Hi ... On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 01:11:32AM +0100, Rene Engelhard wrote: >> When an application has an unusually long release cycle it is >> useful if there is a snapshot version of the package in addition >> to the release version. Bugs get fixed in CVS, but they don't >> appear in the stable release for months. Or, one would like >> to help test the beta. Thus we have mozilla-snapshot and galeon- >> snapshot, for example. OOo is a package of this kind. Hence >> this wish. >We actually are working on that. At the moment, we work towards 1.0.3 >which should get out in the mid of April. After that we go for 1.1beta >and we think about doing such a package.
But do not forget, OpenOffice.org is much more a beast as mozilla.
There are no snapshots available from xfree86 on the official
debian-mirrors, so, I think, that is OK, that there are no OOo-snapshot
releases.
But in this case, for testing beta-packages, it makes sence .. for us
and the upsteam-authors.
Regards
Jan
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