Eric Peltzer wrote:
Why on earth does the OO.o site not post, up front right in the
heading, the full actual version number of the software being offered
for download? Without this number, it is pretty much impossible tell
if one already has the most current version or not. To find this
number, one pretty much has to download the current version and
install it, or at least unpack it.
For instance, six weeks ago I downloaded what was called only
OpenOffice.org 2.0 "Beta 2". What was actually installed on my machine
had the version number 1.9.125. Well actually, the heading above this
says quite clearly 'OpenOffice.org 2.0.' Nowhere in my actual
installed version is it actually called Beta 2.
That's correct. All the pre RC versions are numbered 1.9.xxx. right up
to 1.9.130, for developers purposes it was kept that way. Beta1 was
1.9.113 or 118 or somewhere about there if I remember correctly then
there were several snapshots before deciding that the next version was
stable enough for Beta2 or 125 as you point out. That was followed by
more snapshots up to 130. Not an unusual procedure but necessary, when
the developers pump out new snapshots every two weeks or so, so that we
can keep track of things. Remember that these are alpha and beta
versions not the full production version and so at this point the needs
of the developers have a higher priority.
Today, I noticed on the site that OO 2.0 "Release Candidate" is now
available for download. No actual version number. So I downloaded
this, thinking it was an updated version. Trying to install it, the
install program informed me that I already had a LATER version of the
program installed. Well that was a waste of a 75mb download. I still
don't know what the actual version number of OO 2.0 this "RC1" might be.
The problem you have is a windows installer problem and nothing to do
with OOo. It has issues with the long version numbers that OOo uses.
Uninstall your 1.9.125 version and reinstall 2.0RC1
Finally, why is this office software called OpenOffice.org rather than
simply OpenOffice? Isn't 'dot org' connoting a website rather than an
app?
The dot org is the trademarked name of the suite, but it describes more
than just that. The name as it is, encompasses all of the parts of OOo.
The Software, the website and the community. That's why we like it just
as it is. :)
Cheers
Yo
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