What does 6.4 have that 6.3 doesn’t?
I know that 6.3 is the stable, long term support version.
I know that 6.4 has new features not in 6.3, however, I can’t find a list or any information on what those new features are.
Can someone point me to a side by side comparison of 6.3 vs 6.4 so that I can see their differences? Or if such a page does not exist, can someone list the new features in 6.4 that 6.3 does not have?
Thanks.
There are no special long-term versions of LibreOffice. A new value of X in “Version W.X…” signals relevant changes (mostly new features). The new Y in “Version W.X.Y.” mainly stands for enhanced bug-fixing. The final Z only numbers the release candidates. In case of new Y the actual release mostly has Z=2. In case of new X the release may have Z=3. Wanting not to be afflicted by bugs, mainly a high Y should be chosen. If you don’t need any of the new features you can stick to the previous X and used its final sub-version.
The final release of the 6.3 series should be 6.3.6. The release is scheduled for 2020-05-03 (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleasePlan/6.3#6.3.6_release).
“End of life” only means there will not be another bug-fix release within the series. The software will happily live long after.
I can only say 6.4.4.2 is super slow compared to previously releases. I will go back to some 5.4.n version.
You started with, “There are no special long-term versions of LibreOffice.” But later you say, “If you don’t need any of the new features…”
The rest of your explanation was very technical. So, does your explanation mean that there are or that there aren’t any new features? I’m sorry, but I’m not a programmer. I’m just an end user.
I just needed to know if the new version has new features in it that the older version doesn’t have, and what are they?
Keep in mind that a new version almost always has new features, although the “features” might not be apparent to the user – they might simply be a better way of doing things, and perhaps even in a specific technical sense.
Unless of course you are buying something like a car, in which case “features” are just a tool for marketing. (But this is never true of LibreOffice.)
So, a “new feature” might just be an existing function that was polished up and made easier to use, for example? It’s not actually always a brand new thing that was never in the previous version?
O.K., I think I get it.
Thanks.
Hay, If you don’t know the answer (which obviously do not) don’t reply to answer with out the exact answer to the question. Obviously the guy wanted to know exactly “WHAT the new features there were”, which you do not know. So let somebody else answer if they know it.