Welcome to the readers of this new GullFOSS blog.
My name is Dieter Loeschky. I'm running the OpenOffice.org development teams at Sun.

I would like to give an regular weekly update on what is hot in our development teams to make our work more transparent to the whole OpenOffice.org community.

IN FOCUS

UNO (Universal Network Objects) is the interface-based component model of OpenOffice.org. UNO offers interoperability between different programming languages, different object models, different machine architectures and different processes; either in a local network or even via the Internet. UNO components can be implemented in and accessed from any programming language for which a UNO language binding exists.

UNO now is on the Wiki

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

• ALL TEAMS

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • OOo 2.1 bug fixing

  • Finished:

    • -

• CALC
  http://sc.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • Clipboard CSV format options

  • Ongoing:

    • ODF formula specification

    • Integrate locale data from OOo community

    • Use of new chart API for Excel export

    • Specification for automatic scaling

  • Finished:

    • Notes in context menu

    • Handle R1C1 preparation patch

• CHART
  http://graphics.openoffice.org/chart/chart.html

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • Milestone 9 development (Beta Version of chart re-implementation)

    • Bugfixes for Pie charts

    • Clipboard

  • Finished:

    • Bugfixes for Pie charts: correct texture on 3D pies

    • Clipboard: paste inside chart

• DATABASE
  http://dba.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • resurrect the a11ysep CWS

  • Ongoing:

    • separate the BasicManager from the SfxObjectShell

  • Finished:

    • -

• IMPRESS, DRAW & GRAPHIC SYSTEM LAYER
  http://graphics.openoffice.org/
  http://gsl.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • UNO API for drawing layer primitives

  • Ongoing:

    • Impress view API for components

    • Multi monitor support for slideshow

    • Slideshow z-order for shapes

    • Handling of high score stack traces

    • Further design of an AWT tree control API and implementation

  • Finished:

    • -

• WRITER, MATH & FRAMEWORK
  http://sw.openoffice.org/
  http://framework.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

• • Finished:

    • -

• PROGRAMMABILITY
  http://api.openoffice.org/
  http://udk.openoffice.org/
  http://installation.openoffice.org/
  http://util.openoffice.org/
  http://ucb.openoffice.org/

  • Started Tasks:

    • Basic IDE: Support for Database Documents

  • Ongoing Tasks:

    • API tests for SO 8 Update 4

    • NetBeans Integration: Component Wizard

    • Extension infrastructure: versioning, extendable help

    • Developer Tools: improvements for Object Inspector

    • Setup: Java GUI installer for OO.o

    • Online update: new progress/download dialog

    • DevGuide: new chapter for UNO-AWT

    • Setup: evaluating installation of oxt extensions during setup

    • Extension Infrastructure: Localization Support for Dialog Editor

  • Finished:

    • OfficeBean: analyzing/fixing focus problems

    • Online Update: Firststart Wizard Page for Enabling/Disabling Online Update

    • Extension infrastructure: renaming Package Manager to "Extension Manager"

• ODF / XML
  http://xml.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • ODF 1.1 Specification enhancements: Accessibility

    • ODF Specification enhancements: Formular

    • ODF Specification enhancements: Metadata

  • Finished:

    • -