Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Java still broke on LibreOffice 5.1.1

Seems that from Mac users point of view,
there was no bug until LibO fixed their bug
and exposed the Mac bug.

Wonder who the Mac users will blame?


On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
wrote:

> On 3/11/2016 4:19 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/11/2016 4:19 PM, Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> > No. It is a LibreOffice bug. You broke the usability of LibreOffice
> > on Macs with your code change.
>
> *I* broke it? Sorry Larry I'm just a user like you.
>
> > It worked before.
>
> Past performance is no guarantee of future performance.
>
> Libreoffice *fixed* a bug that brought to light a Mac bug.
>
> Deal with it.
>
> It isn't Libreoffice's responsibility to 'work around' everyone else's
> bugs.
>
> > Any new user of LibreOffice on Macs will find out the database
> > doesn't work.
>
> No - they will find that a *few* features/functions won't work.
>
> The reality is *most* will never know it.
>
> > It is not Apples's responsibility to make your software usable
>
> There is a *bug* in Apple's provided JRE package that has been there for
> a very long time.
>
> The Libreoffice devs finally decided to make a change to their code that
> stops 'working around' Apple's long standing bug (at least thats how I
> read the comments)...
>
> There is a simple workaround that *you* can employ - install the JDK -
> until Apple fixes *their* JRE package bug.
>
> Enjoy...
>
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