On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 08:33 +1000, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > Shelagh Manton wrote: > > I've been trying to update to the latest, but keep getting told that it > > is not available. Is there a problem or *did* I log on before (I can't > > remember doing so). > > > > I'll keep trying. > > I have never had to log on to the OOo site before downloading any > version of the program, including the developers' builds. > > I notice that the way to download developers' builds has changed, > so perhaps that change was in process when you tried to download, > or perhaps the latest build had not been propagated to all of the > mirrors yet. Have you had any luck since writing this note? > > When I clicked on any of the choices on the usual download page, > http://download.openoffice.org/680/index.html > it took me to another page (which I haven't seen before), > http://openoffice.bouncer.osuosl.org/download.php > > That new page offered, among other things, _m223 which I had > picked up a few days ago from a direct link I have to one of the > sites that stores the builds. I have not attempted to download > anything from the bouncer site, so I don't know if it works for > me or not. > This is the site that I keep getting to. It seems to "bounce" every request I make. I am in the process of registering with the office org site and hopefully this will solve this problem. If not, are there other mirrors where I can get the latest builds? I'd appreciate knowing them as google is not being helpful on this issue. I probably don;t know the right question to ask.
Shelagh > --Jean
