Notices by LibreOffice (libreoffice@fosstodon.org), page 24

@vartak Don't be sad – you can help our volunteers to fix them! https://bugs.documentfoundation.org 💪

@daCaPo We will showcase many new features before the release in February, one at a time 😊

@makerblock Try this: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-in-business/ – And regarding OpenOffice, see the attached infographic, which shows the differences...

@makerblock @earl Let us know if you need any persuasive arguments and examples! You can point to the professional support options, for instance, or these examples of migrations to LibreOffice: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Migrations

@makerblock @earl Thanks for helping to spread the word 😊

@mkj @nick@norden.social @nick@hhmx.de Right, but the vast majority of our end users don't know what version numbers mean, so going from eg 7.1 to 9.3 doesn't say anything to them. Using year.month gives them a bit more context. We've done research and listened to our users, and many want this.

Of course, others won't be happy. Any time we make any change, some people are happy, some not. Version numbers don't just exist in a vacuum, and we'll provide more context about the degree of change in our announcements.

@nick@norden.social @nick@hhmx.de Oh sure, it was never arbitrary for us – but for the vast majority of end users, who aren't familiar with release schedules, version numbering systems etc., "7.6" doesn't say much.

And you're right about keeping sysadmins and engineers in the loop, so any changes in those contexts will be clear in our announcements, release notes and other places. But please do let us know if we can improve something! 😊

@_peteraaaa Cheers! Feel free to add your feedback to the ticket at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=103064 – And if you can help our volunteers to work on it, even better 😊

@nick@norden.social @nick@hhmx.de Not maintenance – as mentioned, we'll have two big updates every year, with lots of new features, exactly the same as now. Nothing changes in the release engineering.

Re: the other point, it's not about advertising. Many people are using old versions of LibreOffice, and having a year+month version number (and communicating that well) can help. For the vast majority of end users, that year+month number says more than just some arbitrary thing that we choose. That's our view anyway 😊

@nick@norden.social @nick@hhmx.de Ah OK, we see what you mean. LibreOffice will continue to have two big updates a year (plus many small revisions), so that doesn't change. The big number will be fixed to the year so we can't change that for a huge "generation" update, yes. But the software is also mature now after 12 years of development so we think this is a better approach. Good to have feedback though...

@nick But it's the same – LibreOffice 7.6 (big number, smaller number) becomes 24.2. The release schedule is staying the same. Nothing changes in how we make the software, but the version numbers now reflect the year and month the software was released, rather than being just arbitrary X.X numbers.

#LibreOffice 24.2 will be our next major update, coming in February! 🎉 (New versioning scheme, to show the year and month when it's released.) A big new feature is styles for comments, added by Maxim Monastirsky: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2#Writer #foss #OpenSource

307 sticker packs already awarded in November! But there's still time to get yours. Just post with the hashtag #LibreOffice about how much you love the suite, and you can claim your stickers in a few days 😊 https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2023/11/01/learn-new-things-get-into-the-month-of-libreoffice-november-2023/ #foss #OpenSource

@dm Glad you like it!

@Tejas Thanks 😊

@sysgeek Nothing to worry about – it doesn't change anything about our schedule. It's only a numbering change. If we have to delay a release to fix something important, we'll always do it! 😊

@georgebaily You can change it 😉 (Tools > Customise...)

@alemm Hi! The latest release will be in F-Droid in a few days. Stay tuned!

@IwaiSetsuko Windows 98 looked like this? We can't recall office suites having tabbed interfaces back then 😉

@Apieceofpaper If people help our community to make it, then yes! 😊