REMINDER: Release 3.5.0-beta3 from libreoffice-3-5 branch and hard string and UI freeze

l10n
#1

Hi,

please note that the commit deadline for 3.5.0-beta3 is on Monday,
January 9, 2012.

IMPORTANT: It is also the hard string and UI freeze. Please, do you
best to include late features or at least the needed strings.

Note that it is the last scheduled beta. The next commit deadline will
be for rc1, just one week later, on Monday, January 16, 2011.

See also
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan#3.5_release
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Release_Criteria
http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Branches

Best Regards,
Petr

PS: The original hard string freeze was before Christmas. There was not
enough time to fix bugs in the strings, e.g. add help for the online
update functionality. So, we shifted the deadline to beta3.

IMHO, it was worth doing. There have been only few strings modified so
far, so it should not cause big harm to translators.

Also note that .0 release will be distributed with a warning that it
might include annoying bugs. People, who want well stable release would
need to wait for a later bug fix release. So, it is fine to have few
non-translated strings there.

#2

Petr Mladek píše v Pá 06. 01. 2012 v 10:07 +0100:

Hi,

please note that the commit deadline for 3.5.0-beta3 is on Monday,
January 9, 2012.

IMPORTANT: It is also the hard string and UI freeze. Please, do you
best to include late features or at least the needed strings.

I have just created the tag for beta3. Please, do not longer modify
strings in the libreoffice-3-5 branch from now on.

Note that it is the last scheduled beta. The next commit deadline will
be for rc1, just one week later, on Monday, January 16, 2011.

There are still many bugfixes coming. Developers behave responsibly and
do not create serious regression in last betas. Let's postpone the need
for commit review in the libreoffice-3-5 branch by one week and allow
commits without review until the following Monday, January 16, 2012.

Of course, if you are not sure about a fix, you could always ask for
review on libreoffice@lists.freedesktop.org.

Best Regards,
Petr