Description: LibO 6.2 and 6.1 can be installed side-to-side on linux systems using the TDF provided packages. If one does so: - only one version can be run at once - the two versions use the same user profile What I get from this is that the two versions should be compatible profile-wise. Unfortunately, after having used LibO 6.2, the profile gets changed in some way that it is not anymore fully compatible with LibO 6.1. Specifically, if you use the Extension manager to update an extension with LibO 6.2, then it becomes impossible to use the extension manager to update or install extensions with LibO 6.1: the extension manager from LibO 6.1 errors out. I have seen this while updating the Texmaths extension. This may become an issue for those trying LibO 6.2 and then deciding to go back to 6.1. Obviously, resetting the profile fixes the problem. The issue is probably a very minor one now that LibO 6.3 is approaching and LibO 6.1 has reached EOL. However, if the compatibility breakage in LibO 6.2 was unintentional, it may still be worth looking at it. Steps to Reproduce: See description Actual Results: See description Expected Results: See description Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: [Information automatically included from LibreOffice] Locale: en-US Module: StartModule [Information guessed from browser] OS: Linux (All) OS is 64bit: yes
it's kind of expected... a new version of LibreOffice might have new or different configuration options that break the user profile with older versions. i don't think there's much we can do here, unless we stop introducing new features/changes in newer versions of LibreOffice