On 3/24/14 1:49 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Pedro Lino <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi Rob >> >> Thank you for the fast answer. >> When you say "we focus this test" do you mean there will be others where XP >> is considered? >> Wouldn't it make sense to include it sooner than later? >> > > There is formal testing == QA. And there is informal testing, like the Beta. > > Formal testing focuses on the newest and most used platforms. That is > where there is the greatest risk. > > Remember, XP has been tested for many years, since the days OOo 2. I > don't expect new surprises there. The risk is with new OS versions. > > Also, we know from the Beta survey that around 12% of Windows Beta > users were running Windows XP. So we have some informal testing > coverage there. > > Hopefully you see our approach -- with finite resources we apply them > to test the platforms with the greatest risk of new bugs.
but we will also not focus on fixing problems for XP. It doesn't make sense to focus on a not longer supported platform. That means we do nothing actively to drop XP but we do also nothing special to keep in alive. If it should be necessary to use some API's that are not available on XP we will use them to move forward. I can understand that some users don't like this but in the end it's always the same question who will do the necessary work ... Juergen > > Regards, > > -Rob > > >> >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:32 PM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Pedro Lino <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Hi all >>>> >>>> I'm curious: does this mean Apache OpenOffice is dropping support for >>>> Windows XP? >>>> >>> >>> No. It just means that we focus this test pass on the recent OS >>> versions. We still support Windows XP. >>> >>> -Rob >>> >>>> My PC runs Windows XP and I know it will not be updated in the near >>> future >>>> (with the current economic situation this is simply NOT a priority) >>>> >>>> This is possibly the case for many PCs since XP is running on nearly 30% >>> of >>>> all PCs worlwide according to netmarketshare ( >>>> >>> http://www.netmarketshare.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=10&qpcustomb=&qpcustomd=0 >>>> ) >>>> >>>> Is there an official position on support for Windows XP? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Pedro >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
