Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal

Cor

On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 03:18 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Apparently we find ourselves in an interesting situation. With the 3.4.0 
> release, there are obviously more questions, people stumbling over bugs.
>   - So to help the users, it is useful to point them to the fact that 
> there is a stable 3.3.2 (3.3.3 soon) that they can use with more comfort.
>   - However ... it is both valuable for the project, when the all do 
> some work with the 'early adopter' versions.
> So, I would propose that the regular helping hands on this list, try to 
> allow for both interests. Apart from the mentioned arguments, it may as 
> well be appealing for quite some people to, to try working with relative 
> new features etc etc.
>
> What do you think, would it be possible and useful (of course depending 
> on the individual mail) to pay attention to both aspects?
>
> That would obviously result in an attitude in which people are not only 
> pushed back from the 3.4.0 to an older version, nor withhold explanation 
> about the choice they have to work with one or another.. Well, each can 
> find his own short or long sentences to explain :-)
>
> some related links:
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport
> http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/05/13/announcing-a-new-beta-release/
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Adapt-o-meter.png
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Release_Criteria
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> -- 
>   - Cor
>   - http://nl.libreoffice.org


I have noticed that 3.4.0 seems to support 2010 docx and xlsx formats better than 3.3.2. I have not 
had any major issues with 3.4.0, quirky one issue in Calc but not a show stopper.



-- 
Jay Lozier
jslozier@gmail.com

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