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

Present:
        + Stephan, Petr, Michael, Andras, Mitch, Thorster, Rainer,
          Michael Stahl, Caolan, Tor, Kendy, Eike, Bjoern, Norbert

* Completed Action Items
        + publicise our list of ODF proposals / extensions (Thorsten)
          http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/ODF_Implementer_Notes
        + add potential removal of two-layer LibO to LibreOffice 4plan
          http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/LibreOffice4

* Pending Action Items
        + default to TM safe (non-TDF) branding (Thorsten)
        + enable on-line updates for QA in cross-compiled dalies ... (Kendy)
        + adding l10n code is currently done by pair of VB Scripts
          need to grok & port these to a better tool. (Andras)
        + default to Andras' new MSI building method and release-note when done (Andras)
        + come up with a list of QA heros for next meeting (Rainer)

* Agenda items
        + pending action items
        + release mgmt bits (Petr)
                + 3.4.4 RC1 freeze on Monday - get things in fast.
                + 3.5.0 feature freeze Dec 5th
        + conference summary / round-up
                + Awesome. (Bjoern)
        + easy hacks dissection (Bjoern)
AA:             + do more analysis on Rainer's numbers (Bjoern)
        + about to merge feature/gtk3 (Michael)
                + compiles on Mac, and MingW without issues
                + poke me if you have concerns
        + Gerrit Migration:
                + http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/GerritMigration
                + start on dev-tools repo as a test case
                + get people's accounts setup etc.
                + concerns wrt. removing visibility of patches on list (Caolan)
                        + happy enough given custom tooling to integrate with list
                + tinderbox / security fun - suck and see.
                + no major objections => proceed.
        + QA update (Rainer)
                + check the 3.3.5 branch
                        + most prolly no new release / no new QA load etc.
                + Bugzilla upgrade
                        + many thanks to Tollef
                        + have the 'UNCONFIRMED' state - by default
                        + around 2k un-reviewed bugs, as 'NEW' needs to
                          be UNCONFIRMED cf. legacy whiteboard status.
                                + too much E-mail spam changing them
                + Bug submission assistant
                        + no OS selection (can detect that)
                        + used frequently, 40+ new reports
                        + reports using assistant are viewed as higher quality
                        + should we include this into the help menu for 3.5 ?
                                + Rainer - yes
AA:                             + needs a static / fixed URL from Florian (Rainer)
                                + can always turn it off / make it different if problems.
AA:             + pull together existing QA stats for Cor's research (Rainer)
        + Mitch
                + getting stuck into Windows / mingw build etc.

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