Releases/4.2.8/RC1

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:
 * LibreOffice Windows installers are signed by The Document Foundation.

New Features
Features for this version are 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 debugging 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 4.2.7 final (RC2):


 * 1)  identify places where -1 was cast to 0xFFFF in the past [Caolán McNamara]
 * 2)  fix again and keep references to other sheets during sort [Eike Rathke]
 * 3)  identify places where -1 was cast to 0xFFFF in the past [Caolán McNamara]
 * 4)  add a hidden configuration option to toggle ref update on sort. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 5)  do not clear the 3D flag on refupdate [Eike Rathke]
 * 6)  do not update references in SortReorderByColumn if disabled [Eike Rathke]
 * 7)  don't create duplicate Mirrored[X|Y] properties [Caolán McNamara]
 * 8)  don't adjust references wrt cell position when disabled. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 9)  correct adjustment of range reference on delete & shift. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 10)  CVE-2014-9093 backport rtf fixes [Caolán McNamara]
 * 11)  CVE-2014-9093 backport rtf fixes [Caolán McNamara]
 * 12)  paint after Undo of Sort [Eike Rathke]