Hi Exsecrabilus, thanks for your input but I think you are missing two or three key points.
1) Intepid did not ship any beta/RC version of OO 3.0, like they did with Gnome (2.23), so comparing the two is not valid. If there are any serious bugs we may not have time to catch them and this could result in a disappointing and unpolished experience for OO users. 2) There are users just as vocal and adamant as you on the OTHER side, who would yell and scream if Ubuntu shipped OO 3.0 with bugs, and that it shouldn't have been pushed in past the feature freeze just to appease a few people who could easily install it themselves (see #3) if they weren't concerned with something as stable and thoroughly tested. A large part of the appeal of Ubuntu to many users is that when a release comes out, all the applications have been tested for months already and have all the kinks worked out. If we start throwing in completely new versions of major applications mere weeks before a release, Ubuntu will lose a lot of stability and reputation. 3) You (and any other user) will be easily able to install OO 3.0 yourself via a deb/ppa/backport if you so desire. It is a great candidate for a backport and will probably be backported soon after release (see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports for more information). This seems like a win/win to me, since users who want stability and polish get it by default, and users like yourself who want more bleeding edge can easily enable it in many ways as I mentioned above. I don't really see the gripe. As such if the decision is to stay with 2.4 for Intrepid (only 6 months after all), I think it makes sense, and OO 3.0 can be stabilized by Intrepid backport users and Jaunty alpha/beta testers. -- [Request] OpenOffice.org 3.0 in Intrepid ibex release https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/267376 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
