Ubuntu 11.04 ships with LibreOffice 3.3.2
In a few weeks LibreOffice will publish a new Version LibreOffice 3.4
Will Ubuntu release this update like a new Version of Firefox? (a few days after the release)
Or: similar to openoffice? (more or less never)
LibreOffice 3.4.3 for Natty was released 7 Oct 2011. Consider adding the libreoffice repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
This will make sure you're always up to date with the newest versions of Libreoffice.
I note (at the time of writing this) that libreoffice in oneiric is version 3.4 for Oneiric.
Reading the oneiric blueprint - the libreoffice will be updated for lucid/maverick/natty when oneiric has been successfully tested/built. This will either be through the PPA or through the standard backports repository.
EDIT (10/10/11): the PPA has now been updated with v3.4.3 - backports has yet to be upgraded
Whilst we wait - see this AU Question as a guide on how to update to the latest version of Libreoffice.
No, the "ppa:libreoffice/ppa" repository does not contain the 3.4 version, only the 3.3 version. And when I tried adding the 3.4.2 version from the ODF site, it didn't create the menu entries for Gnome (Mint 11, based on Natty/11.04)
Ubuntu 11.10 - Oneiric Ocelot, that is in RC and will be release in few days, includes LibreOffice 3.4.3.
If someone is interested, this is the link to feature improvements in LibreOffice 3.4:
http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/
for new versions of software you will properly have to wait for the next release, this is what normally happens.
if a ppa gets released for the software then you can install this and get the latest versions.
