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Mac users: test the Aqua and X11 release candidates

Posted by Andrew Z at Sunday, March 2, 2008 | Permalink

Maho NAKATA has announced the availability of MacOSX builds of 2.4.0 release candidate for Intel and PowerPPC in both Aqua and X11. Be careful: these release candidates are for testing purposes and may contain serious bugs.

The downloads (UPDATED LINKS, 2.4.0RC2, 2.4.0RC3, 2.4.0RC4, 2.4.0RC5) are in the format OOo_{version}_{operating system}{CPU architecture}_{Window system}_install_{language code}.dmg. If X11 is omitted, it is the Aqua version. If you want the English Aqua Intel version, download OOo_2.4.0RC4_MacOSXIntel_install_en-GB.dmg.

Please test these builds soon. See Top 12 reasons to test the OpenOffice.org 2.4 release candidate.

OpenOffice.org 2.4 will only officially release an X11 Mac version, but Aqua is planned for version 3 (due September 2008). Unlike NeoOffice, this Aqua code will be officially supported by and integrated into the upstream version. Your testing helps ensure a high quality final release.

Update from ericb: QA'ing these Aqua binaries is not helpful: they are already out of date. The most up to date binaries are at oooaqua.laurentbuisson.fr. Eric warns. "Be careful: they are hacked developer builds, only using code from OpenOffice.org cvs, but including last cws (not everything has been integrated in milestone). [...] If you are not used to solve issues on your Mac, please do not use them."

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