On 2009/04/20 5:50 AM Dave Post wrote:
On Apr 20, 2009, at 2:45 AM, Larry Gusaas wrote:
When you click on "I want to download OpenOffice.org" on the home
page of www.openoffice.org it auto-detects the operating system you
are using. I get the following:
Download now!
Start downloading OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 for Mac OSX Intel in US English
This is true; however, clicking that option produces an error message
because the site doesn't have 3..0.1 for OSX.
When I click it the download for OO.o 3.0.1 begins.
One is directed then to a different page, which gives the impression
that 2.4.0 is the latest version for OSX.
You must be using language and/or operating system for which the Quality
Assurance process has not been completed.
(And it apparently is, as far as official releases are concerned, but
there are later and better rc versions.)
The download page only shows versions that have passed the QA process.
There is a lack of people working on this in some languages and some
platforms – especially Mac PPCs. Anyone willing to assist should visit
the QA site. http://qa.openoffice.org <http://qa.openoffice.org/>
There is a link for the development and RC versions at the bottom of the
page you are referring to. It says "Please test also our OpenOffice.org
snapshot and release candidates."
Worse, there's no indication of which OSX versions 2.4.0 is compatible
with (turns out this is 10.4 and 10.5)
That is what the System Requirements page is for. It seems some people
do not bother to check. That is the first thing I look at, especially if
I am using older hardware.
so, if you're using an earlier version, you get a download that won't
run on your system and no clue where to find one that will.
If you are using a Mac PPC computer that is true as there is no link to
the good-day site on the download pages. You only find if you manage to
fine the Mac porting site
http://porting.openoffice.org/mac/
--
Larry I. Gusaas
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada
Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
"An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs." -
Edgard Varese
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