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

Hi :)
People do seem to have had a LOT of strange quirkiness from the 3.4.0 that 
wasn't in the 3.3.2.  


The 3.4.0 seems to be a regression and sounds more like a beta-release 
especially with the disclaimer.  However i don't see this as a huge problem 
because the 3.4.0 is clearly a stepping-stone on the way to very much 
lighter-weight code-base and we can expect the 3.4.1 to have tidied up trivial 
issues.  "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs".  I like the idea of 
the 3.3.x being stable branch and the 3.4.x being testing/development.  


If we can encourage people to use the 3.4.x series, post bug-reports and then 
switch back to the 3.3.x series for serious use then we have something very 
useful as long as we promote the 3.3.x series as being the first one to try in 
corporate deployments.
Regards from
Tom :)





----- Original Message ----
> From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmonds@ptglobal.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 5:58:50
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal
>
>
>
> On 11/06/11 16:12, planas wrote:
> > 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.
> >  
> I have 3.4.0 on my laptop  trialing it, then to filter to the desktop at
> home with 3.3.2 and finally to  the office with the most stable version.
> I am happy to answer to any version  I am using, I think if the person
> asking the question is clear what version  he is using the answers will
> be appropriate.
> steve
>
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