Releases/4.2.2/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:
 * 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 4.2.2 RC1 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 4.2.1 final (RC1):
 * 1)  CUPS printing: use "collate" option when PDF is available [Michael Stahl]
 * 2)  prevent the accumulation of rounding errors [Herbert Dürr]
 * 3)  sw: fix painting of SVG page background [Michael Stahl]
 * 4)  wiki Publisher Extension is not working [Julien Nabet]
 * 5)  intern strings in the external ref cache with the host document. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 6)  too long style names over-stretch dialog [Caolán McNamara]
 * 7)  re-implement BinarySearch to disregard empty cell blocks. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 8)  let's not skip auto styles from unmodified sheets. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 9)  always set input as text when that's requested. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 10)  allow overwriting of string value with numeric one. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 11)  draw position size tab - min size is 0 not 1 (mm) [Tomaž Vajngerl]
 * 12)  populate date members in a locale-safe way. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 13)  check if the *document* is closing, not the *app*. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 14)  fix incorrect separator in function description in Calc [Winfried Donkers]
 * 15)  use AccessibleRole::PANEL for VclBoxes under windows [Caolán McNamara]
 * 16)  some shared formulas cannot be exported as shared formulas. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 17)  fix the ODS export as well. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 18)  re-implement BinarySearch to disregard empty cell blocks. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 19)  these tags should be lowercase for correct clipboard handling. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 20)  java.lang.System.mapLibraryName dylib vs. jnilib confusion [Stephan Bergmann]
 * 21)  update the incrementer when skipping over hidden regions. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 22)  handle note copying correctly. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 23)  sw: do not paint zero-width lines [Michael Stahl]
 * 24)  export cell borders to xls and xlsx correctly. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 25)  use 'ne' for string comparison [Andras Timar]
 * 26)  we still need to get the value only to pop value from the stack. [Kohei Yoshida]
 * 27)  sdk: install URE library symlinks / import libs again [Michael Stahl]
 * 28)  Different text rendering (word/character width) depending on zoom factor [Herbert Dürr]
 * 29)  RTF import probable regression with non-english BigMachines exports [Michael Stahl]