Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: LibreOffice Still?

Nino,

Right on target; I could not have said it better. As for the release pace there is a theory that 
suggests that slowing it to a rearly rythmn would decrease the intetest of developers. But that is 
obviously a theory, and cannot be an exact science.

Best,

Charles.

On 6 août 2014 13:50:57 CEST, Nino Novak <nn.libo@kflog.org> wrote:
> Am 06.08.2014 13:07, schrieb Tom Davies:
>
> > So again the question has apparently gone back to "What is the
> advantage of
> > the "Still" branch.  Why would people choose it or what circumstances
> would
> > suit "Still" better than "Fresh"?"
>
> The main advantage is its age: it's more mature; it has been in use for
> a
> longer time; people know it better; more questions have been answered
> in all
> the support forums etc.
>
> You see, the main problem is not having two branches, it's having two
> branches which do not differ too much - just half a year. Therefore,
> both
> are rather "fresh", there is no "really mature" version, at least not
> in the
> public.
>
> So the thing to really complain about is the lack of a really mature
> (2-3-4
> years or more) version! Therefore, all the bug fixing etc does not
> really
> improve the stability of the software as branches end their lifetime
> too
> soon after receiving their last bugfix update.
>
> I'm not sure what the effects would be if there was a Long Time Support
> version. Maybe, everybody would switch to this LTS verison and bug
> reporting
> would decrease dramatically. But maybe also, that peoples'
> satisfachtion
> would grow considerably and therefore also commitment and loyalty. Who
> knows?
>
> In a first step I'd very much like the community to decrease the
> release
> frequeny to once a year instead of every 6 months.
>
> Nino
>
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