[tdf-discuss] Re: Problems well ordered and qualified in BugZilla? (Was Re: Re: strange page orientation problem)

On 09/21/2011 11:16 PM, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Hi Gary,
>
> NoOp wrote (21-09-11 05:11)
>
> > If 3.4.x then I *highly* recommend trying 3.3.4 instead. To me it seems
> > that 3.4.x (3.4.3) is full of bugs and should never have been released
> > at all, particularly with this statement:
> >
> > <http://www.libreoffice.org/download/>
> > <quote>
> > LibreOffice 3.4.3 Final (2011-08-31)
> >
> > Safe for production use by most users and enterprises.
> > </quote>
> >
> > That statement is, at the very least (again IMO, but can be verified by
> > the bug reports), wrong. Note: for anyone that disputes that, simply
> > review the users list and bug reports - you'll find many issues
> > regarding 3.4.x that are resolved by reverting back to 3.3.x.
>
> I know there are problems in 3.4 that are not present in 3.3. (and why).
> And what the situation should be: that all problems have been described 
> in an issue and that the really annoying ones qualified as such and 
> picked up by a developer.
> However, I have the impression that not all problems posted to users@ 
> have been handled as such. Not sure though.
> Also I noticed some things mentioned as (serious) problem, turned out to 
> be no or (just) minor annoyances (IMO).
> Furthermore, we are in a lucky situation compared with half a year ago: 
> there are regular test builds for Windows also and devs are fixing 
> windows specific issues...
> So, do you think it would be useful to check the problems reported on 
> users@, check their status in BugZilla and if needed add them to the 
> MostAnnoying gathering issues?

Sure. I'll try to go through them this weekend & come up with a list;
starting with those msgs that indicate 'works in 3.3.4 but not in 3.4.3.

> Speaking for myself: I would be happy to help, but because of workload, 
> it should be a process of weeks, rather than days..

No worries & thanks for the excellent idea.
...

Gary


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