LibreOffice has a time-based release schedule (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan), with a major announcement every six months: early February, and early August. A time-based release schedule is predictable, and as such makes it easier to plan large deployments and subsequent updates. On the other hand, a major announcement every six months translates to
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LibreOffice contributor interview: Franklin Weng
It’s been over a month since our last contributor interview, as we’ve been busy with the release of LibreOffice 5.2, but now we’re back – and this time we’re talking to Franklin Weng, who is active within the marketing and migration teams. What is your IRC nickname / nationality /
The Document Foundation Bookshop on Lulu
We have opened a bookshop on Lulu, where people can buy a printed copy of TDF Annual Report 2015.
LibreOffice 5.2: A week in stats
One week ago we announced LibreOffice 5.2, a new major release with enterprise-level features and user interface improvements. So what has happened in the meantime? Here’s a selection of statistics from the last seven days showing activity in and around the LibreOffice project: 310,491 – downloads of LibreOffice 5.2 And
LibreOffice developer interview: Winfried Donkers
In this week’s developer interview, we talk to Winfried Donkers, a Dutch coder who has been using LibreOffice (and its predecessors) for almost two decades, and today works on Calc. Where are you based, and do you work for a LibreOffice-related company or just code in your spare time? I
LibreOffice developer interview: Krishna Keshav
In our next developer interview, we talk to Krishna Keshav, a new contributor to the LibreOffice project who is currently working on Easy Hacks and plans to expand into more complex bug-fixes in the future… Where are you based, and do you work for a LibreOffice-related company or just code