Hi :) Ok, that makes sense. The problem now is to make the upgrade smoother so it's easier to upgrade within a branch, eg from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 and onwards.
Preferably not completely automatic but easy enough so that users can click on the upgrade button even if they don't have Super User / Admin level privileges. Like Firefox allows. At the moment i think people still have to download and do a fresh install of the newer release even if it is in the same branch. I do get the impression that is what the devs are aiming for anyway. The little green arrow is fairly new. At the moment it just lets you know there is a new version to download but it looks like one day it will be possible to just click on that and sit back to watch the magic. Regards from Tom :) >________________________________ > From: Joel Madero <jmadero....@gmail.com> >To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> >Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org >Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013, 15:43 >Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out? > > >On 06/26/2013 05:45 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: >> This question makes me wonder, just why there are so many LO versions >> and frequent new releases. I can't keep up, and I find myself torn >> about upgrading. I want the latest and greatest, but I've had problems >> with newer versions resurrecting old bugs. >> >> I'm sure there's an overriding philosophy that has been adopted, but I >> wonder if we might be better served with fewer new releases. >> >> Apache seems to have taken quite the opposite approach with no new >> releases of AOO since its 3.4.1. Perhaps something somewhere between >> the two extremes might be nice. > >One of our devs is going to do a bit about this after the EOL of 3.6 but >this chart should help: > >https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/2/2c/LibOReleaseLifecycle.png > >also this might help a little, > >https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-hackers/2002-June/msg00041.html > >There is a rationale behind our release schedule. Ultimately just >because the version is out, doesn't mean users have to upgrade, each >release has a purpose. > > >Warm Regards, >Joel > >-- >To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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 > > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@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
