On Mon, 19 May 2014 11:41:02 +0200 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 18.05.2014 20:46, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > > On 16/05/2014 Rainer Bielefeld wrote: > >> I submitted "Issue 124913 - Disable 4.1.0 Update Info" > >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124913 > >> because I think that it would be irresponsible to encourage users to > >> update to 4.1.0 with known issue. > > > > I'm not sure this would give any results. Maybe OpenOffice caches the > > update information, so one would still get the update notification even > > if we retire it. But in general, 4.1.0 is the best version we can offer. > > I agree with Andrea that version 4.1.0 is the best version we can offer. > > > You cite https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124717 as the > > reason but the root cause for it is an issue that has existed since > > 2010, and it took a huge effort and many misunderstandings before you > > found a way to reproduce it. > > > > I provided some further information regarding issue 124717 as an issue > comment. Please have a look. > > > I agree, though, that we should consider a 4.1.1, and maybe schedule it > > for June; we already have a couple of new languages and some bugfixes, > > we have an ongoing session of post-release tests and in a few weeks > > we'll probably be ready to wrap it up and see what's best to do. > > > > Yes, a 4.1.1 with the one or the other fix of a serious bugfix make > sense from my point of view. > > >> I also think that there should be a hint in 4.1.0 Release Notes under > >> "Known issues" > > > > Sure. I see it's there now and it's good to have it there. > > > > I have provided a workaround in the above mentioned issue comment. > If someone can confirm it, the workaround could be added to the "Known > issues" text. > > Best regards, Oliver. > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > Would it be appropriate to entirely remove the "Automatic check for update" link and simply leave the manual "Check for updates" on the Help menu? -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
