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From: Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> Subject: [ooo-announce] OpenOffice.org announces "end-of-life" for version 2.x of its productivity suite Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:44:18 +0100 > A few weeks before the upcoming release of OpenOffice.org 3.2, the > OpenOffice.org Community is formally announcing "end-of-life" status > for the legacy version 2.x series of its productivity suite. > > With each new release, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, to > benefit from new features, bug fixes and security improvements. After > a new major release, the community supports legacy releases for a > period of time to help users with upgrading and migrating. With > version 3.x being available for more than 15 months now, the Community > has decided it is time to cease maintaining the 2.x software. As a > consequence, OpenOffice.org 2.4.3 will be the last release of the > legacy 2.x series and no subsequent bugfix or security releases will > be made available. > > This end-of-life policy only applies for the Community version of > OpenOffice.org obtained via http://download.openoffice.org. Linux > distributors and service companies often have their own product > lifecycle policies and might support the productivity suite for a > shorter or longer period of time. Sun Microsystems commercial support > plans also continue to support OpenOffice.org version 2.x. > > Frequently Asked Questions > > Q: What does end-of-life status mean? Is the software unusable now? > > A: The end-of-life status means that support with patches, bugfixes > and security updates is no longer available from the Community. Of > course, the software is still usable, and you may still be able to > obtain product support from Community members via email, mailing lists > and forums. > > Q: So, can I go on using the old version? > > A: Technically, yes. However, due to important bugfixes and security > improvements found in newer releases of the software, the community > strongly encourages every user to upgrade to the latest release. > > Q: I'm a Linux user, and my copy of OpenOffice.org comes from my > distributor's repository. Am I affected? > > A: Linux distributors often have their own product lifecycle policy > and may support their versions of OpenOffice.org for a shorter or > longer period of time by "backporting" updates and bugfixes. Please > check with your distributor. > > Q: Why can't the community support older releases for a longer period > of > time? > > A: Releasing bugfixes, patches and security improvements for older > releases takes a lot of resources. Releasing legacy versions is as > much effort as releasing current versions, with localization and QA > being involved. As most users upgrade to a new version in a short > period of time, and as rollout cycles in companies usually last from 3 > to 12 months, the Community needs to concentrate its resources where > they are most effective, in new versions. > > There is also a number of independent service companies providing > long-term support, who may support "end of life" releases. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
