LibreOffice 24.8 RC1 is available for testing
LibreOffice 24.8 will be released as final at the end of August, 2024 ( Check the Release Plan ) being LibreOffice 24.8 Release Candidate 1 (RC1) the third pre-release since the development of version 24.8 started at the beginning of December, 2023. Since the previous release, LibreOffice 24.8 Beta1, 243 commits have been submitted to the code repository and 120 issues got fixed. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.
LibreOffice 24.8 RC1 can be downloaded for Linux, macOS and Windows, and it will replace the standard installation.
In case you find any problem in this pre-release, please report it in Bugzilla ( You just need a legit email account in order to create a new account ).
For help, you can contact the QA Team directly in the QA IRC channel or via Matrix.
LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven community project, so please help us to test – we appreciate it!
Happy testing!!
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR WINDOWS 7 USERS
Internal python version has been upgraded to python 3.9 which no longer supports Windows 7. Be aware some LibreOffice functionalities written in Python may not work, like the wizards in File – Wizards. Please, do test this version and give us feedback.
“…Internal python version has been upgraded to python 3.9 which no longer supports Windows 7. …”
Why??? Because it’s even? Whiter, smoother, has more spots?
IF IT AIN’T BROKE, DON’T FIX IT!
Why is it that, on z/OS, I can still run programs written 30 years ago, without any problems, but that on Windoze, everything is forced to be part of an endless update cycle?
the reason is because Python 3.8 is reaching the end of life in 2024-10. See https://devguide.python.org/versions/
“since the development of version 24.8 started in mid June, 2023”
Did the development start around the time of the release of version 24.2? Somewhere around February 2024?
Thank you
Hello Óvári,
Yes, it was wrong. my bad. fixed now
how long can one use the developer, for lifelong?