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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:21:43 +0900 (JST) Maho NAKATA <[email protected]> wrote: > 久保田さん、榎さん、翻訳お願いできますか。 > QAとして、本質的に重要な内容です。 はい、翻訳したいと思います。 よろしくお願いします。 > > 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] > -- 株式会社グッデイ 榎真治 <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
