[needs packaging]openoffice.org 3.0 beta

[Guybrush88]

Binary package hint: openoffice.org

now it is available to public the beta version of openoffice.org 3.0

this is the download page:
http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/

these are its release notes:
http://development.openoffice.org/releases/3.0.m2_snapshot.html

can be that beta version included into repositories?

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

I will be uploading OOo 3.0rc1 shortly before Intrepid Alpha 4.

Chris

[Guybrush88 (guybrush)]

can that vwrsion be backported also on hardy?

[Guybrush88 (guybrush)]

*version

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

If someone wants to do the work. It won't be going into the main repository though as hardy is already released and OOo 3.0 is a major new version. 2.4.1 was only allowed into hardy-proposed since it was a bugfix only release.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

3.0beta2 packages are available from https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive; it will help if anyone interested tests these and reports problems with them.

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

I've added the ppa to my sources.list, but after updating it sais that the update's for openoffice are available, but they are being hold back.

Is this an error in the packages, or normal behavior?

[Yann Dìnendal (yannbreliere)]

I can select hardy or intrepid in https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive but it looks like there is nothing for hardy. Is it normal?

[Chris Cheney (ccheney)]

Niels,

You might have to remove the openoffice.org l10n related packages you have installed to install the test debs. Upstream hasn't finished the l10n support OpenOffice.org 3.0 yet so it is only available for English.

Yann,

Yes, there are only debs for intrepid.

Chris

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

I've installed the PPA on my system and from what I have seen it works like a charm. The only bug I found yet is a wrong splash screen but that wont be any news for you.

[Fernando Ossandon (ferossan)]

OpenOffice.org 3.0 RC 1 is out. Will be any possibility to have it here for Hardy? I had some problems trying the .deb version offered directly.
Any way RC 2 is expected for September 12th. :-)

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

Has the packaging for RC1 already started? I would be willing to help testing it.

[James Clemence (jvc26)]

RC2 is now out... any eta on packaging?
Il

[James Clemence (jvc26)]

Hey Chris - RC3 now out, final due before long, any chance of a newer package? Appreciate if you're busy its not an issue, but would be pretty useful. Cheers,

Il

[Niels Egberts (nielsegberts)]

Just for everyone else that has stumbled upon this bug, https://launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs/+archive currently contains RC2.

[James Clemence (jvc26)]

Cheers Niels,

Il

[Anish Bhatt (anish7)]

OO 3 has now been released. WIll it be seen in backports ?