On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Steven P. Ulrick <[email protected]>wrote:

> > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 2:56 PM, Steven P. Ulrick <[email protected]
> >wrote:
> >
> > > > On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:10 AM, Steven P. Ulrick <
> [email protected]
> > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello Everyone
> > > > > First of all, I do understand the danger of using development
> builds to
> > > do
> > > > > real
> > > > > work.  Second of all, the pictures that I am trying to make a
> > > presentation
> > > > > out
> > > > > of are not lost.  The only thing that is lost is a fair amount of
> > > wasted
> > > > > time..
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please DO NOT use development version in place of stable version.
> > > > Dev version are only for testing.
> > >
> > > Only for testing...  After testing has been accomplished, what am I
> > > supposed to
> > > do if I find a possible bug?  Just ignore it?
> > >
> > > I know that.  That is why I said, "First of all, I do understand the
> danger
> > > of
> > > using development builds to do real work."  Please re-read my initial
> > > message
> > > and please see the fact that I am not and was not complaining.
> > >
> > > All that being the case, am I only supposed to report bugs on stable
> > > releases?
> > > In any followups to any actual information that I received on this
> issue, I
> > > was
> > > going to ask for details about what components/sub-components that I
> would
> > > file a
> > > bug under about this.
> > >
> > > Again, what are the development versions for if we are not allowed to
> try
> > > them
> > > and report any bugs that we might find?  These are all serious
> questions,
> > > there
> > > is no sarcasm or anger felt while writing/asking them :)
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Steven P. Ulrick
> > >
> >
> > Openoffice is an office productivity suite. I was responding to your
> comment
> > " The only thing that is lost is a fair amount of wasted time".
> You are right.  I do apologize for phrasing that the way that I did.  Also,
> I
> thank you for quoting that, so I can be more careful in the future.
>
> > I have found that using development version for general use results more
> > often than not in lost productivity.
> >
> > Please file a bug report if you think the error you are seeing is
> different
> > from
> >
> > http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104146
> That looks really similar.  I will study it more later.
>
> > Thank you very much for testing Openoffice.org
> You are very welcome.  And again, I will be more careful about my choice of
> words in the future.
>
> Steven P. Ulrick


Steven, this link would help you keep track of what is happening on the
development side

http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ReleaseStatus_Minutes#Agenda_for_next_meeting

Like all opensource projects, Openoffice.org needs people who are brave
enough to put bleeding
edge code through workflows similar to the workflows on production software.

Thanks again.

-Ganesha



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