[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 79438] Add release date to the About dialog box

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=79438

Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #8 from Yousuf (Jay) Philips <philipz85@hotmail.com> ---
(In reply to mahfiaz from comment #6)
> As a Linux user I'd vote down any (especially new) notices about updates etc
> for package-managed versions. Let the update reach me through repos when
> it's ready.

Taking ubuntu as an example linux distro, they only provide point release
updates in their repos. So if you have ubuntu 14.04 LTS, you'll never get a
notice to upgrade from 4.2 to 4.3 or 4.4 throughout its 5 year life span. you
have ubuntu 12.04 LTS still stuck on 3.5. So the only way an ubuntu user would
get an updated version is a) by PPA or b) by downloading it from
libreoffice.org.

(In reply to thangalin from comment #7)
> The PPA (Ubuntu Linux, 64-bit) can sometimes lag behind a reasonably stable
> release candidate. It is not uncommon for a release candidate to have fixed
> a severe bug that warrants upgrading. This means manually installing, rather
> than using the package manager.

My experience with the libreoffice ppa is that they normally dont lag behind
(may have lagged behind once that i remember because the maintainer was on
holiday), but have seen lagging in point releases through the repo.

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