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

Present:
        + Eike, Michael, Thorsten, Stephan, Andras, Fridrich, Kendy,
          Tor, David, Norbert, Rainer, Michael S, Bjoern, Caolan,
          Petr

* Completed Action Items
        + adding l10n code is currently done by pair of VB Scripts
          need to grok & port these to a better tool. (Andras)
                + port it to perl instead
        + asked for a static URL for bug filing from Florian (Rainer)
        + pull together existing QA stats for Cor's research (Rainer)

* Pending Action Items
        + default to TM safe (non-TDF) branding (Thorsten)
        + enable on-line updates for QA in cross-compiled dailies ... (Kendy)
                + unit test written for on-line updating
        + come up with a list of QA heros for next meeting [in progress] (Rainer)

* Agenda items
        + pending action items
        + release mgmt bits (Petr)
                + 3.5.0 feature freeze reminder: Dec 5th
                        + most annoying bugs in 3.5.x tracked here:
                          https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37361
                        + Radek working on shape import regression
                + 3.4.4 tagged on Tuesday, and RC1 builds up-loading
                  to mirrors, announce tomorrow; on track.
                        + Monday - deadline for RC2(/final)
AA:                     + review Noel's OLE automation fix (Petr)
                + 3.3.x release
                        + solitary calc crasher fix, and a branding issue
                        => no new 3.3.x
        + install Liberation fonts on Windows (Caolan)
                + not needed since they're drop-in replacements for existing fonts
                + no harm in shipping it on Windows
                + why exactly is it necessary / some UI issue / bug ?
                + packaging is a nice thing to hide Win32 fallback bugs (Fridrich)
AA:             => package them (Fridrich)
        + feature/gtk3 merge aftermath (if any) (Michael)
                + fixed several nasties Stephan identified
                + nothing else rearing its head
        + QA update (Rainer)
                + http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:RBd/Workbench/Draft0#TSC_Call_2011-10-27
                + added ver 3.4.4rc1 to bugzilla
                + QA team wiki page coming along
                + potential collaboration with Ubuntu QA team
                + can we switch bugzilla to new workflow status ?
                + legacy / needinfo consideration ongoing
                + easy hacks research / contributors:
                        + can poll them to see what they'd like
        + consolidated easy hacks dissection (Bjoern)
                + using the words 'easy hack' less on the list due
                  to bugzilla migration
                + how is the wiki page created (?)
                        + auto-generated from a bugzilla feed
                                => add a new easy hack - it appears in the wiki
                        + manual intervention for new categories /
                          skill-sets
                + how is the ordering generated ?
                        + done by bugzilla id ?
                        + selection of top-ten sample easy hacks,
                          done manually
                        + refreshed every ~two weeks
AA:                     + do some rotation of easy-hacks top-ten (Bjoern)
                + adding easy hacks is easy and fun:
                  
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Easy_Hacks_Bugzilla_Whiteboard_Status
                + how do we change the presentation ?
AA:                     + ask wrt. hacking php to improve presentation (Bjoern)
        + mingw update (Mitch)
                + not here this week
        + Bjoern at UDS next week

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