Hi Florain--- Florian Effenberger wrote: > Hello, > > the following came in from Peter Wilkins, [email protected], who > is *not* subscribed to these lists (so please don't forget the Cc ;-) > > I'm just forwarding it to you, can cling in to discussion after my > vacation. > > Florian > > > >> I have been struggling with various bugs in OOo 3.1 relating to >> unprovoked >> crashes, crashes related to spell-check and some other idiosyncrasies... >> >> When I report these, I receive an auto-response from OOo inviting me >> to try-out >> one of the Dev Builds ... but it is difficult or impossible for me to >> evaluate the >> status and stability of the various builds out there.
hmmmm...I don't think trying a dev-build should even be a suggestion for these kinds of issues...maybe we should change this???? I can certainly understand why Peter would be confused and frustrated. Thoughts? >> >> I have worked in the IT sector for over 25 years, so I would not >> expect to be >> puzzled by such things, but I am. If I am, then you can assume that >> the wider >> public is completely baffled by the bewildering choices. >> >> I realize that these builds are primarily targeted at the audience of >> open source >> programmers who are intimately aware of the day-to-day developments, >> but the >> public and even other IT professionals such as myself are not. >> >> If it is the goal of OOo to become an accepted and trusted mainstream >> alternative to Microsoft Office, then it is essential that there is a >> more cogent and >> user-friendly public front-end to the Dev Builds pages. >> >> I do not advocate any changes to what the programmers have access to, but >> quite frankly there is too much information and too many different builds >> available to the general user and too little qualitative information >> about each >> build. >> >> I generally like the first landing page for Dev Builds: >> >> http://download.openoffice.org/next/?cid=927698 >> >> However, even here, there is precious little qualitative narrative to >> guide visitors >> as to what the two offered downloads actually are, and some statements >> about >> their level of progression since the previous formal release and ... most >> importantly ... there is NO indication how soon the next stable update is >> expected to emerge. I don't think it is necessary to make binding >> commitments >> as to how this will unfold, but it should be possible to estimate by >> weeks or >> months when the next release is expected. >> >> Of course some kind of graphical road map would be a great addition. >> >> Of the two offered most recent stable versions offered on the above page: >> >> Download the most recent OOo-Dev 3.2.0 build (codeline OOO320) >> Click to start downloading OOO320_m6 for Windows (US English) >> >> Download the most recent OOo-Dev 3.x build (codeline DEV300) >> Click to start downloading DEV300_m65 for Windows (US English) >> >> It is not at all clear what 3.x refers to. Is this 3.1.x or is this >> something beyond >> 3.2.0?!? I kind of suspect it is the former, but then I see >> DEV300_m65, which >> makes me think it is 3.0.x ... (as compared to OOO320_m6, which is >> clearly 3.2) >> ... this is not at all clear. >> >> Again, if I am not sure, you can be sure that most mortals would be >> confused. >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Peter Wilkins > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "You affect the world by what you browse." -- Tim Berners-Lee [hmmmmm..... ] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
