2013/6/27 Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> > Hi :) > Ok, that makes sense. The problem now is to make the upgrade smoother so > it's easier to upgrade within a branch, eg from > 4.0.1 to > 4.0.2 and onwards. > > Preferably not completely automatic but easy enough so that users can > click on the upgrade button even if they don't have Super User / Admin > level privileges. Like Firefox allows. > > At the moment i think people still have to download and do a fresh install > of the newer release even if it is in the same branch. > > I do get the impression that is what the devs are aiming for anyway. The > little green arrow is fairly new. At the moment it just lets you know > there is a new version to download but it looks like one day it will be > possible to just click on that and sit back to watch the magic. > > Regards from > Tom :) >
Generally speaking, Tom, my experience is that one has to go to the LibreOffice website and download the latest and greatest step every time it is released ; it is rarely that I see an update notice and that little green arrow. The above holds true for Windows 7 and 8 ; on Linux Mint all I have to do is wait for the Ubuntu PPAs to get updated - it took perhaps a little more than a week after the 4.0.4.2 was released for it automatically to beinstalled over 4.0.3.3. Hitherto I'm ver impressed with it - it seems to load even more quickly than its predecessor. Kudos to the developers !... Henri > >________________________________ > > From: Joel Madero <jmadero....@gmail.com> > >To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> > >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > >Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 15:43 > >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming > out? > > > > > >On 06/26/2013 05:45 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > >> This question makes me wonder, just why there are so many LO versions > >> and frequent new releases. I can't keep up, and I find myself torn > >> about upgrading. I want the latest and greatest, but I've had problems > >> with newer versions resurrecting old bugs. > >> > >> I'm sure there's an overriding philosophy that has been adopted, but I > >> wonder if we might be better served with fewer new releases. > >> > >> Apache seems to have taken quite the opposite approach with no new > >> releases of AOO since its 3.4.1. Perhaps something somewhere between > >> the two extremes might be nice. > > > >One of our devs is going to do a bit about this after the EOL of 3.6 but > >this chart should help: > > > >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/2/2c/LibOReleaseLifecycle.png > > > >also this might help a little, > > > >https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2002-June/msg00041.html > > > >There is a rationale behind our release schedule. Ultimately just > >because the version is out, doesn't mean users have to upgrade, each > >release has a purpose. > > > > > >Warm Regards, > >Joel > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ 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
