Just wondering, what's the roadmap for OO to be upgraded. I have version 2.0.4 and official is already in 2.3.x and suppose in march there's going to be 2.4 version. As well as Gimp, we using 2.2 and there is 2.4.x Anyone heard upstream roadmap for upgrading? Jarmo
On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:55:41 +0200 jarmo <oh1mrr at nic.fi> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled:> Just wondering, what's the roadmap for OO to be upgraded. > I have version 2.0.4 and official is already in 2.3.x and suppose > in march there's going to be 2.4 version. > > As well as Gimp, we using 2.2 and there is 2.4.x > > Anyone heard upstream roadmap for upgrading? > > JarmoGenerally speaking, I believe there will be upgrades to those apps when upstream upgrades those apps. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong. If you really really want the updated versions, you can yum remove openoffice and install the rpms from OpenOffice.Org with minimal hassle if any at all. I did not have problems with the packages from OO.O; YMMV of course. I am not sure for GIMP; however, sorry. I don't use it very often. HTH Alex White -- ethericalzen at gmail.com Life is a prison, death is a release
On Jan 17, 2008 7:55 AM, jarmo <oh1mrr at nic.fi> wrote:> As well as Gimp, we using 2.2 and there is 2.4.xIf you *must* use Gimp 2.4, it is possible to compile it from source (I have done that). However, it needs library files that are newer than those in the distro. So, I cannot recommend doing it unless you know exactly what you are doing. Akemi
jarmo wrote:> Just wondering, what's the roadmap for OO to be upgraded. > I have version 2.0.4 and official is already in 2.3.x and suppose > in march there's going to be 2.4 version. > > As well as Gimp, we using 2.2 and there is 2.4.x > > Anyone heard upstream roadmap for upgrading?For version 5? Very unlikely, except maybe as a preview (like there is OOorg 1.x and OOorg2 in CentOS 4). One of the main reasons for using an *enterprise class* distribution is stability. Which means: No version changes, no ABI changes, no API changes where possible. There have been some packages like Samba and Firefox/Thunderbird where backporting (<http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html>) wasn't possible anymore, so new versions were taken into the distribution. Or in the case of mozilla, which ceased to exist, it was replaced with seamonkey. For all other applications you won't see any change in version for the lifetime of CentOS 5 (or 4 or 3 or 2.1 respectively). CentOS 6 might have the versions you are looking for ... Cheers, Ralph -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080118/063680f7/attachment-0002.sig>