2009/3/12 John Lumby <[email protected]> > > I am looking at two OO3 instances, and, > . for one the help about says it is version 3.1.0 DEV300m37 build 9371 > . for the other the help about says it is version 3.0.1 OOO300m15 build > 9379 > > I understand that the first is a developer snapshot and maybe from some > different branch of development(?), but is there any significance in the > two "m" numbers m37 and m15? Does m37 in any way indicate that this one > has "more" of anything or is "newer" or what? What does the "m" number > represent? > > And, given that the m numbers are different, is it meaningful to compare > the two build numbers and conclude that the build 9379 is newer than the > build 9371, (in which case, why does 9371 have the higher version number, > 3.1.0?), or are they in different build numberspaces? > > > (The reason I ask is that one loops with 100% CPU on one particular .ppt > and I want to know if I should ignore one or other build but also whether > either of these instances has more function that I might then lose) > > John
John, just to make things more complicated, OOo seems to have, in addition to the stable versions, not one, but two development lines, as seen on this page : http://download.openoffice.org/next/. As far as I know, «m» stands for «milestone» ; my impression is that the codeline OOO310 is the later of the two, but I've not been able to find any further information on this matter, so no guarantees.... Henri
