[ANN] Preview builds of 3.4 Beta 5 available

l10n
#1

Hi *,

for beta 5, we're now uploading builds to a public (but non-mirrored
- so don't spread news too widely!) place, as soon as they're
available. Grab them here:

http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/

If you've a bit of time, please give them a try & report *critical*
bugs not yet in bugzilla here, so we can incorporate them into the
release notes. Please note that it takes approximately 24 hours
to populate the mirrors, so that's about the time we have to collect
feedback.

Known issues so far:

+ The update from libreoffice-3.4.0betaX packages does not work on
  Linux. Please, remove the older beta packages before.

+ The linux packages can be installed in parallel with LO-3.3
  packages (fdo#36551). It required to rename the libreoffice3-*
  packages to libreoffice3.4-*. Also the desktop integration packages
  can be installed in parallel. It required to rename the wrapper from
  "libreoffice" to "libreoffice3.4"

+ The Debian packages use lower release number "5" instead of "103".
  The number "5" has been used for RPMs and Windows installer
  release numbers for a long time. It is bumped for each official
  build.

Currently, debs, rpms, and Mac packages are available, or currently
uploading. Win32 will take some more time, this platform is usually
slowest to build.

The list of fixed bugs in this release is here:

http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/src/bugfixes-libreoffice-3-4-release-3.3.99.5.log

So playing with the areas touched there also greatly appreciated -
and validation that those bugs are really fixed.

Thanks a lot for your help,

-- Thorsten

#2

Italo Vignoli wrote:

- you announce the beta on these mailing lists, using the same text
of the previous announcements

- at the same time, we announce the change of announcement strategy
on the announce mailing list, using a text that I will produce
tonight in order to be discussed during SC and ESC conference calls

- at the same time, I will blog on the TDF blog adding to the
announce text a few graphics that will - hopefully - make some
concept visually clear for everyone (also these are going to be
ready tonight for discussion)

Yep, sounds good.

Cheers,

-- Thorsten

#3

Hi, for this specific announcement I would like to do the following in term of communication:

- you announce the beta on these mailing lists, using the same text of the previous announcements

- at the same time, we announce the change of announcement strategy on the announce mailing list, using a text that I will produce tonight in order to be discussed during SC and ESC conference calls

- at the same time, I will blog on the TDF blog adding to the announce text a few graphics that will - hopefully - make some concept visually clear for everyone (also these are going to be ready tonight for discussion)

Ciao, Italo

#4

Hi Thorsten et al,

I just made a quick smoke test on Windows.

Automatic installation (will run it manually tonight) on WindowsXP.

I found that the "LanguageTool" are missing witch I consider *critical*.
Also the extension "Provider for JavaScript" installs as "Status unknown".

Quick look at the localized GUI and help files looks fine.

Cheers,
Leif Lodahl
The Danish Team

Den 11-05-2011 14:10, Thorsten Behrens skrev:

#5

LanguageTool was never bundled to LibreOffice (well, it was bundled to
the Novell version but we are testing community version now).

Cheers,
Andras

#6

Den 11-05-2011 20:49, Andras Timar skrev:

I found that the "LanguageTool" are missing witch I consider *critical*.

LanguageTool was never bundled to LibreOffice (well, it was bundled to
the Novell version but we are testing community version now).

Sorry, I thought it was.

In such case please ignore the *critical* :wink:

Script provider for javaScript is still not installed properly (tried
again with manual installation)

/Leif

#7

Thorsten
Thank you. I give a GO for the windows build (B5).

Olivier

#8

Hi *,

If you've a bit of time, please give them a try & report *critical*
bugs not yet in bugzilla here,

Well, nothing critical for beta5 - that one has my "stamp of approval" :slight_smile:

so we can incorporate them into the
release notes.

For release notes, see below.

[...]
+ The linux packages can be installed in parallel with LO-3.3
 packages (fdo#36551). It required to rename the libreoffice3-*
 packages to libreoffice3.4-*. Also the desktop integration packages
 can be installed in parallel. It required to rename the wrapper from
 "libreoffice" to "libreoffice3.4"

Yay - finally a version that installs & runs on my machine

36551 is fixed, but needs note in release notes/installation notes
(while you can install them both, a user can only use one at a time
(since they share the same user-config directory, thus attempting to
start one will just hand over control to the already-running instance)

Now as I got a chance to see 3.4, I notice the rendered-as-inactive
comboboxes/spinboxes - for me, despite a UI issue "only", it qualifies
as stopper for final, opinions?
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37113

ciao
Christian