Rhythm.G wrote: > Jan de Groot wrote: > >> On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 09:42 -0500, Greg Meyer wrote: >> >> >>> Why is Koffice 1.5 beta1 in testing? Isn't this the kind of thing that >>> should >>> be in unstable? >>> >>> >> Now and then we put beta stuff in testing. We did with Xorg7 RC4, we did >> with GNOME 2.11.9x, we will do with GNOME 2.13.9x and it looks like we >> did it for a KDE office suite also now. >> >> Whan a product announces the final beta or release candidate, it's the >> time to get our packaging right. This way we can release these things >> fast without having the final version in testing for ages. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> arch mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch >> >> >> > This is exactly what I advocated some months ago. :-), I believe this is > a right decision, to get more people testing them we will surely get > more stable current repository which will certainly increase our > distribution's reputation. We have built one with speed, now it's turn > for stability. > Normally I wouldn't put stuff in testing that is to be considered unstable but as I use Koffice for everyday work I was able to test it properly. At least the functionality in Kword and Kspread I use work properly. What's more. the input filter for non-Kofficce document filters really got much better. It was about time to improve these features, they are essential for a working cross platform office after all. That's why I put it in testing, to please those who like Koffice but couldn't use it so far because of lacking support for documents im-/export.
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