Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Stable? Seriously?? Fw: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice 3.6.2

Hi Tom,

You certainly have a point here ;)

+1

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> Again.  The only advantage listed for the new release in the newest branch
> of LO is that it's "more stable".  What is it more stable than?  Is it more
> stable than the 3.5.6?
>
> Putting anything mentioning bug-fixes and possible regressions just makes
> people wonder what new bugs and new regressions are likely to appear in
> this new release.  Most profitable software companies avoid mentioning the
> possibility that their new software might be buggy and have new regressions
> despite the fact we know that both are likely.  I think we should avoid
> mentioning it too until they become more open and honest about the
> possibility.
>
>
> Possibly marginally better to say "latest" rather than "last" unless you
> include a date.  "Last" sounds fairly finally and hints that it happened a
> long time ago.  I don't know why.  Both really mean roughly the same thing
> if you look them up in a dictionary.
>
>
> Again there are tons of advantages to the newest branch but stability is
> not one of them.  If people want stability then they are better off chosing
> the latest release in the older branch.  If they want, for example, better
> compatibility with "other" formats and programs (ie such as MS's) then
> 3.6.x is probably best.
>
>
> Please.  Can we have those circular or just plain wrong arguments again
> about
> 1.  "I haven't noticed any bugs so far and few people have reported
> bugs".  Therefore no bugs really exist because things don't exist until
> after they have been discovered.  For example, the water on Mars didn't
> exist until there were photos of it.
>
> 2.  "Any bugs found need to be reported against the earliest version of
> LO/OOo they can be found in."
>
> 3.  Rinse and repeat.
>
>
>
> 1.  "It must be more stable.  It's newer."  Therefore it must be more
> stable.
>
> 2.  "We must expect new branches  to have more bugs as a result of having
> much greater functionality"
> 3.  "Older branches focus on bug-fixes and therefore tend to have less new
> added functionality"
>
> 4.  Therefore "the only thing we can say about new branches is that they
> are more stable."
>
>
> 1.  "All software has bugs."  [Perhaps implying that LO is no more stable
> than java]
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> > From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vignoli@documentfoundation.org>
> > To: announce@documentfoundation.org
> > Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2012, 12:05
> > Subject: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice
> 3.6.2
> > Berlin, October 4, 2012 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces
> > LibreOffice 3.6.2, for Windows, MacOS and Linux, solving bugs and
> > regressions and further improving the stability of the program for
> > corporate deployments. The best free office suite ever is quickly
> > becoming the de facto standard for migrations to free office suites,
> > thanks to the quickly growing feature set and the improved
> > interoperability with proprietary software.
> >
> > The growing number of LibreOffice adoptions by private and public
> > enterprises is a demonstration of the improvements brought to the legacy
> > code by TDF, thanks to over 500 developers who are focusing on stability
> > and quality (in addition to new exciting features).
> >
> > The last public administration to migrate has been the city of Limerick,
> > Ireland's third largest city, where LibreOffice is now used on all 450
> > desktops in use at the city's six main locations including the three
> > public libraries, the fire department, the municipal museum and the City
> > Gallery of Art.
> >
> > The community behind LibreOffice will gather in Berlin for the second
> > LiboCon from October 17 to October 19. During three days, company
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> > from each other in the true spirit of the community.
> >
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> >
> > LibreOffice 3.6.2 is available for immediate download from the following
> > link: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/. Extensions for LibreOffice
> > are available from the following link:
> > http://extensions.libreoffice.org/extension-center.
> >
> > Change logs are available at
> http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.2.1.log
> > (fixed in 3.6.2.1) and
> http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/src/bugfixes-libreoffice-3-6-1-release-3.6.2.2.log
> > (fixed in 3.6.2.2).
> >
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