On Mon, 19 May 2014 11:41:02 +0200
Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 18.05.2014 20:46, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
> > On 16/05/2014 Rainer Bielefeld wrote:
> >> I submitted "Issue 124913 - Disable 4.1.0 Update Info"
> >> https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124913
> >> because I think that it would be irresponsible to encourage users to
> >> update to 4.1.0 with known issue.
> >
> > I'm not sure this would give any results. Maybe OpenOffice caches the
> > update information, so one would still get the update notification even
> > if we retire it. But in general, 4.1.0 is the best version we can offer.
> 
> I agree with Andrea that version 4.1.0 is the best version we can offer.
> 
> > You cite https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124717 as the
> > reason but the root cause for it is an issue that has existed since
> > 2010, and it took a huge effort and many misunderstandings before you
> > found a way to reproduce it.
> >
> 
> I provided some further information regarding issue 124717 as an issue 
> comment. Please have a look.
> 
> > I agree, though, that we should consider a 4.1.1, and maybe schedule it
> > for June; we already have a couple of new languages and some bugfixes,
> > we have an ongoing session of post-release tests and in a few weeks
> > we'll probably be ready to wrap it up and see what's best to do.
> >
> 
> Yes, a 4.1.1 with the one or the other fix of a serious bugfix make 
> sense from my point of view.
> 
> >> I also think that there should be a hint in 4.1.0 Release Notes under
> >> "Known issues"
> >
> > Sure. I see it's there now and it's good to have it there.
> >
> 
> I have provided a workaround in the above mentioned issue comment.
> If someone can confirm it, the workaround could be added to the "Known 
> issues" text.
> 
> Best regards, Oliver.
> 
> > Regards,
> >    Andrea.
> >

Would it be appropriate to entirely remove the "Automatic check for update" 
link and simply leave the manual "Check for updates" on the Help menu?

-- 
Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]>

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