Mathias Bauer wrote:
Oliver Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi *,
with the move to the new numbering schema also the default installation
directory changes from "OpenOffice.org 2.0" to "OpenOffice.org 2.1"
resp. from "openoffice.org2.0" to "openoffice.org2.1".
Perhaps we should stop using directory names containing version
numbers? Firefox e.g. always installs into the same directory (on
Windows it's "program files\Mozilla Firefox"). What's the point in
keeping the version numbers in the directory names?
What about files edited by the admin ? Before making this move we should
evaluate what each installer curently does with such files and whether
we better should flag those as "config" files in the installer database.
Would be
interesting to ask the Firefox developers if they experienced any user
problems or complaints.
Besides that:
Assuming that users might have language packs installed in their OOs
2.0.x, the result when updating will be platform dependant:
* on Windows, the installer will detect the existing 2.0.4 and propose
"OpenOffice.org 2.0" as destination directory instead => language packs
still there, but potentially incompatible (might even lead to crashes).
* on Unix, the default directory "openoffice.org2.1" will be used,
resulting in a naked OOo 2.1 with the language packs still present in
"openoffice.org2.0".
Shouldn't we issue a warning on Windows and install to "OpenOffice.org
2.1" by default as on Unix ? Users willing to take the risk might still
choose the "OpenOffice.org 2.0" manually.
This would be acceptable as a stop gap solution. In alignment with my
idea from above and also as a clearer approach: can we find a way to
disable/deinstall language packs?
On Unix we could introduce exact version dependencies, so that the
office update will need a --force if language packs are present. The
Windows installer could show an appropriate warning message during the
installation to give the user a choice.
- Oliver
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