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Idea #5893: OpenOffice.org upgrades in the same ubuntu release

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #4330: Update Manager should update Firefox, OpenOffice, and other major software.
Written by neffscape the 28 Mar 08 at 04:06. Category: Office. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: Won't implement
Rationale
OpenOffice.org is a key application in ubuntu desktops. IMHO it should be possible for users to easily upgrade their OpenOffice.org version when a new release is made available on the official website.

This behaviour is not something completely new in ubuntu: Firefox already updates every time a new version is made available on the web.

I just want a similar behaviour for the OpenOffice.org suite. Vote, people, vote!
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Ubuntu never includes a new version of a package after the release is out.
Firefox is updated only for security updates, not feature update.

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Solution #1: Auto-generated solution of idea #5893
Written by neffscape the 28 Mar 08 at 04:06.
Ubuntu Brainstorm was updated in January 2009. Since the idea #5893 was submitted before this update, its rationale and solution are not separated. Please vote accordingly, and if you have the necessary rights, please separate the rationale from the solution. Thanks!

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anabelle wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 21:24
CLOSED?!

wtf!

Its a great idea!

felixcorrales wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 22:13
Please Re-open de Idea!!! We are the client, so we request this feature!!

livio wrote on the 28 Mar 08 at 23:56
If you want the newest version of OpenOffice.org, you can download it in the official web site.

The focus of Ubuntu is to make the system stable, secure and easy to use, and the software that came with it must be tested and approved by Canonical.

neffscape wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 14:25
Put it in the universal repository and make it available for everybody as you do with firefox!

neffscape wrote on the 29 Mar 08 at 14:27
I would add that on the official website an ubuntu version of OOo is missing for many localizations. If you care about people using ubuntu, give us the opportunity to CHOSE what we want, reopen this idea.


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