3.4.3 released. Stable and functionality combined

users
#1

Hi :slight_smile:
Just a quick note for everyone else who has spent ages balancing the advantages
of the 3.3.x line with the 3.4.x branch. The 3.4.3 should give the advantages
of both. It is only just released so it's worth looking in the release notes.
It's probably best to install alongside whichever release you are currently
using just in case there are a few teething troubles in the first few days.
This is the release i have been waiting for :slight_smile:
Good luck and good work all :slight_smile:
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#2

In the Release Notes it states the following - quote: "If you run Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise to e.g. use OpenJDK instead."

Google points to the following URL: "http://openjdk.java.net/" but the site is either down or no longer valid.

SO any ideas where people can get OpenJDK as recommended in the LibreOffice 3.4.3 Release Notes? For Windows, Linux, and Mac?

#3

http://openjdk.java.net/ opens fine here. But it only has releases for
Linux, nothing for Windows that I can see.

Dave

n the Release Notes it states the following - quote: "If you run
Linux, the GCJ Java variant has known issues with LibreOffice, we advise
to e.g. use OpenJDK instead."

Google points to the following URL: "http://openjdk.java.net/" but the
site is either down or no longer valid.

SO any ideas where people can get OpenJDK as recommended in the
LibreOffice 3.4.3 Release Notes? For Windows, Linux, and Mac?

http://www.davesergeant.com

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
Hmm, i hadn't really noticed that and tend to ignore that particular issue
anyway. Hopefully the old java 2.6.0_21 is still quite fast? The _22 or _20
are hopefully still reasonably fast. The reason i ignore that particular
disclaimer is because i assume it is aimed at the newer versions of java such as
the _24 or __26 or the ultra new 2.7.something? I think sticking with the old
2.6.0_21 or close to it neatly avoids the problems.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

I still get the following:
         "Problem loading page
         Server not found
         Firefox can't find the server at openjdk.java.net"

I can download files from the LO web site, so it is not my Internet connection.

Where is "from here"? Where is the server located? Could there be some break in communication, due to the power outages from the Tropical Storm damage, and the DNS routering between me and the server have not found a new path? For me, I am in New York State USA, on the eastern fringe of the storm. 30-40 mph winds and medium to heavy rains. Not much damage here. But if you drive 2 hours east, you get downed power lines, washed out roads and bridges, and a whole lot of mess. To get to NY City from here you go 1.5 hours east and 3+ hours south [as the highway travels].

#6

The server must be down.  I have tried to get to it here in the U.K and Safari can't connect either.  I think that from the quote it implies that only Linux users are affected by this issue, everyone else should be OK.  I hope so, since this sort of Java performance problem should be fixed - especially since it is a new version of LibO that is out, and there have been similar problems in the past?

Declan Moriarty

#7

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Just a quick note for everyone else who has spent ages balancing the

advantages

of the 3.3.x line with the 3.4.x branch. The 3.4.3 should give the

advantages

of both. It is only just released so it's worth looking in the release

notes.

Any word on if it fixes the bugs with writer/base? For instance, in LO
3.4.2, some forms always display with print layout when web layout has
been selected. LO 3.4.2 also seems to crash when doing a search through
a database form (at least, under Windows XP). Don't have any of those
problems in 3.3.4, so unless those are fixed, I'm stickin' with what I
got! :slight_smile:

It's probably best to install alongside whichever release you are

currently

using just in case there are a few teething troubles in the first few

days.

I tried that last time, and it removed 3.3 when installing 3.4 (again,
Windows XP). Is there a way to install them side-by-side?

- --
Steven Shelton

#8

Just yesterday I have connected to http://openjdk.java.net/

Today there are some problem: I live in Italy near Venice.

Sone DNS resolv it (OpenDNS does it) other doesn't.

nslookup openjdk.java.net
Server: 208.67.220.220 <-- First OpenDNS server
Address: 208.67.220.220#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: openjdk.java.net
Address: 67.215.66.132

Have a nice day and good luck to reorder your local small Irene disaster.

Carlo

#9

Hi :slight_smile:
Perhaps an intermittent problem like the OpenOffice.org servers?

I would definitely try the normal java but a version around 2.6.0_21 rather than
anything newer. The new ones seem to break LibreOffice somehow but are better
for web-browsers apparently. Luckily it's very easy to have both and it's easy
to select which one LibreOffice uses. I think the web-browsers tend to
automatically choose the newest version so, hopefully, it should all work out.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#10

There were problems with Oracle's/Sun's JRE - higher number of the 6.x.x versions - so I have been told for Windows and maybe Linux and Mac. The 7.x.x version is out, but I have not tried it on my Windows computer. I am sticking with the one I have from the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS repository, since it works. In LO Tools>Options>Java [Ubuntu], it shows Sun's 1.6.0_20 version of Java. That should be version 6.0.20, so I am a little out of date. The latest "6" version is version 6 update 27. The download page has instruction about removing older versions. The page does not say which version the 7.x.x download is.

So, if you want a working JRE, other than OpenJDK, I/we have version 6 update 23 on the NA-DVD install page, near the bottom. Drew is still working on the CMS version at the LibreOfficeBox site, so it might be better to go to the original site at "http://libreoffice-na.us/English/install.html" Once the OpenJDK site is back up, I hope to remember to download copies of it to be included with the older Sun JRE that works. Then people can have a choice.

#11

Tom
you show 2.6.0_21. My Ubuntu version shows 1.6.0_20. Was that a error, or is something wrong on my end. The files just say similar to the Windows version named "jre-6u23-windows-i586-s.exe". There is no "1" or "2" in front of the version. The "1" in front of the Ubuntu repository version may be their numbering scheme, instead of any other meaning.

I was told, if I remember correctly, that the issues started somewhere around update 25 or 26. The NA-DVD has update 23, since that was a version that worked, since it was the one on the original German beta test ISO from the later winter or early spring.

#12

Hi Everyone,

For me, the issues with LibreOffice started with Java 1.6.0_24 and continued with 1.6.0_26. I run Ubuntu 11.04. Ubuntu, for the last several releases, has not shipped Java with it, but uses an open Java called Iced Tea. I always install Sun Java once I have a new version installed. When the issues arose with 1.6.0_24, I deleted all of Sun Java, and went back to Iced Tea. I had not luck with it working any better than the Sun Java 1.6.0_24. I've been running 1.6.0_26 for my browsers, and 1.6.0_21 for LibreOffice for about 3 weeks now, and everything works perfectly. Based on my past experience of trying Iced Tea, I'll stick with the two Java versions. I'm presently running LibreOffice 3.4.2 and hope to install 3.4.3 tonight.

The key numbers in versions in comparing Linux versions and Windows versions of Java are the 6 ( Linux 1.*6*.0_21 jre-*6*u21-windows-i586-s.exe ) and the 20 whatever ( Linux 1.6.0_*21* jre-6u*21*-windows-i586-s.exe ). So, Linux version 1.6.0_21 and windows jre-6u21-windows-i586-s.exe are the same version for their respective platforms.

Don

#13

Hi :slight_smile:
Just a quick note for everyone else who has spent ages balancing the advantages
of the 3.3.x line with the 3.4.x branch. The 3.4.3 should give the advantages
of both. It is only just released so it's worth looking in the release notes.
It's probably best to install alongside whichever release you are currently
using just in case there are a few teething troubles in the first few days.
This is the release i have been waiting for :slight_smile:
Good luck and good work all :slight_smile:
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

Does it recognize JRE v7.0 ?

#14

Hi :slight_smile:
Perhaps an intermittent problem like the OpenOffice.org servers?

I would definitely try the normal java but a version around 2.6.0_21 rather than
anything newer. The new ones seem to break LibreOffice somehow but are better
for web-browsers apparently. Luckily it's very easy to have both and it's easy
to select which one LibreOffice uses. I think the web-browsers tend to
automatically choose the newest version so, hopefully, it should all work out.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

I'm getting a 73KB/s download. :frowning:

#15

Hi :slight_smile:
Oooops, yes i keep writing 2 when it's obviously 1! The only bit i really take
notice of is the end part, the _21 or _20 or whatever. The 1.7.??? is very
confusing. Similarly with Linux (the kernel in Gnu&Linux) suddenly jumping
version numbers to "something much easier" and skipping a few numbers just
because Linus Torvalds felt like it, lol. The java _20 is reputedly about as
fast as it gets but the _21 is supposedly a bit faster on some systems, if
that's an issue. It's probably not worth the hassle if you already have 1 of
the 3 good ones tho.

It's interesting to hear the Windows naming is a little different and neatly
covered my mistake for me! :wink:
Thanks and regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#16

Too much kind! :slight_smile: :smiley: :wink:

Carlo

#17

Hi :slight_smile:
For a 73Kb download i would try
1. Torrenting? Sometimes that seems a bit faster if it's available
2. Give up. Perhaps try again in a few hours/days.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#18

getting the same here - and here is in the south of france.

Werner

#19

Hi :slight_smile:
I don't know if LO likes jre7. Given that it seems to be going downhill i would
avoid it but it's probably worth testing as you can always change quite easily.
Just be careful what files you open using the version you are testing :wink: Also
please let us know how it goes if you do test it.

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#20

is there any ppa for 3.4.* versions?the ppa:libreoffice/ppa is showing 3.3.*
versions for ubuntu lucid.