Notices by LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org), page 23

@jeffmcneill If we start to maintain Debian's own repositories then in fairness to other distros, we'd be expected to maintain their's too, and with so many distros it'd be a lot of work (and we have very limited resources). In most cases upstream developers (like us) work on the software, and the individual distribution maintainers look after their repositories.

@jeffmcneill Hi! We don't maintain the Debian package repositories, but you can get .deb files from our website.

Stay fresh: #LibreOffice 7.6.4 and 7.5.9 are now available for download. All users of the 7.6 and 7.5 branches are recommended to update: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/07/libreoffice-764-and-759/

And here's an update from #LibreOffice's QA (Quality Assurance) community – what they achieved in November: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/12/06/qa-dev-report-november-2023/ #foss #opensource

New from our documentation community – the #LibreOffice Calc Guide 7.6: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/05/the-calc-guide-7-6-is-published/ #foss #OpenSource

Who makes #LibreOffice? Hundreds of people around the world – volunteers, developers in the ecosystem, and more. Robert Cabane here is part of our Quality Assurance (QA) project – and you can join it too: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/05/libreoffice-community-interview-robert-cabane-qa-project/ #foss #OpenSource

Hey! Did you contribute to the #LibreOffice project in November? If so, claim your cool free sticker pack now: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/12/03/winners-in-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2023-get-your-free-sticker-pack/ #foss #OpenSource

@SarraceniaWilds There is a solution: help us to implement it, or fund a developer! We're a volunteer-driven project with very limited resources. We love more features too, but they only happen when people contribute or fund developers to work on them. I know that's not the answer you're looking for, but if people help us, we'll get all these features and more 😊

@TritTriton @Schimmelreiter Yes! Nothing will change in the release engineering and schedule – just that the version numbers now say something about when the software was released, to add some context.

@blueghost @Faket @peertube @feditips @tilvids Yes. We are a very small non-profit organisation with very limited resources. Our infra team has a lot of work to do and we'll get to the PeerTube topic when we have time. Please be patient 😊

@OhWeh @nick Yes, 24.4. The version number will show the year and month the software was released, which is what a lot of our end-users have asked for.

@OhWeh Thanks! We know it's not to everyone's taste, but we think it makes a lot more sense for the vast majority of end users.

Our next big release will be #LibreOffice 24.2, in February 2024! (We're moving to a "year.month" version scheme, to make it more clear when the software was released.) And the first Alpha development build is now available for testing: https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2023/11/30/libreoffice24-2-alpha1-is-available-for-testing/ #foss #opensource

We recently attended the ICTer International Conference in Sri Lanka, to present #LibreOffice during a keynote speech, and to manage a two day workshop about LibreOffice and the Migration Protocol: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/11/29/libreoffice-in-sri-lanka/ #foss #OpenSource

@Schimmelreiter Ah right – yes, when we release LibreOffice 24.2 in February, LibreOffice 7.6 will be the older maintained branch. So there'll be a bit of overlap where both version numbers are used.

Lots going on in the #LibreOffice project: new releases of the software, documentation updates, meetups and much more! Here's our recap for November: https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/11/29/libreoffice-project-and-community-recap-november-2023/ #foss #OpenSource

@makerblock Yes – and it's not just the updates. Apache OpenOffice has major problems fixing security issues on time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – so using it in a business is risky.

@deedend See the discussion here: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/fdroiddata/-/merge_requests/14080

@vartak Because we have extremely limited resources, and are doing everything we can for all the requests we get. We can't magically fix all issues without more help. If just a tiny fraction of users help us, we'll have the issues fixed much more quickly 😊

@Schimmelreiter Just like now, one number will be bigger than the other. LibreOffice 7.6 is newer than LibreOffice 7.5, and LibreOffice 24.8 will be newer than LibreOffice 24.2.