I am quite excited about this release and can't wait to run it on Ubuntu LTS 12.04! I must say its sad to see no major updates to the biblographing section. I am hanging in there for the stable release.
On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, at 08:15 AM, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi AG :) > It is a good idea to run the 3.6.0 beta in parallel with your existing > version. > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Installing_in_parallel > > There is no need to wipe one in order to run the other. However stable > something is on other people's machines (or unstable for that matter) is > irrelevant. What matters is how stable it is on YOUR machine and that is > something no-one knows until YOU try it. > > One advantage with test-driving the early pre-releases of a branch is > that IF you have problems then it's easy to catch the devs interest in > fixing it while they are keen and excited about the new branch. Waiting > until everyone else is using it means the devs attention is more divided > between everyone else's issues. > > Typically a new branch means a big step up to a new plateaux of increased > compatibility with MS formats, faster start-up and operation, very much > increased functionality and a slightly sexier look&feel. > > I would definitely recommend taking the 3.6.0 beta out for a test-drive > as much as possible asap but keep your older version lurking in the > back-ground somewhere jic. Why wait for other people? > > Good luck and regards from > Tom :) > > > --- On Fri, 13/7/12, drew jensen <drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Fri, 2012-07-13 at 15:16 +0100, AG wrote: > > <snip /> > > > > > Hi Drew > > > > I noticed from the video that you are using 3.6 beta. How long have you > > been using it for and is sufficiently stable to rely on for academic > > work? Any noticeable advantages over 3.5.*? > > > > Actually over all it seems rather stable - I've run into rough spots > with one extension is all. > > As for the video being 'so yesterday' - seems 3.5 RC1 is out and ready - > from the announcement a few minutes ago: > > "Please be aware that LibreOffice 3.6.0 RC1 is not ready for > production use, you should continue to use LibreOffice 3.5.5 for that. > > The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X from our QA > builds download page at > > http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/ > > The (still growing) list of features for the upcoming 3.6.0 is on our > wiki - please help filling gaps there, e.g. by providing more > screenshots: > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/3.6 " > > so - I haven't tired that RC with my problematic extension, it is still > only a 'candidate'. > > //drew > > > -- > For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- antiso...@myopera.com -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
