3.6.0~beta1 in ppa for precise (was: [ANN] LibreOffice 3.6.0 beta1 available)

[Bjoern Michaelsen]

Hi all,

On Sat, Jun 09, 2012 at 03:00:43AM +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote:
> Hi *,
> 
> for the upcoming new version 3.6.0, we today upload a first beta1
> build that is (almost) feature-complete. For further milestones on the
> way towards 3.6.0, please refer to our release plan timings here:
> 
>  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan#3.6_release
> 
> Builds are now being uploaded to a public (but non-mirrored - so don't
> spread news too widely!) place, as soon as they're available. Grab
> them here:
> 
>  http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/
> 
> If you've a bit of time, please give them a try & report *critical*
> 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 3.5.4 is here:
> 
>  http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/pre-releases/src/bugfixes-libreoffice-3-6-release-3.5.99.1.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,

As with the alpha release, this beta is also available in the prereleases ppa for Ubuntu Precise:

https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases

All the warnings of the alpha release announcement still apply.

Happy testing!

Best,

Bjoern