Hello Cyberwuffy/Ala/Wolfe (?), > I'm running an AMD 64 system, using the debian port 2.2.1 Wed Jul 4 > 21:17:03 UTC 2007. I just upgraded my rig from a 32 bit system.
Well, in general the 64 bit distro editions are not as extensively tested as the 32 bit versions you get directly from www.openoffice.org. The reason: distribution maintainers don't spend that huge amount of effort for QA. We in fact have seen many distro-specific releases with terrible bugs which are not part of the vanilla OOo release. (Yes, we also have seen vanilla OOo releases with terrible bugs.) So: if you can reproduce a bug with one of the standard OOo releases (and sorry to say, but there is no standard 64 bit release of OOo), please report them here. If you can't, please report them to your distribution's team, we can't do anything about it. > /Crashes when I double click a column to auto width it, press the > aforementioned delete key, and other random keystrokes. not know to me, sounds like 64-bit-specific. > Column values like formatting of 4 leading zeros to the primary > key or currency formats not retaining. This was fixed when I > aliened the RPMs from OO's site, not the deb apts. Though even > forcing architecture fails with alien. That's out. And I'm either > blind or just stupid, but for the life of me I can't find any news > or downloads on a native x86_64 build anywhere on OO's site. 64 > bit applications aren't going anywhere. The transition is > gradually happening. I'd think OO would have adapted with a build > of its own by now. As said, www.openoffice.org itself does not offer 64 bit builds. > Reliance on java. 64 bits aside, to have to rely on thirdparty > framework for a database. Java, in my experience, has been buggy, > and extremely unstable with OO base alone. I switch back and forth > from 1.5.latest and 1.6.latest with various states of things > working and malfunctioning. Sorry, I'd say this is an urban legend, or pre-justice. Java itself is neither extremely unstable nor buggy. (Again, not talking about 64 bit versions here, I don't know them.) > I know I'm in the minority of users who regularly use OO's base. I > have a master database I maintain for personal things. The > transition from Access when cutting away from windows alone was... > ...fun... Someone please tell me 3.0, whenever the hell that is, > will bring me some stability. And sanity./ More precise, reproducible bug reports will help to track down the problems, and fix them. General, unspecific complaints won't, sorry. Ciao Frank -- - Frank Schönheit, Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Sun Microsystems http://www.sun.com/staroffice - - OpenOffice.org Base http://dba.openoffice.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
