Hi :) My own personal recommendation is to move to a branch once it has reached .4 in the third figure. So at the moment that is 3.5.x but by December 9th it will be 3.6.4 wont it? The higher the number in that 3rd figure the more stable and less work it's likely to need.
However my personal recommendation doesn't suit everyone and no-one should try to force everyone else to comply with their personal ideas. So, watch "The Life of Brian" and make up your own mind. When the new branch is 1st released there is a leap forwards in compatibility with MS formats and tons new features have been added. Also it's unlikely that people will find any problems or instabilities or anything like that because the release has undergone widespread QA testing. So, it's well worth testing the newest branch's newest release on at least 1 machine. If you are one of the rare unlucky people that finds a problem then you can easily go back to the older branch's newest release. At the moment that is probably the 3.5.7, or any of the older branch's release past the .4 in the 3rd figure, so at the moment that would be anything from 3.5.4. to 3.5.7. But going back to the previous branch means you miss out on some of the new toys, improved compatibility and other stuff. So, many people will stick with the newer branch, even if they have found a problem, because it's NOT likely to be "a blocker" for them. So, what i will soon be doing is upgrading all the machines of all my colleagues to 3.6.4 and just leave them on that because i have complete confidence in it. On my own machine i will be trying new and old things when i have time to play around but will make sure i can always reach a machine that has 3.6.4 on it when i need to get something done in a hurry. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: anne-ology <lagin...@gmail.com> >To: Tom <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Friday, 30 November 2012, 4:19 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Printed Glossy Magazines > > Could you summarize the highlights for those of us that don't >understand the computer-talk ;-) > so we'll know when we really must upgrade. > > > >On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >Hi :) >> >> My 'local' supermarket, part of a national and possibly international >> chain, used to have an isle for magazines with 1 section for IT. Out of >> the 16 mags there used to be 2 devoted to Linux. Sadly, last week there >> there was only 1 :( but a few gaps so i went in today hoping to see 2 >> again but still only 1 :( still some gaps. >> >> Then i noticed the sections on either side seem to have crept into the IT >> section so it's gone from 2/16 about Linux to about 1/10. Not quite such a >> bad drop as i had first feared. Then i noticed that 2 mags on the top >> shelf were about Android and another mag was about smart-phones with 4 >> sections in the mag to cover the 4 main types = they had Android as the >> number 1 best, then iPhone, then Windows and finally blackberry. So, half >> the mag about Linux, or 3/4 about unix-based platforms and only 1/4 about >> Windows. >> >> So that added up to 3.5/10 mags about Linux platforms!! Nearly double on >> a few weeks ago in a shrinking market!! >> >> Oh of the remainder of the mags several were dedicated to Photoshop and a >> few to iSomethings and some too generic to get down to specific OSes or >> even platforms. >> >> >> Amazing stuff!! >> Regards from >> Tom :) >> > >-- >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 > > > > -- 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
