Please take this off discuss@ list, it belongs at best on dev list, QA list, or user list....discuss list isn't the appropriate place.
You can also report a bug (no clue if you did), it will get closed as NOTOURBUG if it's not our bug. Thanks. Best, Joel On 03/11/2016 03:22 PM, Larry Gusaas wrote: > > > On 2016-03-11, 4:11 PM Tanstaafl wrote: >> On 3/11/2016 4:19 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On 3/11/2016 4:19 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gus...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> No. It is a LibreOffice bug. You broke the usability of LibreOffice >>> on Macs with your code change. >> *I* broke it? Sorry Larry I'm just a user like you. > > It's obvious that "you" on a product mailing list refers to the > LibreOffice developers.Quit being pedantic. > >>> It worked before. >> Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. >> >> Libreoffice *fixed* a bug that brought to light a Mac bug. > > No. LibreOffice broke it's usability on OS X. If it makes a product > for OS X it should work for OS X as it currently exists. > It did not bring to light a Mac bug. The requirement for the older > Apple developed version of Java to be installed has been known for > several years and is mentioned in the installation notes. > > By the way, the bug is in Java. The installation of the old Apple Java > is the long-known workaround. The current version broke that > functionality. > >> Deal with it. > > Yeah. Mac users will deal with it. They'll quit using LibreOffice. > >> It isn't Libreoffice's responsibility to 'work around' everyone >> else's bugs. > > It is LibreOffice's responsibility to make their product work on the > platforms they make it for. > >> >>> Any new user of LibreOffice on Macs will find out the database >>> doesn't work. >> No - they will find that a *few* features/functions won't work. >> >> The reality is *most* will never know it. > > The lack of Java also affects some extensions . > That is no excuse for making software that doesn't work > >>> It is not Apples's responsibility to make your software usable >> There is a *bug* in Apple's provided JRE package that has been there for >> a very long time. >> >> The Libreoffice devs finally decided to make a change to their code that >> stops 'working around' Apple's long standing bug (at least thats how I >> read the comments)... > > Actually, it's a bug in Java. You obviously didn't do a lot of > research. Are you a Mac user? > >> There is a simple workaround that *you* can employ - install the JDK - >> until Apple fixes *their* JRE package bug. > > And that fact is not mentioned in the installation instructions or in > the release note. And until the release of 5.1 there was no need to > install the JDK. And, unless you are a developer, there is no other > need for it. Besides, it takes up a lot more disk space on your computer. > > I have my own workaround. Use a different product. > > This bug will create a very negative impression of LibreOffice among > Mac users. That is why I keep reiterating that LibreOffice needs to > fix the problem > > Obviously you don't care about Mac users. > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
