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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Mar 2 00:04:15 -0800 2006 ------- Hello @all, we had some comments to this on the German users an dev lists. Most of them said that the current way (old version is deleted automatic by setup) is the biggest goal of the new setup! You ask why? A 'nomal' (WIN-)user (means no developer or tester) wants a small an easy way for setup and espect, that an older version on the system will updated (or in this case will be deleted). Every question more in the setup will get the user more confusing. What will happen? The user gets the question 'Existing older version found, will You delete it or not?' (or something like that). User think: 'Dont know what to do, perhaps it is better to keep the old version on the disc...' ... and the problems increase higher an higher: * Most Windows user open docs in the explorer (and so with the as default registered version means last OOo-Version - RC or Snapshot). If a problem occures they will ask You: Why can a do not use my stable version? Why dont my stable version starts klicking OOo-Files in the explorer if I have deinstalled the newer Version (RC/Snapshot). * With default settings the user profile is the same for the stable an the dev/RC (in case of minor releases). User will ask You 'Why effect every change in the testing version to the userprofile of my stable version?' ... an do one!!! Thats why it is a bad idea to change the current way of setup. If the user is able to keep the old version, he must be able to keep all settings of the old version too or he must be able to switch between the versions. And You have to decribe every step for the user in order to prevent faults and errors. Last but not least, I test snapshots on different OS but not on my productiv machine. At present You dont need an other machine for this because You could do this with virtal machines in vmwareplayer/server, quemu an so on. So You have a strict border between the different versions, in my mind the best way to test and compare between different versions. Marko Moeller --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
