openSUSE OpenOffice_org 3.0-beta available (call for testing)

Hi,

I? happy to announce that the first OpenOffice.org 3.0 beta packages are 
available in the Build Service OpenOffice.org:UNSTABLE project.

The package version is 3.0.0.1. It is based on the upstream ooo300-m3
milestone.


Call for testing:

We kindly ask any interested beta testers to try the package and report bugs 
into bugzilla.novell.com, see below for more details.

Note that the package is still a beta version and might include even serious 
bugs. Therefore it is not intended for data-critical usage. A good practice 
is to archive any important data before using it, ...


Where to get it:

The list of installation repositories can be found at
http://en.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositori...


Installation problems:

There are some problems with the version update on older distributions. You 
might need to select the right version by hand, see 
http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice#Dependencies_During_Update

IMPORTANT

The packages with localizations are renamed from OpenOffice_org-<lang> to 
OpenOffice_org-l10n-<lang>. Also the localized help content is split into the 
optional OpenOffice_org-help-<lang> packages. Finally, the American 
localization is split into extra packages OpenOffice_org-l10n-en-US and 
OpenOffice_org-help-en-US.

We are sorry, the 64-bit packages are not available for SLED10 and 
openSUSE-10.2. You could install the 32-bit (i586) packages there.
We hope to solve the build problems within the following weeks.


Bug reports:

Please report the bugs into https://bugzilla.novell.com/ for the 
product "OpenOffice_org 2.0". Do not forget to mention enough information 
about the problem, see http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:OOo.


Known bugs:

+ mono extensions does not work


Changes in this version:

The GO-OO project changes are listed at
http://svn.gnome.org/svn/ooo-build/tags/OOO_BUILD_3_0_0_1...


General information about the build:

The build is based on the GO-OO project. It includes lots bug fixes, features 
and optimizations in compare with the regular OpenOffice.org build:

	* better startup performance
	* improved VBA interoperability
	* improved import filters (OOXML, WordPerfect)
	* additional import filters (SVG, WordPerfect Graphics, Microsoft Works, ...)
        * native KDE Open/Save dialog
	* WebDAV locking
	* new 3D slide transitions
	* multimedia in Impress via GStreamer
	* multiple formula syntax (Calc A1, Excel A1 and Excel R1C1)
	* ...

, see also http://go-oo.org/discover/


-- 
Best Regards,

Petr Mladek
software developer
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