Hi Andrew, *,
On Wed, May 02, 2007 at 03:05:23PM -0400, Andrew Jensen wrote:
> [...]
> Looking at my computers here I realize I have OOo distributions from 3
> different sources, and that is about to become 4 different sources.
>
> First - there are distributions downloaded from OOo mirrors.
> Second - there are distributions downloaded from ftp.linux.cz
> Third - OOo distributions from my Linux distributor, Ubuntu
> Fourth - I will be looking at what Novel is now offering.
> [...]
>
> This is getting wordier then I would like so let me cut to the chase.
>
> Is there a policy, or a recommendation, or opinion, about which
> distributions are valid for testing of issues in the OOo tracking
> system?
Well, to confirm issues, you should use the vanilla version (from OOo
mirrors), that excludes any issues that arise due to distributions using
system components instead of shipping stuff with OOo.
As you assumed yourself: ftp.linux.cz builds should be more or less the
same as the vanilla ones, at least the build process is not modified and
the packaging is the same as the vanilla one.
> What about for opening new issues?
If you have multiple versions installed anyway, then just use the
vanilla one :-)
> Some things are patently obvious - finding a problem with VBA support,
> or with the new extension for importing/exporting MS XML file formats
> under the Novel distributuion for example rightfully belongs to Novel.
Exactly. Anything that happens with the distribution build, but not with
a vanilla build would be for the distributor's bugtracker as well.
> An example of what is not so clear to me is this. When I downloaded
> the 2.3m_211 file from linux.cz and installed it, it did not install
> as OOo-Dev, rather as OpenOffice.org 2.3. It created a new directory
> structure for this 2.3 release and then quietly removed all the files
> form the OpenOffice.og 2.2 directory tree. The splash screens all say
> 2.2, but the help screens say 2.3.
The splash screen image just wasn't updated yet (I guess).
Issue isn't necessary at this point, since 2.3 still is a bit in the
feature, but when 2.3 branches, and it still doesn't have an updated
splashscreen (I assume there will not only be a versionnumber change,
but a new image anyway), then an issue won't hurt.
ciao
Christian
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