Hi :) The Users List seems to show that a lot of people are experiencing problems with the 3.5.x branch that are fixed by just reverting to the 3.4.x branch. Regards from Tom :)
--- On Tue, 10/4/12, WorldLabel.com <worldla...@gmail.com> wrote: From: WorldLabel.com <worldla...@gmail.com> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] remove To: marketing@global.libreoffice.org Date: Tuesday, 10 April, 2012, 15:59 On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Cor Nouws <oo...@nouenoff.nl> wrote: > Hi Marc, > > Marc Paré wrote (10-04-12 15:46) > > I think that there should be some kind of rewording of the text in the >> download page done as soon as possible as I don't think that the text >> that is on the Download page does not go far enough to warn users of the >> two offerings of LibreOffice 3.5.x and 3.4.x branches. There should be, >> at the very least, a demonstrated effort from our group of the intended >> use of the two versions. >> > > I disagree that it has to be as soon as possible. > There has been many months, maybe even a year, between the initial > requests and ideas for making our download suitable for average users and > the fix. (I remember myself late in the nights somewhere between Christmas > and and New years eve, in my vacation, picking this whole thread up.) > So I fail to see where the urgency is now. > > As written before: there have been long and extensive discussions. And not > only that, also : > > At this point, the download page does not inform the user of the stable >> 3.4.x branch for large deployments or users looking for such a product. >> > > a. the 3.5. branch is stable. And in many aspects better then the 3.4 > branch. > b. Anyone leading a serious deployment will read the release notes and > policy. Period. > (Hmm, looks as if I start to repeat myself. Not something I am usually > doing.) > > I suspect that, in some countries, the language used on the download >> page would not be considered "consumer-friendly" enough to warn people >> of the risks of downloading an "in-development" version of software when >> a stable version is available. >> > > It is an artificial distinction to talk about 'stable' and 'in > development' here. > For the non stable we have the pre-releases and the dailies. > > We need to rework the language to avoid such risks. >> > > General remark (not meant for you personally): > I think the woes about bugs in 3.5 is overdone. It might easily become > sickening and counter productive. Rather then just counting numbers, better > triaging, bundling en description of issues is helpful. > > > I put this on the marketing list as this discussion has more to do about >> the rationalizing of the language used on the Download page from a >> marketing point of view. >> > > There was a very large discussion that led to the change of the page. > And I think that it's not good to change it over and again, without > respect to the previous discussion. > If there are new facts, or previously not noticed insights and such, it is > useful to reopen the discussion of course. > > Kind regards, > > -- > - Cor > - http://nl.libreoffice.org > > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+help@global.** > libreoffice.org <marketing%2bh...@global.libreoffice.org> > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/**get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-** > unsubscribe/<http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/> > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.**documentfoundation.org/** > Netiquette <http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette> > List archive: > http://listarchives.**libreoffice.org/global/**marketing/<http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/> > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to marketing+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/marketing/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
