Thanks. That's a good explanation. Doesn't make sense that the unitiated (like me, though I've been using computers for years) are led to download 4.2 with a serious flaw.
On Sun, 09 Feb 2014 16:41:55 -0500, Pedro [via Document Foundation Mail Archive] <ml-node+s969070n4096361...@n3.nabble.com> wrote: > Hi ksc >> ksc wrote >> I've installed 4.1.4 on the new computer and it works. Any idea why >> this would occur?Makes no sense that an immediately newer version would >> be so fundamentallycorrupted. > The main reason is that the Calc spreadsheet had a major code rewrite > which enabled several enhancements including GPU >calculations (when > activated and when the GPU is compatible) > LibreOffice 4.2.0.4 (notice the zero after 4.2) is the first release in > a new branch (the 4.2 branch). For Windows users usually a 4.2 >version > is always better than a 4.1... > However LibreOffice is a multi-platform software and since most > developers are on Linux it follows a Linux logic > (https://>wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan). Therefore an x.x.0 > release (and in fact any release before x.x.4) is considered > >potentially buggy and not ready for production. > Therefore even if LO 4.2 is announced everywhere on the LO site, in fact > it is not recommended for general use or in other words >"is targeted > for early adopters and private power users" (as stated in the not so > evident Release Notes page > http://>www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/) > Bottomline: stick with the trusted 4.1 branch (4.1.5 should be out > within the next days) or keep 4.2 if you can live with the bugs (and > >report them at > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=LibreOffice ) so that > they are eventually fixed. > Hope this helps... > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Corrupted-Calc-Display-of-Excel-File-tp4096338p4096361.html > > To unsubscribe from Corrupted Calc Display of Excel File, click here. > NAML -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Corrupted-Calc-Display-of-Excel-File-tp4096338p4096363.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.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.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
