Re: [tdf-discuss] The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3

On 25.1.2011 13:06, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> The Document Foundation launches LibreOffice 3.3
>
> The first stable release of the free office suite is available for 
> download
>
> The Internet, January 25, 2011 - The Document Foundation launches 
> LibreOffice 3.3, the first stable release of the free office suite 
> developed by the community. In less than four months, the number of 
> developers hacking LibreOffice has grown from less than twenty in late 
> September 2010, to well over one hundred today. This has allowed us to 
> release ahead of the aggressive schedule set by the project.
>
> Not only does it ship a number of new and original features, 
> LibreOffice 3.3 is also a significant achievement for a number of 
> reasons:
>
> - the developer community has been able to build their own and 
> independent process, and get up and running in a very short time (with 
> respect to the size of the code base and the project's strong ambitions);
>
> - thanks to the high number of new contributors having been attracted 
> into the project, the source code is quickly undergoing a major 
> clean-up to provide a better foundation for future development of 
> LibreOffice;
>
> - the Windows installer, which is going to impact the largest and most 
> diverse user base, has been integrated into a single build containing 
> all language versions, thus reducing the size for download sites from 
> 75 to 11GB, making it easier for us to deploy new versions more 
> rapidly and lowering the carbon footprint of the entire infrastructure.
>
> Caolán McNamara from RedHat, one of the developer community leaders, 
> comments, "We are excited: this is our very first stable release, and 
> therefore we are eager to get user feedback, which will be integrated 
> as soon as possible into the code, with the first enhancements being 
> released in February. Starting from March, we will be moving to a real 
> time-based, predictable, transparent and public release schedule, in 
> accordance with Engineering Steering Committee's goals and users' 
> requests". The LibreOffice development roadmap is available at 
> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan
>
> LibreOffice 3.3 brings several unique new features. The 10 
> most-popular among community members are, in no particular order: the 
> ability to import and work with SVG files; an easy way to format title 
> pages and their numbering in Writer; a more-helpful Navigator Tool for 
> Writer; improved ergonomics in Calc for sheet and cell management; and 
> Microsoft Works and Lotus Word Pro document import filters. In 
> addition, many great extensions are now bundled, providing PDF import, 
> a slide-show presenter console, a much improved report builder, and 
> more besides. A more-complete and detailed list of all the new 
> features offered by LibreOffice 3.3 is viewable on the following web 
> page: http://www.libreoffice.org/download/new-features-and-fixes/
>
> LibreOffice 3.3 also provides all the new features of OpenOffice.org 
> 3.3, such as new custom properties handling; embedding of standard PDF 
> fonts in PDF documents; new Liberation Narrow font; increased document 
> protection in Writer and Calc; auto decimal digits for "General" 
> format in Calc; 1 million rows in a spreadsheet; new options for CSV 
> import in Calc; insert drawing objects in Charts; hierarchical axis 
> labels for Charts; improved slide layout handling in Impress; a new 
> easier-to-use print interface; more options for changing case; and 
> colored sheet tabs in Calc. Several of these new features were 
> contributed by members of the LibreOffice team prior to the formation 
> of The Document Foundation.
>
> LibreOffice hackers will be meeting at FOSDEM in Brussels on February 
> 5 and 6, and will be presenting their work during a one-day workshop 
> on February 6, with speeches and hacking sessions coordinated by 
> several members of the project.
>
> The home of The Document Foundation is at 
> http://www.documentfoundation.org
>
> The home of LibreOffice is at http://www.libreoffice.org where the 
> download page has been redesigned by the community to be more 
> user-friendly.
>
>
> *** About The Document Foundation
>
> The Document Foundation has the mission of facilitating the evolution 
> of the OOo Community into a new, open, independent, and meritocratic 
> organization within the next few months. An independent Foundation is 
> a better reflection of the values of our contributors, users and 
> supporters, and will enable a more effective, efficient and 
> transparent community. TDF will protect past investments by building 
> on the achievements of the first decade, will encourage wide 
> participation within the community, and will co-ordinate activity 
> across the community.
>
>
> *** Media Contacts for TDF
>
> Florian Effenberger (Germany)
> Mobile: +49 151 14424108 - E-mail: floeff@documentfoundation.org
> Olivier Hallot (Brazil)
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> Charles H. Schulz (France)
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> Italo Vignoli (Italy)
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Good,

Except can't download, combo boxes in Download page are completely empty :)

-TP-

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