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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 RC4 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 RC3:
- tdf#47406 reconcile legacy path bug detection [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#71598 postpone SetDirty during Insert/Delete [Eike Rathke]
- tdf#72605 initialize reference flags [Eike Rathke]
- tdf#73235 initialize reference flags [Eike Rathke]
- tdf#73355 reconcile legacy path bug detection [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#73464 guard against NULL / unset m_xAccessible. [Michael Meeks]
- tdf#73814 wrong name for drawing::PointSequenceSequence property [Caolán McNamara]
- tdf#74041 only put bounds in vector if range is outside of copy range, [Markus Mohrhard]
- tdf#74077 we need to check that the content is equal as well, [Markus Mohrhard]
- tdf#74124 scale the pictures before calling ImplDrawAlpha(). [Jan Holesovsky]
- i#123433 [SVG] marker-mid on pseudo vertices [Caolán McNamara]
- i#124095 Multiple IAccessible and IAccessible2 interface methods do not check for NULL pointer access, nor do they trap exceptions [Steve Yin]
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
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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
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6 Tor Lillqvist
6 Muthu
6 Kumāra
6 Cédric Bosdonnat
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5 Stephan van den Akker
5 Papamatti
5 Marco Menardi
5 Jesus Corrius
5 Jelle van der Waa
5 Christian Lohmaier
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