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

Hi :)
It's that 3rd digit that indicates stability.

It's like the "Service Pack"s for MS programs.  Many companies never
consider installing any MS programs until at least Sp1 or Sp2.  Similarly
many of us keep "production machines" on earlier branches.  I keep most of
my colleagues on 3.5.7 - although i do keep meaning to upgrade them to a
more recent x.x.6.

The 1st 2 digits indicates new features, new functionality, greater
innovation, greater compatibility with the ever-changing MS formats.
Although also some radical smoothing-out of quirkiness that inevitably
builds-up over time.

So more recent releases with a lower 3rd digit might well be less stable
than later releases in earlier branches.

Each person has to find their own preferred balance between innovation and
stability.  This is true of most software, whoever produces it.  It's why
some people jump on new gadgets and new stuff and others prefer to wait a
while.  My colleagues are not "early adopters" so they are happier with
older versions.

For myself i prefer to try to use the latest versions of LO on machines i
use a lot but keep my colleagues on older versions.
Regards from
Tom :)





On 22 June 2014 15:23, Pedro <pedlino@gmail.com> wrote:

> minhsien0330 wrote
> > Libreoffice 4.3 is coming soon, but I still fix my Libreoffice version on
> > 4.0.6.
>
> Actually version 4.1.6 is quite good and stable. Have you tried it? If
> there
> are serious problems from 4.0.6 to 4.1.6 you should really report them as
> Regressions!
>
>
> minhsien0330 wrote
> > Will we have a "LESS BUG version" in the future ?
> > Or Libreoffice  still go "many new feature and many new bugs"?
>
> It is quite difficult for the bug number to go down since the TDF strategy
> is to release new LibreOffice versions every few months (and dropping the
> previous stable branch). New versions mean new features and new features
> mean new bugs and also new regressions.
>
> So I think that unless the number (or allocated time) of developers that
> dedicate to new features is less than those dedicated to fixing bugs, it is
> not possible to reach a LESS BUG version...
>
> Just my 2 non-dev cents...
>
>
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