Re: [tdf-discuss] Version numbering in "About LibreOffice"

Le 2010-10-26 10:24, Marc Paré a écrit :
> Le 2010-10-26 09:52, Robert Boehm a écrit :
> > But yes....maybe it should say "beta" on the face of it....
> >
> > On 10/26/2010 08:48 AM, Michel Gagnon wrote:
> > > Is it possible to write the version number in a way that is
> > > understandable by mere mortals?
> > >
> > > ...
>
> Putting "Beta" somewhere would be a good help. Members are installing 
> the latest "Beta2" and are mostly unaware that it is a beta. As you 
> said the current version of LibO is really not meant to be used on a 
> production machine. But they still do it regardless and expect it to 
> be bullet-proof.
>
> Marc
A good example is Firefox. If one looks at "About Firefox", it is 
written "Firefox version 3.6.11", and likewise, the Beta version is 
written "Firefox version 4.0b6". With clear labelling like that, when my 
mother calls me and has a computer problem, even she is able to know 
what version of Firefox she is using. That's the kind of precision I 
would like to see with LibreOffice.

OpenOffice 3.2.1 shows a version number, but I remember that OpenOffice 
3.0 and 3.1 did not show the version number but only the internal build 
number (ex.: OOO310m10).

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Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada) -- http://mgagnon.net

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