[ANN] LIbreOffice 4.2.0 RC1 available

[cloph]

Dear Community,

The Document Foundation is pleased to announce the first release
candidate of LibreOffice 4.2.0. The upcoming 4.2.0 will bring new
features and lots of bugfixes. Check out
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/4.2 for an
(incomplete and work-in-progress) list of the new features.
Please be aware that LibreOffice 4.2.0 RC1 is not been flagged as ready
for production use yet, you should continue to use LibreOffice 4.1.4 for that.

The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X from our QA
builds download page at

  http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/

LibreOffice 4.2.0 RC1 is also available in a 64bit version for Mac OS
X 10.8 (or newer)

Developers and QA might also be interested in the symbol server for
windows debug information (see the release notes linked below for
details)

Should you find bugs, please report them to the FreeDesktop Bugzilla:

  https://bugs.freedesktop.org

A good way to assess the release candidate quality is to run some
specific manual tests on it, our TCM wiki page has more details:

http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/Testing/Regression_Tests#Full_Regression_Test

For other ways to get involved with this exciting project - you can
e.g. contribute code:

  http://www.libreoffice.org/get-involved/developers/

translate LibreOffice to your language:

  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/LibreOffice_Localization_Guide

or help with funding our operations:

  http://donate.libreoffice.org/

A list of known issues and fixed bugs with 4.2.0 RC1 is available
from our wiki:

  http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Releases/4.2.0/RC1

Let us close again with a BIG Thank You! to all of you having
contributed to the LibreOffice project - this release would not have
been possible without your help.

On behalf of the Community,

Christian

[jeanweber]

Mac OS X 10.9. Getting error message when attempting to start (open)
the app after installing: "LibreOffice.app is damaged and can't be
opened. You should move it to the trash."

This problem also occured with the Beta2, and Norbert said he thought
the problem was with code-signing of non-release build. Bug 71884. He
fixed it by replacing with unsigned file, which worked fine.

--Jean

[cloph]

Hi Jean,

Mac OS X 10.9. Getting error message when attempting to start (open)
the app after installing: "LibreOffice.app is damaged and can't be
opened. You should move it to the trash."

Ah, too bad

As you're on 10.9 - did you use the 64bit build?

This problem also occured with the Beta2, and Norbert said he thought
the problem was with code-signing of non-release build.

Yeah, that is what we all hoped...

Bug 71884. He
fixed it by replacing with unsigned file, which worked fine.

Well, not really fixed, as that then also makes users unable to
directly open LibreOffice package, they'd have to use the
contextmenu...

ciao
Christian

[nthiebaud]

Well obviously that was not the cause of my trouble /me is
investigating ...
and not signing was not a 'solution' merely a stop-gap to try to get
something somewhat usable out there.. but that is not an option for a
RC.

Jean, can you try the 64bits build ?

Norbert

[M_Henri_Day]

​Once again, Christian, you LO developers seem to have done a fantastic job
! Kudos ! I really look forward to using this version, when it's come a bit
longer. As it is, I'm quite impressed (no pun intended) with 4.1.4.2...

Henri​

[jeanweber]

Hi Christian,

I used the regular (32-bit) build, which the download page suggested,
and which I have always used. Should I be using the 64-bit build? I'll
try that today.

--Jean

[nthiebaud]

both should work for 10.9... I would just like a confirmation that the
64 bits build works (which I think it does... as the problem seems to
be tied to the signing of the Python Framework.. which is not
delivered in the 64 bits build (unnecessary since the target 10.8+
already have a suitable system python)

Norbert

[jeanweber]

64-bit Mac version opened for me as it should.

--Jean

[nthiebaud]

Good news...
I'm uploading a 'fixed' version to the pre-release section...

FYI I needed to add this

https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/#/c/7152/

to make it work

cloph, as this is just a packaging/signing problem.. it is prolly not
worth bothering with a re-spin of the source tarball...

Norbert

[Bjoern_Michaelsen1]

Hi all,

The release is available for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X from our QA
builds download page at

  http://www.libreoffice.org/download/pre-releases/

... and Ubuntu users will find a build for Ubuntu trusty on:

https://launchpad.net/~libreoffice/+archive/libreoffice-prereleases
https://plus.google.com/101094190333184858950/posts/7ZxucEYpFbF

Happy testing!

Best,

Bjoern