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Posted to commits@openoffice.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2015/03/30 17:55:40 UTC
svn commit: r945682 - in /websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk: cgi-bin/ content/
content/development/releases/eol.html
Author: buildbot
Date: Mon Mar 30 15:55:40 2015
New Revision: 945682
Log:
Staging update by buildbot for ooo-site
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websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/ (props changed)
websites/staging/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html
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<head>
<link href="/css/ooo.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
- <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
+ <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Apache OpenOffice - Information about releases that have reached "End-Of-Life" status</title>
<!--#include virtual="/google-analytics.js" -->
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<h1>Information about releases that have reached "End-Of-Life" status</h1>
-<p>With each new release of Apache OpenOffice, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, to benefit from new features, bug
- fixes and security improvements. After a new major release, the Community supports legacy releases for a period of time to
- allow users to upgrade and migrate.
+<p>
+ With each new release of Apache OpenOffice, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, to benefit from new features, bug
+ fixes and security improvements. After a new major release, the Community supports legacy releases for a period of time
+ to allow users to upgrade and migrate.
</p>
-<p>The following releases are no longer supported by the OpenOffice Community and are declared to be at "End-of-Life"
+<p>
+ The following releases are no longer supported by the OpenOffice Community and are declared to be at "End-of-Life"
status:
<ul>
- <li>OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 and earlier. OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 was released in January 2011 and its most recent
- <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037.html">security patch</a> was released by Apache in
- March 2012.
- </li>
+ <li>
+ <b>OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 and earlier</b>
+ <br /><br />
+ It was released in January 2011 and its most recent
+ <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037.html">security patch</a> was released by Apache in
+ March 2012.
</ul>
</p>
-<p>This EOL policy only applies for the version of OpenOffice obtained via the
- <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download">OpenOffice download page</a>. Linux distributors and service companies often
- have their own product lifecycle policies and might support the productivity suite for a shorter or longer period of time.
+<p>
+ This EOL policy only applies for the version of OpenOffice obtained via the
+ <a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download">OpenOffice download page</a>. Linux distributors and service companies
+ often have their own product lifecycle policies and might support the productivity suite for a shorter or longer period
+ of time.
</p>
<h3>Frequently Asked Questions</h3>
<p>
<b>Q:</b> What does EOL status mean? Is the software unusable now?
- <br/><br/>
+ <br /><br />
<b>A:</b> The EOL status means that support with patches, bugfixes and security updates is no longer available from the
- Community. The software may or may not still be usable, and you may still be able to obtain product support from Community
- members via email, mailing lists and forums. Please take a look at the
+ Community. The software may or may not still be usable, and you may still be able to obtain product support from
+ Community members via email, mailing lists and forums. Please take a look at the
<a href="http://support.openoffice.org">OpenOffice Support page</a>.
</p>
<p>
<b>Q:</b> So, can I go on using the old version?
- <br/><br/>
+ <br /><br />
<b>A:</b> Technically, yes. However, due to important bugfixes and security improvements found in newer releases of the
software, the Community strongly encourages every user to upgrade to the latest release.
</p>
<p>
<b>Q:</b> I'm a Linux user, and my copy of OpenOffice comes from my distributor's repository. Am I affected?
- <br/><br/>
+ <br /><br />
<b>A:</b> Linux distributors often have their own product lifecycle policy and may support their versions of OpenOffice
for a shorter or longer period of time by integrating updates and bugfixes from newer versions (aka "backporting").
Please check with your distributor.
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<p>
<b>Q:</b> Why can't the Community support older releases for a longer period of time?
- <br/><br/>
+ <br /><br />
<b>A:</b> Releasing bugfixes, patches and security improvements for older releases takes a lot of resources. Releasing
legacy versions is as much effort as releasing current versions, with localization and QA being involved. As most users
upgrade to a new version in a short period of time, and as rollout cycles in companies usually last from 3 to 12 months,