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LibreOffice monthly recap: April 2018

Lots of things are happening in the LibreOffice community – in development, documentation, design, QA, translations and much more. Here’s a summary of news and updates in April… LibreOffice 6.0.3 was released on April 3. It includes over 70 bug and regression fixes – see the release announcement for more details. From April 6 – 8, we had a LibreOffice community meeting and Hackfest in Hamburg. There were around 45 participants, who split into two groups. One group focused on a hackfest – a joint coding session. At the same time, a meeting of the German-speaking LibreOffice community took place. See here for the results of the hackfest, and what we discussed. We talked to Edmund Laugasson from the Estonian LibreOffice community about his efforts to promote free and open source software in his country. “ODF is quite widely used in Estonia – for instance, educational institutions usually have LibreOffice installed, along with some local authorities.” – Full interview here. Preparation began for the Month of LibreOffice, May 2018 – crediting contributions all across the project. If you’re a proud user of LibreOffice and would like to join our community, get involved! (We’ll even send you a cool sticker pack.)

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The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 6.0.2

Berlin, March 1st, 2018 – The Document Foundation (TDF) announces LibreOffice 6.0.2, the second minor release of the recently announced LibreOffice 6 family in just over a month, with around 50 bug and regression fixes. All LibreOffice users are invited to update either to LibreOffice 6.0.2 or to LibreOffice 5.4.5 to solve potential security-related issues. TDF suggests to conservative users and enterprises to deploy LibreOffice with the backing of certified developers, migrators and trainers (an updated list is available at: https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/professional-support/). This is extremely important for the growth of the LibreOffice ecosystem. Technical details about LibreOffice 6.0.2 bug and regression fixes are available in the change log: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/6.0.2/RC1 (fixed in RC1). Download LibreOffice LibreOffice 6.0.2 is immediately available for download at the following link: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/download/. LibreOffice users, free software advocates and community members can support The Document Foundation with a donation at https://www.libreoffice.org/donate/. Donations help TDF to maintain its infrastructure, share knowledge, and fund the activities of local communities, such as the event in Surabaya, Indonesia, on March 23/25 (http://libreoffice.id) or the hackfest in Hamburg, Germany, on April 6/8 (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2018). Several companies sitting in TDF’s Advisory Board (https://www.documentfoundation.org/governance/advisory-board/) provide either value-added LTS versions of LibreOffice or consultancy services for migrations

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Friday Community #6

Bjoern Michaelsen has just announced the LibreOffice Hackfest Hamburg 2018 on April 7th and 8th, which will be the first of The New Generation. Details about the LibreOffice Hackfest Hamburg 2018 are kept on the TDF wiki page and will be continuously updated. If you are interested in joining the event please start adding your name there (especially if you are looking for TDF travel and accommodation sponsorship). The German LibreOffice community will join the Hackfest in Hamburg, to discuss non-coding topics like localization, documentation, quality assurance and marketing in the German context. This represents a very good opportunity to meet those active in German-speaking countries, and plan and coordinate how to push the project, the product and the brand in the German context. The LibreOffice Hackfest Hamburg 2018 will be hosted by Freiheit Technologies.

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Extended: Job Search for a Development Mentor (#201711-01)

We originally posted this in November, but we are now extending the deadline for applications to February 16, 2018. Note that we will be at FOSDEM (building K, level 1, group A) on February 3 and 4, so you can talk to us in person there! The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks an individual – or individuals part (or full) time – to be a Development Mentor to start work as soon as possible. The role requires the following: Self-starting, remote working experience Experience contributing to FLOSS communities Excellent communication skills, with enthusiasm for mentoring Coding experience (LibreOffice coding preferred) Willingness to travel to Hackfests & conferences in Europe and globally The role involves working from home at your location for at least 20 hours per week, up to full-time and includes among other items: Supporting existing mentors in the LibreOffice community including: Building relationships between existing mentors and new contributors Identifying and on-boarding new contributors Affirming and encouraging their contribution Building initial relationships with them Encouraging them to join IRC to meet the teams Introducing them to domain experts for deeper learning Helping to educate new contributors by Positively

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Wednesday Community #3

FOSDEM 2018 is approaching. As usual, several members of the LibreOffice community will move to Brussels to gather for the largest meeting of free and open source advocates in Europe. People attending FOSDEM 2018 can find LibreOffice representatives at LibreOffice booth in building K during Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, there will be several LibreOffice-related presentations at the Open Document Editors DevRoom. Immediately after FOSDEM, on Monday and Tuesday, there will be a LibreOffice HackFest, with developers working at new features and community members meeting to discuss certification, marketing, QA, design, and other relevant topics.

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Tender for consultancy on LibreOffice feature implementation incl. on-site development training (#201801-01)

The Document Foundation (TDF), the charitable entity behind the world’s leading free office suite LibreOffice, seeks for companies or individuals to provide consultancy on implementing features in LibreOffice to start work as soon as possible. TDF is looking for an individual or company to give technical consultancy on the implementation of one or more of the following: topic 1: “layer handling issues” (related to: tdf#101218, tdf#67248, tdf#91829, tdf#101242) topic 2: “file handling issues” (related to: tdf#60909, tdf#96563, tdf#47065, tdf#101302) As part of the tender, TDF is explicitly looking into on-site development training on these topics for the community to share knowledge and enable contributors to get involved. This training is to be delivered during the next LibreOffice Hackfest in Hamburg (April 7-8, 2018) both in groups not larger than four people, ideally via pair programming as well as a public presentation during the event the latter one will also be published by TDF as recording for reference More details on this approach can be found at https://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/board-discuss/msg03988.html Required skills Extensive knowledge of C++ Experience working on the LibreOffice source code Available for a two day in-person meeting at the next Hackfest in Hamburg (April 7-8, 2018) Available for preparation and

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