Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?

Hi :)
Ok, that makes sense.  The problem now is to make the upgrade smoother so it's easier to upgrade 
within a branch, eg from
4.0.1 to 
4.0.2 and onwards.  

Preferably not completely automatic but easy enough so that users can click on the upgrade button 
even if they don't have Super User / Admin level privileges.  Like Firefox allows.  

At the moment i think people still have to download and do a fresh install of the newer release 
even if it is in the same branch.  

I do get the impression that is what the devs are aiming for anyway.  The little green arrow is 
fairly new.  At the moment it just lets you know there is a new version to download but it looks 
like one day it will be possible to just click on that and sit back to watch the magic.

Regards from 
Tom :)  





> ________________________________
> From: Joel Madero <jmadero.dev@gmail.com>
> To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@hotmail.com> 
> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 15:43
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?
>
>
> On 06/26/2013 05:45 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> > This question makes me wonder, just why there are so many LO versions 
> > and frequent new releases. I can't keep up, and I find myself torn 
> > about upgrading. I want the latest and greatest, but I've had problems 
> > with newer versions resurrecting old bugs.
> >
> > I'm sure there's an overriding philosophy that has been adopted, but I 
> > wonder if we might be better served with fewer new releases.
> >
> > Apache seems to have taken quite the opposite approach with no new 
> > releases of AOO since its 3.4.1. Perhaps something somewhere between 
> > the two extremes might be nice.
>
> One of our devs is going to do a bit about this after the EOL of 3.6 but 
> this chart should help:
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/2/2c/LibOReleaseLifecycle.png
>
> also this might help a little,
>
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2002-June/msg00041.html
>
> There is a rationale behind our release schedule. Ultimately just 
> because the version is out, doesn't mean users have to upgrade, each 
> release has a purpose.
>
>
> Warm Regards,
> Joel
>
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