On 3/7/14, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: > > http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml > > How much do we care about this? The risk, I suppose, is on > Softpedia, that we could find a last-minute defect in the NOTICE or > other legal files, and they find themselves distributing a package > that is not correct. But the practical risk there is small. > > The greater risk is to users, that we find a last-minute fatal bug > that causes us to cancel the vote, but there are versions of the > Release Candidate still floating around. That can hurt the AOO > reputation if that happened.
This is implied on the 'Beta' label that was added on softpedia. Every beta product assumes that bugs, even critical could surface. > > I'm not sure we can prevent this from happening, and still have an > open and transparent voting process. But maybe there is something we > can do to discourage it? At the bottom of the website it says Feedback. Of course you could legally contact the parent company about the issue but I dont think that's necessary. > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
