[Libreoffice-qa] [ANN] LibreOffice 4.2.7 RC1 test builds available

[Dan Lewis]

On 10/03/2014 07:37 AM, Christian Lohmaier wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> for the upcoming new version 4.2.7, the builds for rc1 are now
> available on pre-releases (some Win-helppacks still uploading)
>
> 4.2.7 is the last planned released for the LibreOffice 4.2 codeline.
>
> See
>
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/4.2#4.2.7_release
>
> for the complete schedule. (one additional rc is planned for 4.2.7)
>
> Grab the builds from here here:
>
>   http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/
>
> If you've a bit of time, please give them a try & report any severe
> bugs not yet in bugzilla here, so we can incorporate  them into the
> release notes. Please note that it takes approximately 24 hours to
> populate the mirrors, so that's about the time we have to collect
> feedback.
>
> The list of fixed bugs relative to 4.2.6 final (rc3/secfix) is here:
>
> http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/src/bugs-libreoffice-4-2-7-release-4.2.7.1.log
>
> So playing with the areas touched there also greatly appreciated  -
> and validation that those bugs are really fixed.
>
> Thanks a lot for your help,
> Christian
      There was a bug (regression) involving Base first appearing in 
4.0.0 and fixed in 4.3.2.1. My question: will the bug fix be back ported 
to 4.2.7? If not, then Base 4.2.7 is not of much use to anyone with 
complex forms. FYI: it involved a subform which had a subform. Whether 
it is back ported or not, it does need to be mentioned in the release 
notes as a problem that is not solved until 4.3.2.1.

Dan