Hi Tom, You certainly have a point here ;)
+1 On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Hi :) > Again. The only advantage listed for the new release in the newest branch > of LO is that it's "more stable". What is it more stable than? Is it more > stable than the 3.5.6? > > Putting anything mentioning bug-fixes and possible regressions just makes > people wonder what new bugs and new regressions are likely to appear in > this new release. Most profitable software companies avoid mentioning the > possibility that their new software might be buggy and have new regressions > despite the fact we know that both are likely. I think we should avoid > mentioning it too until they become more open and honest about the > possibility. > > > Possibly marginally better to say "latest" rather than "last" unless you > include a date. "Last" sounds fairly finally and hints that it happened a > long time ago. I don't know why. Both really mean roughly the same thing > if you look them up in a dictionary. > > > Again there are tons of advantages to the newest branch but stability is > not one of them. If people want stability then they are better off chosing > the latest release in the older branch. If they want, for example, better > compatibility with "other" formats and programs (ie such as MS's) then > 3.6.x is probably best. > > > Please. Can we have those circular or just plain wrong arguments again > about > 1. "I haven't noticed any bugs so far and few people have reported > bugs". Therefore no bugs really exist because things don't exist until > after they have been discovered. For example, the water on Mars didn't > exist until there were photos of it. > > 2. "Any bugs found need to be reported against the earliest version of > LO/OOo they can be found in." > > 3. Rinse and repeat. > > > > 1. "It must be more stable. It's newer." Therefore it must be more > stable. > > 2. "We must expect new branches to have more bugs as a result of having > much greater functionality" > 3. "Older branches focus on bug-fixes and therefore tend to have less new > added functionality" > > 4. Therefore "the only thing we can say about new branches is that they > are more stable." > > > 1. "All software has bugs." [Perhaps implying that LO is no more stable > than java] > > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > >From: Italo Vignoli <italo.vign...@documentfoundation.org> > >To: annou...@documentfoundation.org > >Sent: Thursday, 4 October 2012, 12:05 > >Subject: [tdf-announce] The Document Foundation announces LibreOffice > 3.6.2 > > > >Berlin, October 4, 2012 - The Document Foundation (TDF) announces > >LibreOffice 3.6.2, for Windows, MacOS and Linux, solving bugs and > >regressions and further improving the stability of the program for > >corporate deployments. 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