Libre Office Install/Remove

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Sun Jul 17 10:48:41 UTC 2016


On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:43:06 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 11:53:26 -0700, paulwheeler wrote:  
>>I installed this version of libreoffice:
>>1:4.4.3~rc2-0ubuntu1~trusty1    
>
>And what version was installed before this version?
>
>Common practise should be, but not always is, that within a major
>release backwards compatibility is granted and even the work-flow
>shouldn't change too much and the config should still work. So at
>least, if the major release does increase, read release notes, either
>of the package and especially from upstream. Most of the times, but not
>always, the major release upgraded software transforms old data and
>configs to new data and configs. The pro, you don't have to do it on
>your own, the con, you might not be able to downgrade the software and
>use the transformed data and config anymore.
>
>IOW, regarding Colin's reply ...
>
>On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 11:14:25 +0100, Colin Law wrote:  
>>I not that you are not even running Ubuntu.  Why are you not asking
>>this on a Mint list?    
>
>I disagree a little bit, you should send a request to upstream adn to  
                                                                and
>the packager (Ubuntu packager or Mint packager), assumed you didn't
>miss to read release notes of the package and from upstream, or you
>only upgraded from one dot release to another. If you read the release
>notes for a major release upgrade and assumed nothing regarding this
>issue was mentioned, the it's the fault of either the package manager  
                      then
>and upstream. If this issue was mentioned, by release notes for a
>major  
 or                          was not
>release upgrade, then complain. If this issue happened from one dot
>release to another, then complain, too.  

If not, then it's your fault ;).

My apologies for the typos.




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