Hi :) This is the perfect one to grab and test out asap, especially if you have a pet-peeve that has been long-running.
There are probably tons of bug-fixes including some really hefty ones. I think there are 'new' accessibility features (thanks to IBM and Apache) and less reliance on Java for them. IF your pet-peeve is still a problem then right now is the best time to post a bug-report or add a comment to an existing one because there are more eyes on the code right now than at any other time in the branch's cycle. It is also a good time to join or have a brief stint in the QA team to help triage bug-reports even if you only whizz through "marking duplicates". Documentation Team could also use new people to help update the Published Guides and the L10n (international translators) are putting a lot of work into streamlining their work on the in-built help. This is probably not the best release to roll out to all machines in a company or to machines with limited download. This release will have tons of stuff to make it more compatible with the latest MS formats, tons of bug-fixes, tons of additional functionality so it could well be THE perfect one to roll-out but it's worth testing first jic. For example has the cropping thing been fixed in Draw? (or was that all a red herring?) So, the best bet is to try it out asap on 1 or 2 sample machines, preferably ones where you can respond quickly if there are problems. Regards from Tom :) On 3 July 2014 11:10, Christian Lohmaier <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Community, > > The Document Foundation is pleased to announce the second release > candidate of LibreOffice 4.3.0. The upcoming 4.3.0 will be the eighth > major release of LibreOffice, coming with a bunch of new features > beside the usual bugfixes. > > RC2 is in release configuration and can be be installed alongside the > stable version on linux and Mac OS X, but will update an earlier > version on Windows. > > RC2 is not ready for production yet (there is one additional RC > planned), and while it marks hard code freeze, translations are > not all up-to-date yet. > > A work-in-progress list of new features in LibreOffice 4.3 can be > found at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.3 > > The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X from our QA > builds download page at > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ > > Developers and QA might also be interested in the symbol server for > windows debug information (see the release notes linked below for > details) > > Should you find bugs, please report them to the FreeDesktop Bugzilla: > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org > > A good way to assess the release candidate quality is to run some > specific manual tests on it, our TCM wiki page has more details: > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Regression_Tests#Full_Regression_Test > > For other ways to get involved with this exciting project - you can > e.g. contribute code: > > http://www.libreoffice.org/community/developers/ > > translate LibreOffice to your language: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide > > or help with funding our operations: > > http://donate.libreoffice.org/ > > A list of known issues and fixed bugs with 4.3.0 RC2 is available > from our wiki: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.3.0/RC2 > > Let us close again with a BIG Thank You! to all of you having > contributed to the LibreOffice project - this release would not have > been possible without your help. > > On behalf of the Community, > > Christian > > -- > 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/l10n/ > 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
