[libreoffice-users] Re: Will Libreoffice have a "LESS BUG version" in the future?

Paul-6 wrote
> If you are more interested in stability and lack of bugs, OpenOffice is
> a better choice, as I understand they are more focused on bug hunting
> and not so much on new features.

Hmm..., not sure I'd agree with that at all.  The Apache OpenOffice project
is pushing out revisions as quickly as they are able.   And, being active in
both projects I can say that it is simply not true that Apache OpenOffice is
any more stable than LibreOffice. The Apache OpenOffice project has  its own
share of code quality and functional issues in existing code and in new
features that project devs wrangle with daily.

The development model differs considerably, but both projects have moved
forward substantial enhancements, many from Apache OpenOffice get routinely
incorporated into LibreOffice.  But less so going the other direction due to
Apache licensing restrictions.

Older releases of LibreOffice remain publicly available in the projects
archive server:
http://downloadarchive.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/old/  so folks are
welcome to stay at a particular release level if they have specific issues.  
Developer support of these older releases has ceased, but it is not
inappropriate to raise enhancement or bug reports against old versions as
compared to builds in the current development cycle.

Regards OPs  request for "Less Bug"--i.e. "less buggy" releases, the only
way that happens is if we users participate during active development
periods--testing across the office suite, and raising valid issues as bugs,
and requesting valid enhancements for features not yet implemented or for
features that may have been removed or altered so as to be unusable.

We users should participate on either project, or both as our time and
interests permit.  But at the least we must  provide concise, actionable
feedback to other project participants.

So, please use an older release of either project if it meets your
needs--but please also make the effort to evaluate what continuing
development has delivered, both in function and in quality of the suites.
And then go ahead and participate.



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