Bug#1018173: libreoffice: Please upload final releases
Source: libreoffice
Version: 1:7.4.0~rc3-1
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
Since 7.3.1 (which is no longer installable) you have only uploaded release candidates
to Debian/sid. Please consider uploading final releases as well, before moving on to
candidates of the next release.
1. I understand that unstable is the place to stage pre-release software. But this
does not mean it must only contain such. Moreover, given Debian's slow release cycle
some users (such as myself) use it for daily work, rather than for testing new software.
2. I am **guessing** that you might answer that the last release candidate in each
cycle is the final release -- but this is merely a guess (is it, actually?)
The point is that this is developer logic, but from the point of view of a user,
just being told "this is the final 7.something.whatever release" is so much easier
and does not involve any guesswork. (Also, you know it when it is uploaded, rather
than when the first candidate for the next release is uploaded).
If the final release is indeed equal to some rc#, then, as pointless as this may seem
to you, could you please just bump up the version number and upload again as final?
Many thanks !!
Cheers,
Itaï
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bookworm/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (600, 'unstable')
merged-usr: no
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.18.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
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