Author: robweir
Date: Tue Jul 30 21:14:54 2013
New Revision: 1508631
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1508631
Log:
Add new End-of-Life page for the NL update notifications. Updated main EOL
page to state that OOo 3.3.0 is EOL
Added:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol-nl.mdtext
Modified:
openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html
Added: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol-nl.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol-nl.mdtext?rev=1508631&view=auto
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol-nl.mdtext (added)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol-nl.mdtext Tue
Jul 30 21:14:54 2013
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Title: End-of-Life for OpenOffice 3.3.0 and earlier
+Notice: Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ distributed with this work for additional information
+ regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ .
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ .
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+ under the License.
+
+
+With each new release of OpenOffice, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade,
to benefit from new features, bug fixes and security improvements. After a new
major release,
+the Community supports legacy releases for a period of time to allow users to
upgrade and migrate. At a later time these legacy releases are declared to be
+["End-of-Life"](http://www.openoffice.org/development/releases/eol.html) and
are no longer suported.
+
+We have detected that you are running an unsupported version of
OpenOffice.org. We recommend that you upgrade to the current version,
+[Apache OpenOffice 4.0](http://www.openoffice.org/download). Apache
OpenOffice 4.0 is available for download in [many
languages](http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html).
+
+If your preferred language is not available yet, the following options are
available:
+
+ - Download Apache OpenOffice 4.0 in another language that you are familiar
with.
+ - Continue running an unsupported version of OpenOffice.
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list](http://openoffice.apache.org/mailing-lists.html#announce-mailing-list) so
you will be notified of new languages and releases when they become available.
+ - Volunteer to [help translate](http://openoffice.apache.org/translate.html)
OpenOffice into your native language.
+
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support and translate OpenOffice. We have many translations that are 90%+
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+
Modified: openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html?rev=1508631&r1=1508630&r2=1508631&view=diff
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--- openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html (original)
+++ openoffice/ooo-site/trunk/content/development/releases/eol.html Tue Jul 30
21:14:54 2013
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
- <title>OpenOffice.org - Information about releases that have reached
"End-Of-Life" status</title>
+ <title>OpenOffice - Information about releases that have reached
"End-Of-Life" status</title>
@@ -12,40 +12,41 @@
<h1>Information about releases that have reached "End-Of-Life" status</h1>
-<h2>OpenOffice.org 2.x series</h2>
-<p><em>22. December 2009:</em> A few weeks before the upcoming release of
OpenOffice.org 3.2, the OpenOffice.org Community is formally announcing
-"End-Of-Life" (EOL) status for the legacy version 2.x series of its
productivity suite.
-<br/><br/>
-With each new release, users are strongly encouraged to upgrade, to benefit
from new features, bug fixes and security improvements.
-After a new major release, the Community supports legacy releases for a period
of time to help users with upgrading and migrating.
-With version 3.x being available for more than 15 months now, the Community
has decided it is time to cease maintaining the 2.x software.
-As a consequence, OpenOffice.org 2.4.3 will be the last release of the legacy
2.x series and no subsequent bugfixes or security releases will be made
-available.
-<br/><br/>
-This EOL policy only applies for the Community version of OpenOffice.org
obtained via the
-<a href="http://download.openoffice.org"; title="OpenOffice.org
Download">download website</a>. Linux distributors and service companies often
have their own
-product lifecycle policies and might support the productivity suite for a
shorter or longer period of time.
-<a href="http://www.sun.com/software/openoffice/index.jsp"; title="Oracle
commercial support for OpenOffice.org">Oracle commercial software support</a>
-plans also to continue to support OpenOffice.org version 2.x.</p>
-<br/><br/>
+<p>With each new release of OpenOffice, users are strongly encouraged to
upgrade, to benefit from new features, bug fixes and security improvements.
+After a new major release, the Community supports legacy releases for a period
of time to allow users to upgrade and migrate.</p>
+
+<p>The following releases are no longer supported by the OpenOffice Community
and are declared to be at "End-of-Life" status:
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 and earlier. OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 was
released in January 2011 and its most recent <a
href="http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-0037.html";>security
patch</a> was
+released by Apache in March 2012.</li>
+ </ul>
+
+</p>
+
+
+<p>
+This EOL policy only applies for the version of OpenOffice obtained via the
+<a href="http://www.openoffice.org/download";>OpenOffice download page</a>.
Linux distributors and service companies often have their own
+product lifecycle policies and might support the productivity suite for a
shorter or longer period of time.</p>
<h3>Frequently Asked Questions</h3>
<p><b>Q:</b> What does EOL status mean? Is the software unusable now?
<br/><br/>
<b>A:</b> The EOL status means that support with patches, bugfixes and
security updates is no longer available from the Community.
-Of course, the software is still usable, and you may still be able to obtain
product support from Community members via email, mailing lists and forums.
-Please have a look for the <a href="http://support.openoffice.org";
title="OpenOffice.org Support offerings">OpenOffice.org Support
offerings</a>.</p>
+The software may or may not still be usable, and you may still be able to
obtain product support from Community members via email, mailing lists and
forums.
+Please take a look at the <a href="http://support.openoffice.org";>OpenOffice
Support page</a>.</p>
<p><b>Q:</b> So, can I go on using the old version?
<br/><br/>
<b>A:</b> Technically, yes. However, due to important bugfixes and security
improvements found in newer releases of the software, the Community strongly
encourages every user to upgrade to the latest release.</p>
-<p><b>Q:</b> I'm a Linux user, and my copy of OpenOffice.org comes from my
distributor's repository. Am I affected?
+<p><b>Q:</b> I'm a Linux user, and my copy of OpenOffice comes from my
distributor's repository. Am I affected?
<br/><br/>
-<b>A:</b> Linux distributors often have their own product lifecycle policy and
may support their versions of OpenOffice.org 2.x for a shorter or longer
+<b>A:</b> Linux distributors often have their own product lifecycle policy and
may support their versions of OpenOffice for a shorter or longer
period of time by integrating updates and bugfixes from newer versions (aka
"backporting"). Please check with your distributor.</p>
<p><b>Q:</b> Why can't the Community support older releases for a longer
period of time?
@@ -53,9 +54,6 @@ period of time by integrating updates an
<b>A:</b> Releasing bugfixes, patches and security improvements for older
releases takes a lot of resources. Releasing legacy versions is as much effort
as
releasing current versions, with localization and QA being involved. As most
users upgrade to a new version in a short period of time, and as rollout cycles
in companies usually last from 3 to 12 months, the Community needs to
concentrate its resources where they are most effective, in new versions.
-<br/><br/>
-There is also a number of independent <a
href="http://support.openoffice.org/#cst"; title="Service companies that are
providing long-term support">
-service companies providing long-term support</a>, who may support EOL'ed
releases.</p>
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