OpenOffice.org 2.1 (Corey Burger)

[Corey Burger]

On 12/16/06, Tee Jay Rosene <teejayrosene at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/16/06, Tee Jay Rosene <teejayrosene at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone know when the updated OpenOffice suite will be available in
> > Synaptic, or Update Manager? How long does it usually take programme
> updates
> > to become available?
> > I'm looking forward to having the most recent version installed, to see
> the
> > improvements.
>  > Tee Jay
>
> Ubuntu has a strict policy of not introducing new upstream version by
> default, unless absolutely necessary (currently only Firefox is like
> this, due to Mozilla's boneheaded security policies). As such, OO.o
> 2.1 will not be seen in any version of Ubuntu already released, except
> as a backport.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Corey
>
> Thanks for that info. I guess if I really want to see the newest version,
> I'll have to install it myself (if it's not too complicated and/or time
> consuming!) I have one caveat with this system, particularly in relation to
> 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu should provide newer versions of core software, especially
> if the version is called "Long Term Support". Nonetheless, this is only a
> small complaint.

The problem is this: New versions of software bring in new bugs and
testing that you don't introduce regressions is a major task.

> I guess what I really want to know now is if it's worth it? Are there that
> many changes in OO.o 2.1 to bother with the trouble of removing the old and
> installing the new? Or would I be better off to just wait until Feisty comes
> out and have the newest version there?

It will likely be backported, so I would wait for that. I didn't see
anything that is absolutely needed. You can read the full release
notes at
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.1.0.html

Corey