Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: any word about 4.0.4 portable coming out?

2013/6/27 Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>

> 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 :)

Generally speaking, Tom, my experience is that one has to go to the
LibreOffice website and download the latest and greatest step every time it
is released ; it is rarely that I see an update notice and that little
green arrow. The above holds true for Windows 7 and 8 ; on Linux Mint all I
have to do is wait for the Ubuntu PPAs to get updated - it took perhaps a
little more than a week after the 4.0.4.2 was released for it automatically
to beinstalled over 4.0.3.3. Hitherto I'm ver impressed with it - it seems
to load even more quickly than its predecessor. Kudos to the developers !...

Henri


> > ________________________________
> > From: Joel Madero <jmadero.dev@gmail.com>
> > To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfalls@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

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