[libreoffice-users] Re: [libreoffice-l10n] [ANN] LIbreOffice 4.3.0 RC2 available

Hi :)
This is the perfect one to grab and test out asap, especially if you have a
pet-peeve that has been long-running.

There are probably tons of bug-fixes including some really hefty ones.  I
think there are 'new' accessibility features (thanks to IBM and Apache) and
less reliance on Java for them.  IF your pet-peeve is still a problem then
right now is the best time to post a bug-report or add a comment to an
existing one because there are more eyes on the code right now than at any
other time in the branch's cycle.

It is also a good time to join or have a brief stint in the QA team to help
triage bug-reports even if you only whizz through "marking duplicates".

Documentation Team could also use new people to help update the Published
Guides and the L10n (international translators) are putting a lot of work
into streamlining their work on the in-built help.


This is probably not the best release to roll out to all machines in a
company or to machines with limited download.  This release will have tons
of stuff to make it more compatible with the latest MS formats, tons of
bug-fixes, tons of additional functionality so it could well be THE perfect
one to roll-out but it's worth testing first jic.  For example has the
cropping thing been fixed in Draw?  (or was that all a red herring?)

So, the best bet is to try it out asap on 1 or 2 sample machines,
preferably ones where you can respond quickly if there are problems.

Regards from
Tom :)







On 3 July 2014 11:10, Christian Lohmaier <lohmaier@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Dear Community,
>
> The Document Foundation is pleased to announce the second release
> candidate of LibreOffice 4.3.0. The upcoming 4.3.0 will be the eighth
> major release of LibreOffice, coming with a bunch of new features
> beside the usual bugfixes.
>
> RC2 is in release configuration and can be be installed alongside the
> stable version on linux and Mac OS X, but will update an earlier
> version on Windows.
>
> RC2 is not ready for production yet (there is one additional RC
> planned), and while it marks hard code freeze, translations are
> not all up-to-date yet.
>
> A work-in-progress list of new features in LibreOffice 4.3 can be
> found at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3
>
> The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X from our QA
> builds download page at
>
>   http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/
>
> Developers and QA might also be interested in the symbol server for
> windows debug information (see the release notes linked below for
> details)
>
> Should you find bugs, please report them to the FreeDesktop Bugzilla:
>
>   https://bugs.freedesktop.org
>
> A good way to assess the release candidate quality is to run some
> specific manual tests on it, our TCM wiki page has more details:
>
>
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Regression_Tests#Full_Regression_Test
>
> For other ways to get involved with this exciting project - you can
> e.g. contribute code:
>
>   http://www.libreoffice.org/community/developers/
>
> translate LibreOffice to your language:
>
>   http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide
>
> or help with funding our operations:
>
>   http://donate.libreoffice.org/
>
> A list of known issues and fixed bugs with 4.3.0 RC2 is available
> from our wiki:
>
>   http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.3.0/RC2
>
> Let us close again with a BIG Thank You! to all of you having
> contributed to the LibreOffice project - this release would not have
> been possible without your help.
>
> On behalf of the Community,
>
> Christian
>
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