Would you like some cheese and crackers with that?? I believe that these gift horses are riding just fine and future developmentsof both will make all of this a non-issue.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 5:14 AM, [email protected] < [email protected]> wrote: > > Well, Ubuntu 10.10 came out today [ not RC version ]. > > Included with it, finally, is OOo version 3.2.1 > > It would be nice if they [ Ubuntu and Debian ] would update > OOo in their repositories more often than every 6 months. > > Yes, I know that people can download OOo in .deb and install it > in a way that will deal with the Applications/Menu problems that > I keep having. I just have to remember where I put that paper [file] > that contains the instructions to do so. > > Yet, I wonder why when a major software package like OOo comes > out with an update, or even an upgrade, that it takes so long for it > to appear in the repositories. Other open-source packages are > updated in the Ubuntu/Debian repositories and are seen in the daily/weekly > checks with the Update Manager, but not OOo. > > I know that this type of question should be posted to an Ubuntu forum, > which I have but with no answers in return, but here are the people who > are most affected by that lack of updating, the OOo users running > Ubuntu/Debian. > > I wonder if a large number of us Ubuntu/Debian users who use OOo as > our main, or only, office package get together and "ask real nicely", would > something be done to solve the problem? > > There is a movement to make Ubuntu the OS that will compete with Windows > as the OEM installed operating system. The movement wants to make a > Linux OS that will run as easy as Windows [ to the general public use to > Windows ] > and make installing and upgrading software packages as easy as Windows > users expect it to be. > > Maybe if the users of the #1 MS Office replacement get together and somehow > get Ubuntu/Debian to add OOo updates and upgrades to their daily/weekly > repository updating system, instead of waiting for their six month OS > update/upgrade > schedule. > > Well, it is time to get Ubuntu 10.10 on all my non-Windows systems. > >
