Re: CORRECTION, post upgrade glitch is still serious

2022-06-23 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Craig, Am 24.06.22 um 01:12 schrieb Craig Russell: > Hi Mattias, > >> On Jun 23, 2022, at 04:03, Matthias Seidel >> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Yes, that is an old bug becoming more visible on macOS because some >> extensions were updated recently. >> >> Just as a quick "work around": Please

Re: CORRECTION, post upgrade glitch is still serious

2022-06-23 Thread Craig Russell
Hi Mattias, > On Jun 23, 2022, at 04:03, Matthias Seidel wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, that is an old bug becoming more visible on macOS because some > extensions were updated recently. > > Just as a quick "work around": Please disable the option for "Online > Update" in your AOO preferences. Just

Suggestion relating to installing and updating Apache Open Office - was - Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/6/22 7:36 pm, Peter Kovacs wrote: Hello Flaviu Am 22.06.22 um 23:30 schrieb Flaviu Tamas: Why hasn't OpenOffice been wound down & shuttered? I can only explain my view on this. I am an AOO committer because people use AOO. And more often then not they are aware on the market, and they

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Andrew Pitonyak
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOffice LibreOffice (LO) Apache OpenOffice (AOO) This is from my memory and I am not checking my facts, so here it goes: I was under the impression that AOO still has contributors The original split was

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread ELAINE MURSZEWSKI
The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses. ~~ Napoleon Hill -Original Message- From: Flaviu Tamas To: users@openoffice.apache.org Sent: Thu, Jun 23, 2022 8:21 am Subject: Re: Winding OpenOffice down I'm sorry. I didn't

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Flaviu Tamas
I'm sorry. I didn't think that some people were passionate about OpenOffice, and obviously that's not true. With that in mind, my original comment is snarky and non-productive. Peter: I really appreciate your comment here. > I can only explain my view on this. I am an AOO committer because

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Peter Kovacs
Hello Flaviu Am 22.06.22 um 23:30 schrieb Flaviu Tamas: Why hasn't OpenOffice been wound down & shuttered? I can only explain my view on this. I am an AOO committer because people use AOO. And more often then not they are aware on the market, and they did decide on Apache OpenOffice.

Re: CORRECTION, post upgrade glitch is still serious

2022-06-23 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi, Yes, that is an old bug becoming more visible on macOS because some extensions were updated recently. Just as a quick "work around": Please disable the option for "Online Update" in your AOO preferences. Regards,    Matthias Am 23.06.22 um 12:09 schrieb PCS: > CORRECTION, the Extension

Re: CORRECTION, post upgrade glitch is still serious

2022-06-23 Thread Peter Kovacs
Am 23.06.22 um 12:09 schrieb PCS: CORRECTION, the Extension Update glitch froze a spreadsheet I had put aside in the Dock and forgotten was open when I tested with a couple of new documents. It was successfully recovered but it is still a serious glitch. Sadly the extension code has a

CORRECTION, post upgrade glitch is still serious

2022-06-23 Thread PCS
CORRECTION, the Extension Update glitch froze a spreadsheet I had put aside in the Dock and forgotten was open when I tested with a couple of new documents. It was successfully recovered but it is still a serious glitch. I have used LibreOffice on Linux fairly often over the past

Re: Winding OpenOffice down + post upgrade glitch

2022-06-23 Thread PCS
I have used LibreOffice on Linux fairly often over the past 12 years and occasionally on the Mac (my main computer), but I prefer OpenOffice on the Mac. LO seems to be more fully featured than OO and some of its features are better implemented than the same ones in OO, but overall I find OO

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On 23/06/2022, Bret Busby wrote: > On 23/6/22 2:20 pm, Fernando Cassia wrote: >> Cows see a lot of trains pass by while pasturing, and that doesn' t >> make the cows train engineers. > I like that. > > Are you the source of that one? Sadly, no. > That is a proverb worth quoting. > > If you are

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/6/22 2:20 pm, Fernando Cassia wrote: Cows see a lot of trains pass by while pasturing, and that doesn' t make the cows train engineers. I like that. Are you the source of that one? That is a proverb worth quoting. If you are the source, and, you are not quoting someone else's

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Frank McIsaac
Well said FC Regards Snapafun - Frank Rock'n'Rolling Forever On Thu, 23 Jun 2022, 6:20 pm Fernando Cassia, wrote: > On 22/06/2022, Flaviu Tamas wrote: > > Why hasn't OpenOffice been wound down & shuttered? > > > > The existence of the website makes users assume that OpenOffice is > > still

Re: Winding OpenOffice down

2022-06-23 Thread Fernando Cassia
On 22/06/2022, Flaviu Tamas wrote: > Why hasn't OpenOffice been wound down & shuttered? > > The existence of the website makes users assume that OpenOffice is > still actively being developed It is. > when those users would be much better > served migrating to LibreOffice. Speak for yourself.