Hi :) People do seem to have had a LOT of strange quirkiness from the 3.4.0 that wasn't in the 3.3.2.
The 3.4.0 seems to be a regression and sounds more like a beta-release especially with the disclaimer. However i don't see this as a huge problem because the 3.4.0 is clearly a stepping-stone on the way to very much lighter-weight code-base and we can expect the 3.4.1 to have tidied up trivial issues. "You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs". I like the idea of the 3.3.x being stable branch and the 3.4.x being testing/development. If we can encourage people to use the 3.4.x series, post bug-reports and then switch back to the 3.3.x series for serious use then we have something very useful as long as we promote the 3.3.x series as being the first one to try in corporate deployments. Regards from Tom :) ----- Original Message ---- > From: Steve Edmonds <steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Sent: Sat, 11 June, 2011 5:58:50 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] helping Users and LibreOffice - proposal > > > > On 11/06/11 16:12, planas wrote: > > Cor > > > > On Sat, 2011-06-11 at 03:18 +0200, Cor Nouws wrote: > > > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Apparently we find ourselves in an interesting situation. With the 3.4.0 > >> release, there are obviously more questions, people stumbling over bugs. > >> - So to help the users, it is useful to point them to the fact that > >> there is a stable 3.3.2 (3.3.3 soon) that they can use with more comfort. > >> - However ... it is both valuable for the project, when the all do > >> some work with the 'early adopter' versions. > >> So, I would propose that the regular helping hands on this list, try to > >> allow for both interests. Apart from the mentioned arguments, it may as > >> well be appealing for quite some people to, to try working with relative > >> new features etc etc. > >> > >> What do you think, would it be possible and useful (of course depending > >> on the individual mail) to pay attention to both aspects? > >> > >> That would obviously result in an attitude in which people are not only > >> pushed back from the 3.4.0 to an older version, nor withhold explanation > >> about the choice they have to work with one or another.. Well, each can > >> find his own short or long sentences to explain :-) > >> > >> some related links: > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/BugReport > >> http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2011/05/13/announcing-a-new-beta-release/ > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Adapt-o-meter.png > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Release_Criteria > >> > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> -- > >> - Cor > >> - http://nl.libreoffice.org > >> > > > > I have noticed that 3.4.0 seems to support 2010 docx and xlsx formats > > better >than 3.3.2. I have not had any major issues with 3.4.0, quirky one issue in >Calc but not a show stopper. > > > > > I have 3.4.0 on my laptop trialing it, then to filter to the desktop at > home with 3.3.2 and finally to the office with the most stable version. > I am happy to answer to any version I am using, I think if the person > asking the question is clear what version he is using the answers will > be appropriate. > steve > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
