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LibreOffice

LibreOffice 24.2 Community, the new major release of the free, volunteer-supported office suite, with the new calendar-based numbering scheme (YY.M), many new useful features, and a focus on security and accessibility, is available at libreoffice.org/download @libreoffice @tdforg

@pforpond @libreoffice This is the first version to receive the new calendar-based numbering. So year|Month. This is a departure from the previous numbering system of 7.x

@libreoffice @tdforg

Do we have some way to get a real version number somewhere?

@nick
Make it 24.2.0 or even 24.2.0.3 if you wish.

@libreoffice @tdforg

@damtux
@erAck

Thanks for the #URL.

I'm aware of the change from major.minor to year.month, but this means, #LibreOffice will not provide a real version number in the future, as a release date doesn't tell anything about major.minor or what to expect from a release.

And it looks like they discussed between 24.02 and 24.2...

But is 24.2 a version like 7.7 or a next generation like 8.0?
And what about 24.8?

@libreoffice @tdforg

@nick @erAck @libreoffice @tdforg
Now I got it, thanks for the explanation! :)

We should ask to someone from Libreoffice Marketing like @italovignoli

(My opinion) I think they abandoned the idea of "generations" as now there's a continuous stream of features and bug fixes above mature and stable codebase.

It's not like Nextcloud where they continue to mantain a double numbering scheme as they're still introducing new and (sometimes) breaking changes where you can distinguish the generations

@damtux @erAck @libreoffice @tdforg @italovignoli

Already had some conversation in the past with #LibreOffice via #Fediverse.

I miss real versions numbers, that are useful on technical level.

That's why i asked, if there is somewhere one... hidden under the hood... ;-)

Advertising should maybe be separated from engineering... :-)

But i don't wanted to start a heavy or intense discussion... :-)

@nick @damtux @erAck @tdforg @italovignoli

24.2 is a major release number, and will be followed by minor release numbers 24.2.1, 24.2.2, 24.2.3, ..., as in the past

@libreoffice @nick @erAck @tdforg @italovignoli
Thanks for the reply!

Yes, but here we're talking about how to distinguish between different "generations" of major releases, like between 7 (7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6) and then 8 (8.0, 8.1, 8.2,.....).

Could it be possible a rethinking of the actual scheme at least in favour of double numbering (technical and marketing/official) like Nextcloud is doing, e.g with Nextcloud 28 (Hub 7)?

@damtux @libreoffice @nick @erAck @tdforg

Generations, or development cycles, are over, as we have reached our development objectives in term of rejuvenation of the OpenOffice code base: code cleaning and refactoring, UI update, multi platform, and optimal compatibility - as far as possible, with a format built to avoid compatibility - with MS Office.

Now we will add features and solve bugs, independently from a specific development cycle objective as in the past.

@italovignoli @libreoffice @nick @erAck @tdforg

Thank you so much Italo for your detailed reply, really appreciated!

I'm an open source lover and advocate ... and Libreoffice is a really great software.
I think that we're still missing editing support for SmartArt to close that circle.

@libreoffice

As you already announced 24.8, may i assume, these are just patch levels?

@damtux @erAck @tdforg @italovignoli

@nick
Yes, the minor releases following 24.2.0 will be 24.2.1, 24.2.2, ...
24.8.0 will be the next major release scheduled for August 2024.

@libreoffice @damtux @tdforg @italovignoli

@nick @libreoffice @damtux @erAck @tdforg

Of course, 24.2.1 will be a minor release, with fixes but without new features.

@nick @erAck @libreoffice @tdforg @italovignoli
I understand (and I share) your point of view. I hope they rethink about this and at least introduce a double numbering scheme (technical and marketing).

@damtux @nick @erAck @libreoffice @tdforg

The current numbering scheme has nothing to do with marketing, so it will not change

@nick @libreoffice @tdforg

24.2 is the real release number, it is explained in the first paragraph of the announcement

@libreoffice @tdforg how long does it take for the in-app Check For Updates action to see the new version?

@libreoffice @tdforg
Just noticed a bug on your US site:
us.libreoffice.org/get-help/fe

Looks like the site title got skipped over a bit

Hi @libreoffice: I'm getting a 403 error from Nginx when I try to download the 64-bit .deb torrent file. Copying the .torrent URL on the Download page:

libreoffice.org/.torrent

The URL seems a bit incomplete 😁

@tdforg