03 Jul 2018

Join the final Bug Hunting Session for LibreOffice 6.1!

Posted in Development, LibreOffice, QA By Mike Saunders On July 3, 2018

LibreOffice users around the world help developers to test new features and fix bugs before a new version is released. After the first and second Bug Hunting Sessions of LibreOffice 6.1, which were held on April 27th 2018 and May 28th 2018 respectively, we’re glad to announce the third Bug Hunting Session on July 6th – the last one before the release of LibreOffice 6.1!

LibreOffice 6.1 is due to be released in mid August with many new features described in the release notes and this is our last chance to test and find issues before its release.

In order to find, report and triage bugs, the tests during the Third Bug Hunting Session will be performed on the first Release Candidate version of LibreOffice 6.1, which will be available on the pre-releases server on the day of the event. Builds will be available for Linux (DEB and RPM), macOS and Windows.

Mentors will be available on July 6th 2018, from 7.00 UTC to 19:00 UTC for questions or help in the IRC channel: #libreoffice-qa and its Telegram bridge and there will be a dedicated session to test the new offline help system available in LibreOffice 6.1 from 14:00 and 16:00 UTC.

Of course, hunting bugs will be possible also on other days, as the builds of this particular Release Candidate (LibreOffice 6.1.0 RC1) will be available until the end of July, when the second Release Candidate will be available.

With your help, we can make LibreOffice 6.1 the best release yet – thanks!

Comments

  1. By Alice Bones

    There is a bug I’d like to share. I downloaded the new version a couple days ago as of 7/4/18 and occasionally, I think when I backspace but I can’t be entirely sure, my font size will go up from 12 to 16 without me doing it. It’s really frustrating and I can’t seem to find anyone else who has this issue. Please look into this as soon as you are able. Thank you so much for the wonderful program!

    • By Mike Saunders

      Hi, if you think you’ve discovered a bug in LibreOffice, please report it to our QA community at https://bugs.documentfoundation.org – please provide LOTS of detail (LibreOffice version, operating system, exact steps to reproduce, and screenshot if relevant). Then our QA community can investigate further – thanks!