Here is my weekly update on what is hot in our development teams in calendar week (CW) 23.

IN FOCUS

OOoCon 2008: Beijing - Call for Papers

The OpenOffice.org Community invites potential speakers to submit proposals for papers for the OpenOffice.org annual international conference, OOoCon 2008, to be held in Beijing, China from 5th-7th November. For further details, please read the Call for Papers, and for more details on OOoCon 2008, please visit the Conference website.

Source: www.openoffice.org/news/

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

• CALC
  http://sc.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • docx import filter: Chart import

    • ODF formula specification

    • Collaborative spreadsheet editing

  • Finished:

    • -

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

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • Bugfixes

  • Finished:

    • Finalization of CWS chart25

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

  • Started:

    • MySQL native driver: some make extension work with OOo 3.0

    • MySQL native driver: make independent from non-URE libraries

    • XForms: Changes to model should optionally set document's modified state

    • Use Seamonkey profiles for signing on Mac

  • Ongoing:

    • Sun Report Builder: different layouts in the new wizard

  • Finished:

    • Macros in database documents: spec update, preparing another preview release

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

  • Started:

    • Template Pack II: Replacing Meta information in documents with appropriately branded strings

  • Ongoing:

    • Template Pack II

      • Evaluating/Selecting Extras/Templates OOo3.0

      • Consolidating Layout and Presentation Templates for OOo3.0

    • Mac OS X Aqua Port: improving text quality

    • Mac OS X Aqua Port: performance optimization for pixel operations

    • Drawing layer primitives: Antialiasing

    • ODF tasks (bullet rework)

    • PDF import filter: finalizing TechPreview

    • Presenter Screen: bugfixes

  • Finished:

    • Support for new icons

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

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • XML: Support for RDFa and RDF XML meta data in ODF 1.2 documents

    • Writer: docx import: Import of OLE objects

    • Writer: docx Import: import of document properties

    • Writer: Refactoring – separate core from layout

    • Writer: Changes for lists in ODF 1.2

    • Writer: enhanced fields

    • Framework: service for action logging

  • Finished:

    • -

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

  • Started Tasks:

    • System integration: file type registration and OOo program association for docx, pptx, xlsx, ...

    • Netbeans OOo API Plugin 1.1.4 : Support for OOo 3.0

      Extensions Infrastructure : Bundled Extensions : some Enhancements/Fixes for OOo 3.0

    • Extensions Infrastructure : new Extension Manager UI : custom icons for extensions

  • Ongoing Tasks:

    • OOo Help System: Migration to new indexer (Lucene)

    • OOo Vista Readiness: OOo 3.0 Tasks

    • SDK : Adaptions to 3-layer-office

    • Mac OS X Aqua port: Accessibility: Implementation

    • Mac OS X Aqua port: SDK

    • Mac OS X Aqua port: Crash Reporter

    • Mac OS X Aqua port: Packaging

    • UNO API Tests as CWS “Ready for QA” criteria : final tests

  • Finished:

    • Netbeans OOo API Plugin 1.1.3 : Support for Netbeans 6

    • Installation: new scp process for integrating dictionaries as extensions, defining what build shall include which set of languages etc.

    • Mac OS X Aqua port: digital signatures (using NSS for now)

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

  • Started:

    • ODF2XHTML enhancements (CWS xsltfilter10)

  • Ongoing:

    • OOo Metadata API - Review

    • ODF TC: Default Properties Values

    • OASIS ODF 1.2 Specification Document

  • Finished:

    • -

• ODF TOOLKIT
  http://odftoolkit.openoffice.org/

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • Restructuring of OOo packages: three-layer office: bug fixing

    • Restructuring of OOo packages: new package structure

    • ODF DOM Implementation

  • Finished:

    • -

• VISUAL DESIGN
  http://ui.openoffice.org/VisualDesign/

  • Started:

    • OOo 3.0 Template icon design

  • Ongoing:

    • OOo 3.0 Main Appicaton icon (Starter) design

    • OOo 3.0 Document icon design

    • Beta Bug Fixes - Galaxy project

  • Finished:

    • OOo 3.0 Document icon design

• LIGHTNING – a PIM for OOo
  http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/lightning/

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • Scheduling API

    • Editing of future occurrences of a recurring series (only)

  • Finished:

    • Updatable timezones (review pending)

    • Disabling calendars

    • Today-Pane Facelift

• ALL TEAMS

  • Started:

    • -

  • Ongoing:

    • OOo 3.0 bugfixing

    • Patch evaluation and integration

    • Evaluation of requirements in Issuetracker

  • Finished:

    • -