What is the TDF team working on, in the LibreOffice project?

LibreOffice is a worldwide project made up of hundreds of people: volunteers, developers at ecosystem companies, and the 18-person team at The Document Foundation (the non-profit entity that coordinates the project and community). So, what has the team been working on recently? Here’s a quick summary:

Release Engineering

• Tagged, built, and distributed LibreOffice 26.8.0 Release Candidate 2
• Enabled MAR updates for cross-updates from 25.8.7 and 26.2.4 to 26.2.5
• Reviewed patches
• Tested new Windows build bots in production
• Investigated and fixed incorrect permissions in daily Debian packages

Scripting

• Investigated an extension developer’s issue exporting BASIC macros as an extension
• Identified a debug-build assertion that does not appear to affect release builds
• Added a UI test to help prevent future regressions in macro export

Code and Accessibility

• Discussed proposed accessibility improvements on the LibreOffice accessibility mailing list
• Analyzed and fixed tdf#172831: customized NotebookBar tab names were not localised after upgrading
• Released LibreOffice Viewer for Android 26.2.5 on Google Play, F-Droid, and the Meta Horizon Store
• Discussed tdf#172885, a LibreOffice-specific Qt theme/style. Explored an upstream Qt stylesheet-environment-variable approach, then implemented LibreOffice command-line support for setting the stylesheet
• Posted and reworked the macOS-specific parts of the Qt VCL work
  • Reworked the changes in response to comments, then merged them
• Worked on generalising macOS scaling patch
• Made the Reset button dialog action ID well-known across the codebase

QA

• Announced LibreOffice 26.8 RC1 availability for testing
• Upgraded external libraries:
  • NSS to 3.126
  • libffi to 3.7.1
• Improved automated tests:
  • Factored common code from CppunitTest_sc_swarmsolvertest
  • Added ARRAYTOTEXT function tests as FunctionsTest
• Fixed crashes and warnings:
  • Fixed a null-pointer dereference warning in Writer
  • Fixed a crash in ThemeExport::write
  • Fixed a crash in OutMarkdown_SwTableNode
• Tested and commented on Qt6 style and theming work for tdf#172885
• Completed hiring tasks and code reviews
• Investigated regressions involving CJK font names and the CJK bullets gallery
• Fixed two build/SDK issues:
  • Fixed a build issue with Visual Studio 2026 18.7.0
  • Fixed missing cross-platform .NET binding files in the SDK (tdf#165585)
• Continued work toward resolving headless Windows/fontconfig build issues required for Qt6 on Windows

Mentoring

• Reviewed six substantial patch submissions
• Completed GSoC mentor tasks

Design

• Triaged Bugzilla tickets
• Participated in the weekly UX and ESC meetings
• Published extensions and managed comments
• Supported community growth through the @libodesign social media account
• Completed several design reviews
• Prepared the Base survey
• Contributed patches:
  • tdf#115805: corrected increments in numbering dialogs
  • tdf#172739: harmonized NotebookBar tab order

Documentation

• Updated online Help with fixes for Master, 26.2, and 25.8
• Updated Help pages through bug triage, contributor patch reviews, fixes, and housekeeping
• Contributed Help improvements, including:
  • Adjusted left margins for paragraphs in tables
  • Refactored the AutoCorrect Options page
  • Updated documentation for “To page” anchoring
  • Added “Page Break” to Find & Replace attributes
  • Reverted removal of “Page Style” from Find & Replace attributes
  • Muted localisation processing in selected Python and BASIC code lines
• Supported ongoing community updates to the Guides
• Helped newcomers
• Worked on the Bookshelf project, including sanitising the Impress Guide

Marketing

• Announced and promoted new TDF members and the new marketing position
• Maintained social media activity, updates, and responses
• Coordinated conference logistics and prepared the first conference-program draft
• Drafted sections of the TDF Annual Report 2025
• Updated journalists’ mailing lists and database
• Published blog posts about ODF and maintained the blog
• Monitored donations, downloads, media clippings, and download-support requests
• Managed budget-related activities
• Worked on preparations for LibreOffice 26.8 release

So that’s what the team is working on – and this is all thanks to your donations, which help to pay the team members. But as mentioned, this is just a small part of the LibreOffice project activity – the biggest work is being done by hundreds of other people around the world. Thanks to all of you 😊