Releases/4.2.0/RC3

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    Installation

    • Linux deb and rpm:
      • please, read detailed instructions for different distributions
      • the Linux packages can be installed in parallel to LibreOffice 4.1, but not run simultaneously - documents will be opened in the version you've started first.
    • Windows:
      • If you notice undesirable interactions between LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org, please report this as a bug.
      • LibreOffice windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.
    • macOS:
      • LibreOffice 4.2.0 RC3 is available as a 64bit version for macOS 10.8 or later

    New Features

    An in-progress list of features for this version is available here.

    Symbol Server for debugging on Windows

    Starting with LibreOffice 4.2.0 RC1, debugging symbols (pdb files) for Windows builds will be available from our symbol server at http://dev-downloads.libreoffice.org/symstore/symbols (note: this is not a webbrowsable resource, it is meant to be used by debugging tools like WinDbg. See our documentation on How to get a backtrace with WinDbg for details on how to set it up. And starting with 4.2.0 RC2, the debuggin symbols are also source indexed.

    Reported Bugs

    A list of annoying bugs still contained in this version is available from Bugzilla, the full list of reported bugs is here.

    List of fixed bugs

    Bugs fixed against 4.2.0 RC2:

    1. tdf#47689 avoid crashing mdworker: Don't use uninitialized variable [Tor Lillqvist]
    2. tdf#68959 sw: fix painting of tab fill characters in small caps text [Michael Stahl]
    3. tdf#68961 check visible range during scrolling, and re-paint if necessary. [Kohei Yoshida]
    4. tdf#71628 startcenter: remove thumbnail selection when focus is moved away [Zolnai Tamás]
    5. tdf#71883 startcenter: Re-introduce the 'Tools' -> 'Customize...' menu [Zolnai Tamás]
    6. tdf#72293 correctly split grouped formulas and regroup [Eike Rathke]
    7. tdf#72397 vcl: do not enable A11y in Win32 message handler [Michael Stahl]
    8. tdf#72420 startcenter: make all helpid point to startcenter's main help page [Zolnai Tamás]
    9. tdf#72530 drawinglayer: fix PDF export of lossless picture [Michael Stahl]
    10. tdf#72639 send proper ACTIVE_DESCENDANT_CHANGED events [Jacobo Aragunde Pérez]
    11. tdf#72788 sw: fix infinite loop in SwTxtAttr::RstTxtAttr [Michael Stahl]
    12. tdf#72929 buffer jump matrix' result matrix blocks [Eike Rathke]
    13. tdf#72947 startcenter: display more userfriendly file urls in tooltips [Zolnai Tamás]
    14. tdf#73043 sw: fix Index/TOC Assign Styles dialog [Michael Stahl]
    15. tdf#73095 fix invalid access in SwFntObj::DrawText() [Michael Stahl]
    16. tdf#73162 sw: un-break index entries that contain text separators [Michael Stahl]
    17. tdf#73260 fix Registered Database single tab dialog [Caolán McNamara]
    18. tdf#73389 writer does not show a docx-document with nested table correctly [Zolnai Tamás]
    19. tdf#73436 let SdXImpressDocument handle css.drawing.* requests directly [Stephan Bergmann]
    20. tdf#73549 do not attempt to resolve an empty locale [Eike Rathke]
    21. tdf#73555 compile statistics templates using English grammar [Eike Rathke]
    22. tdf#73618 fix bogus mass-conversion equalsAsciiL -> startsWith [Stephan Bergmann]
    23. tdf#73655 don't adjust formula tokens on non-top shared formula cells. [Kohei Yoshida]
    24. tdf#73660 sw: fix Find of words containing soft-hyphen [Michael Stahl]
    25. tdf#73764 partially revert 3998d1abb291 [Andras Timar]
    26. tdf#73771 non-standard behaviour for Function Mid [Julien Nabet]
    27. tdf#73836 do not apply format twice to string [Eike Rathke]
    28. i#120224 [From Symphony]Cell text direction changed after saved as doc file [Stephan Bergmann]
    29. i#121420 Add sidebar feature [Stephan Bergmann]

    Thanks to all who took part in handling the issues

    Thanks to all who took part in handling the issues involved for the 4.2.0 release: QA-team, bugreporters, developers. Not covered in this stats of course are the many community members in other areas like l10n/translation and marketing, user support that also deserve a big thank you.

    Below a list of people who interacted in bugzilla with the corresponding bug-count (created using this script)

     133 Jorendc
     116 Michael Stahl
     109 Julien Nabet
     107 Caolán McNamara
     102 Michael Meeks
      78 Eike Rathke
      76 Joel Madero
      71 Cor Nouws
      67 Björn Michaelsen
      60 Miklos Vajna
      60 Andras Timar
      59 tommy27
      55 Jean-Baptiste Faure
      52 Lionel Elie Mamane
      51 Maxim Monastirsky
      45 Rainer Bielefeld Retired
      43 Markus Mohrhard
      40 Urmas
      39 mariosv
      37 Kohei Yoshida
      36 Thomas van der Meulen
      35 Foss
      34 ign_christian
      31 David Tardon
      30 Stephan Bergmann
      30 James
      28 sophie
      28 Alex Thurgood
      27 Tomaz Vajngerl
      26 Qubit
      25 Florian Reisinger
      24 V Stuart Foote
      23 pierre-yves samyn
      23 bfoman
      23 Petr Mladek
      23 László Németh
      23 Ivan Timofeev (retired)
      22 Thomas Arnhold
      22 Noel Power
      22 Emir Sarı
      22 Adolfo Jayme (fitoschido)
      20 Pedro
      20 Laurent BP
      20 Khaled Hosny
      20 Adam CloudOn
      19 Winfried Donkers
      19 Terrence Enger
      18 Stanislav Horacek
      18 Jacques Guilleron
      17 Thorsten Behrens
      17 Samuel M.
      17 Arnaud Versini
      15 Roman Eisele
      15 Regina Henschel
      15 Mike Kaganski
      15 Lior Kaplan
      15 Jan Holesovsky
      15 Don't use this account, use tml@iki.fi
      14 Not Assigned
      14 Frédéric Wang
      13 Gerry
      11 Marcos Souza
      11 GerardF
      10 ape
      10 Owen Genat
       9 Olivier Hallot
       8 manj_k
       8 abdulmajeed
       8 Stefan Knorr (astron)
       8 Rob Snelders
       8 Christopher M. Penalver
       7 Mikeyy - L10n HR
       7 Michel Rudelle
       7 Matúš Kukan
       7 Mateusz
       7 Lubos Lunak
       7 John Smith
       7 Harald Koester
       7 Faisal Menawer
       7 Andrzej J.R. Hunt
       7 Ahmad Harthi
       6 chtfn
       6 Tor Lillqvist
       6 Muthu
       6 Kumāra
       6 Cédric Bosdonnat
       5 ribotb
       5 Zolnai Tamás
       5 Stephan van den Akker
       5 Papamatti
       5 Marco Menardi
       5 Jesus Corrius
       5 Jelle van der Waa
       5 Christian Lohmaier
       4 vitriol
       4 Olivier R.
       4 Nikos
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       4 Kü
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       4 Jeffrey
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       3 Marcus Svensson
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       3 Konrad
       3 Ken Biondi
       3 João Mac-Cormick
       3 José Guilherme Vanz
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       3 Jan Rheinländer
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       3 Jacobo Aragunde Pérez
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