Hi :) I just wish the main downloads page could make that clear instead of pushing all noobs into using the "feature rich" branch. Regards from Tom :)
On 9 February 2014 21:41, Pedro <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi ksc > > > ksc wrote >> I've installed 4.1.4 on the new computer and it works. Any idea why >> this would occur? >> Makes no sense that an immediately newer version would be so fundamentally >> corrupted. > > The main reason is that the Calc spreadsheet had a major code rewrite which > enabled several enhancements including GPU calculations (when activated and > when the GPU is compatible) > > LibreOffice 4.2.0.4 (notice the zero after 4.2) is the first release in a > new branch (the 4.2 branch). For Windows users usually a 4.2 version is > always better than a 4.1... > > However LibreOffice is a multi-platform software and since most developers > are on Linux it follows a Linux logic > (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan). Therefore an x.x.0 > release (and in fact any release before x.x.4) is considered potentially > buggy and not ready for production. > > Therefore even if LO 4.2 is announced everywhere on the LO site, in fact it > is not recommended for general use or in other words "is targeted for early > adopters and private power users" (as stated in the not so evident Release > Notes page http://www.libreoffice.org/download/release-notes/) > > Bottomline: stick with the trusted 4.1 branch (4.1.5 should be out within > the next days) or keep 4.2 if you can live with the bugs (and report them at > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=LibreOffice ) so that > they are eventually fixed. > > Hope this helps... > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Corrupted-Calc-Display-of-Excel-File-tp4096338p4096361.html > Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > 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 > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] 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
