Bug 33469 - LibreOffice Final file folders still contain the "rc4" tag
Summary: LibreOffice Final file folders still contain the "rc4" tag
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
3.3.0 release
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium normal
Assignee: Not Assigned
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-01-25 06:59 UTC by Marc Pare
Modified: 2011-02-01 00:14 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
Crash report or crash signature:


Attachments

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Marc Pare 2011-01-25 06:59:32 UTC
When I unpack the final relase rpm's ".tar.gz" files, the filefolders created still say:

LibO_3.3.0rc4_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US
LibO_3.3.0rc4_Linux_x86-64_helppack-rpm_en-US
LibO_3.3.0rc4_Linux_x86-64_helppack-rpm_fr
LibO_3.3.0rc4_Linux_x86-64_langpack-rpm_fr

Should the file folders still say "rc4" or should they not just be eliminated. People will think that these are still RC4 and question whether or not these are final versions.

The same should be applied on all platforms Win, Mac, Linux.

Great work on the final version! Looks and feels great!

Cheers

Marc
Comment 1 Rene Engelhard 2011-01-25 11:06:20 UTC
this is because the final is a *exact* copy of rc4. See the release notes:

"This release is bit-for-bit identical to the Release Candidate 4, so you don't need to download or reinstall if you have that version already."
Comment 2 Marc Pare 2011-01-25 12:00:41 UTC
(In reply to comment #1)
> this is because the final is a *exact* copy of rc4. See the release notes:
> 
> "This release is bit-for-bit identical to the Release Candidate 4, so you don't
> need to download or reinstall if you have that version already."

Thanks for your info.

Sorry, maybe I am not well informed about these steps. But, if a final version of software is attained, would it not make sense to drop the "RCXXXX" tag? Or maybe I just have never noticed the "RCXXXX" on any other final version of software? Is this standard procedure in the numbering scheme? I would think that the "final" designation would remove all tags. We went trough "alpha", "beta", "rc" and the final step is final. Just wondering. Thanks for any other info. on this.
Comment 3 Don't use this account, use tml@iki.fi 2011-02-01 00:14:26 UTC
Please note that we expect an overwhelming majority of users on Linux to use their distro's packaging of LibreOffice, once the distros pick it up and release it through their normal channels. The distros presumably will have no reason to include the string "rc4" in any way or form in their package names of LO 3.3. This is just a "problem" for people using our generic binaries.