot          3
        Patrick Luby            3
        Jonathan Clark          2
        Kaganski, Mike          2
        Le Grand, Armin         2
        Andreas Heinisch        1
        Andy                    1
        Balazs Varga            1

     + top 10 bugs confirmers:
        Bogdan B                21
        Raal                    12
        Alex Thurgood           8
        Heiko Tietze            6
        Ilmari Lauhakangas      5
        m.a.riosv               4
        nobu                    4
        Vernon, Stuart Foote    3
        Henschel, Regina        2
        Nabet, Julien           2


* Bisected bugs open: keyword 'bisected'
    + more accurate - down to a single commit.
    + http://bit.ly/2dyIfDy
    +

      done by:
         Bogdan B               3
         Ilmari Lauhakangas     2
         Xisco Fauli            2
         Raal                   1


* Bibisected bugs open: keyword 'bibisected'
    + http://bit.ly/2cSCXlS
    +

      done by:
         Bogdan B               3
         Ilmari Lauhakangas     2
         Xisco Fauli            2
         Aron Budea             1
         Raal                   1


* all bugs tagged with 'regression'
    + 1234(-1) bugs open of 13828(+11) total 22(+0) high prio.

      done by:
         Bogdan B               3
         Raal                   2
         Xisco Fauli            2
         Roman Kuznetsov        1
         Ilmari Lauhakangas     1
         Alex Thurgood          1


* ~Component   count net * high severity regressions
    + http://bit.ly/1HWHb3E
      Writer        - 10(+0)
      Calc          - 6(+0)
      LibreOffice   - 3(+0)
      Impress       - 2(+0)
      UI            - 1(+0)

    by OS:
      All           - 14(+0)
      Linux         - 5(+0)
      Mac OS X      - 0(+0)
      Windows       - 3(+0)


* ~Component   count net * all regressions
    + http://bit.ly/1BUdI8i
      Writer: other            - 417(+3)
      Calc                     - 244(-1)
      Impress                  - 126(+0)
      LibreOffice              - 51(-2)
      Draw                     - 49(-1)
      Crashes                  - 47(-1)
      Writer: docx filter      - 40(-1)
      Base                     - 38(+1)
      UI                       - 34(-1)
      Borders                  - 33(+0)
      Writer: perf             - 32(+0)
      Writer: other filter     - 30(+0)
      Printing and PDF export  - 26(+0)
      Chart                    - 24(+0)
      RTL                      - 23(+0)
      BASIC                    - 22(+0)
      filters and storage      - 19(+0)
      Writer: doc filter       - 17(+0)
      graphics stack           - 13(+0)
      Formula Editor           - 12(+0)
      framework                - 3(+0)
      sdk                      - 3(+0)
      Extensions               - 2(+0)
      Linguistic               - 2(+0)
      Installation             - 1(+0)


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