On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 4:27 AM, Jürgen Schmidt > <jogischm...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> after a short break I have checked the current situation and where we are. >> >> We had identified some further issues for 3.4.1 while we continued >> testing the latest snapshots. These issues are now fixed and I would >> like to propose a new snapshot build based on revision 1372282. >> >> Issues that will be fixed in this new snapshot: >> >> - OO crashes when I Print >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120389 >> >> - Remove the "Browser Plug-in" tab page from the Options dialog >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120518 >> >> - Starting OpenOffice with "-nodefault" parameter should not open the >> StartCenter >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120501 >> >> The last 2 issues matched not directly our criteria for blocker issues >> but after reviewing the issues and the fix I decided to integrate them >> in 3.4.1 as well. >> The reason for integrating the last issue is quite simple and I believe >> that we probably share this view. We want that AOO is used in >> combination with other software systems and as backend service for >> document conversion etc. From my point of view it make sense to >> integrate this fix in 3.4.1. >> > > Here's what I see in '282. It is good so far. > > I tested 6 different VM's with the following scenarios, all 32-bit: > > - Fresh install on XP > - Fresh install on Windows 8 > - Fresh install on Windows 9 Preview >
Subtract 1 from the above: Windows 7 and Windows 8 Preview. > - Install over OOo 3.3.0 on XP > - Install over AOO 3.4.0 on XP > - Install co-existing with LO 3.6.0 on XP > > I didn't do heavy testing, but verified the basic operations, and > verified some of the release blocker fixes. > > I'll continue doing informal testing of the above. > > No problems so far, except for Windows 8, where the lack of a digital > signatures leads to a very poor user experience. In the default > configuration, downloading with I.E and installing will cause Windows > to warn the user 3 separate times, with a scary message about how the > software might harm their system. In one case the UI makes it look > like the user cannot install at all. They need to expand a collapsed > section in the dialog to see the "install anyways" option. > > I realize there is nothing we can at this point, but we should try > help the users deal with this as much as we can. I'll try repeating > this to get some screen shots we can use to explain this. > > I did one further VM, with Kaspersky antivirus, with latest signatures > to verify the installer and installed image. We should probably do > that on Mac as well, just to make sure nothing sneaked in to our build > machines. Any volunteers? > > -Rob > > >> Juergen >>
