F39 Change Proposal: LibreOffice 7.6 (Self-Contained)

[Aoife Moloney]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibreOffice_7.6

This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

== Summary ==
Update LibreOffice suite to 7.6


== Owner ==
* Name: [[User:mattia| Mattia Verga]]
* Name: [[User:limb| Gwyn Ciesla ]]
* libreoffice-SIG
* Email: mattia.verga(a)protonmail.com, gwync(a)protonmail.com




== Detailed Description ==
LibreOffice 7.6 is currently in Beta and the first stable release is
currently scheduled during F39 development. We aim to bring the latest
LibreOffice stable release in F39.

At the same time we plan to stop building LibreOffice for i686 architecture.


== Benefit to Fedora ==
Make Fedora be in parity with upstream release, so users are not
forced to switch to external Flatpaks.

== Scope ==
* Proposal owners:
Update `libreoffice` package to the latest version and make sure the
dependencies are updated.
This will be the first major update after Libreoffice-SIG take over
maintenance from RH, so there might be a few troubles as the former
maintainers were also able to contribute to upstream with patches.

* Other developers: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Release engineering: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

* Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)


* Alignment with Community Initiatives: N/A (not needed for this Change)


== Upgrade/compatibility impact ==


== How To Test ==
Users running F39 will get LO 7.6 and can use and test any regression
from the previous release.



== User Experience ==


== Dependencies ==


== Contingency Plan ==
* Contingency mechanism: (What to do?  Who will do it?) N/A (not a
System Wide Change)
* Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
* Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change)


== Documentation ==
N/A (not a System Wide Change)


== Release Notes ==



-- 
Aoife Moloney

Product Owner

Community Platform Engineering Team

Red Hat EMEA

Communications House

Cork Road

Waterford

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 04:31:01PM +0100, Aoife Moloney wrote:
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibreOffice_7.6
>  
>  This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
>  process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
>  community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
>  by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
>  
>  == Summary ==
>  Update LibreOffice suite to 7.6
>  
>  
>  == Owner ==
>  * Name: [[User:mattia| Mattia Verga]]
>  * Name: [[User:limb| Gwyn Ciesla ]]
>  * libreoffice-SIG
>  * Email: mattia.verga(a)protonmail.com, gwync(a)protonmail.com
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  == Detailed Description ==
>  LibreOffice 7.6 is currently in Beta and the first stable release is
>  currently scheduled during F39 development. We aim to bring the latest
>  LibreOffice stable release in F39. 
When is the stable release scheduled for? ie, how does it align with
fedora release milestones ? Perhaps add that here?

>  At the same time we plan to stop building LibreOffice for i686
> architecture. 
Good plan.

kevin

[Mattia Verga]

Il 22/07/23 22:31, Kevin Fenzi ha scritto:
>  On Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 04:31:01PM +0100, Aoife Moloney wrote:
> > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LibreOffice_7.6
> >
> > This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes
> > process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive
> > community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved
> > by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.
> >
> > == Summary ==
> > Update LibreOffice suite to 7.6
> >
> >
> > == Owner ==
> > * Name: [[User:mattia| Mattia Verga]]
> > * Name: [[User:limb| Gwyn Ciesla ]]
> > * libreoffice-SIG
> > * Email: mattia.verga(a)protonmail.com, gwync(a)protonmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > == Detailed Description ==
> > LibreOffice 7.6 is currently in Beta and the first stable release is
> > currently scheduled during F39 development. We aim to bring the latest
> > LibreOffice stable release in F39.
>  When is the stable release scheduled for? ie, how does it align with
>  fedora release milestones ? Perhaps add that here?
>
>  
LO 7.6 will be branched upstream the next week (week 30) and the final 
release is scheduled by week 33 (Aug 14, 2023 - Aug 20, 2023). F39 Beta 
freeze is scheduled on Aug 22.

An effort building LO 7.6 in Fedora is ongoing in 
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/mattia/Libreoffice7.6testing/
We are hitting some test failures that need investigation.

To upgrade LO to 7.6 some components will need to be updated (mdds, 
libixion, liborcus). CCing the package maintainer (dtardon) here.

Mattia