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Thread ID: 38255 2003-10-01 22:10:00 PCW CD - win some, lose some Biggles (121) Press F1
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179641 2003-10-01 22:10:00 Well folks, just got the notification today that OpenOffice.org has just gone to it's 1.1 final release. Unfortunately the CD has been with the replication people for 3 days and has gone to master and it has OpenOffice.org 1.1 RC5 on it (Win and Linux). However, the OpenOffice folks told me at the time that RC5 was likely to be the final release so there may in fact be no or very minimal changes between RC5 and the final release. I'm checking it out. Biggles (121)
179642 2003-10-01 23:29:00 maybe its me being tired...but thats a confusing post..
are u meaning that open office has just released its final release...but the pc world cd has just gone to publication as well? so the cd missed the open office? till next month?
csinclair83 (200)
179643 2003-10-01 23:50:00 November CD will contain OpenOffice 1.1, Release Candidate 5. But OpenOffice 1.1 final (i.e., not a "release candidate") was released today, so by the time you get the CD it will have been out for nearly a month.

However, due to our production schedule the CD for Nov went of to duplication on Sept 30, so we missed putting the final release of 1.1 on there by a few days. I say this because several folks have expressed the desire to see the final version of OpenOffice 1.1 rather than release candidates on the CD. So I'm saying up front now we missed doing that by a matter of days, sorry.

I'm finding out from the OO folks what differences, if any, there are between 1.1 RC5 ans 1.1 final.
Biggles (121)
179644 2003-10-01 23:53:00 It's OK Chris, you've been working too hard for a while and your comprehension has a stress fracture.

What Bruce is saying is that the PCW CD has OpenOffice V1.1 (release candidate 5) on it, but with impeccable timing, as the PCW CD went to production the OpenOffice folk released their final version (V1.1 RC6??) so the PCW version is notionally out of date already.

Doesn't matter much, as Bruce said, so don't throw yourself under a bus or induce other fractures.

Cheers

Billy 8-{) :D
Billy T (70)
179645 2003-10-02 00:01:00 Thanks for letting us know in advance Bruce. It wouldn't surprise me if no code has changed between RC5 and Final apart from a find/replace on the RC5 and the filename. -=JM=- (16)
179646 2003-10-02 00:39:00 Okay, just heard from the OpenOffice people that the RC5 version we have on the CD is the same as the 1.1 final. Maybe a diferent spalsh screen, but the code is the same. Biggles (121)
179647 2003-10-02 01:37:00 Wonderful! Thanks for going to the trouble of getting that info Greg S (201)
179648 2003-10-02 04:11:00 So those who use the version on the CD will not miss out on any bugs which were added in the final steps of the release. :D Graham L (2)
179649 2003-10-02 05:51:00 Congratulations

If only more of the computer/technology trade were so concientious and forthcoming

You win the Award = go pat yourself on the back, please !
Woof (2402)
179650 2003-10-03 09:19:00 > However, due to our production schedule the CD for Nov went of to duplication on
> Sept 30

Jeez, you guys don't waste time.. When's the magazine compiled completely?
cyberchuck (173)
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