On 25 Aug, To: Don Lewis wrote: > On 26 Aug, Andrea Pescetti wrote: >> On 24/08/2016 Don Lewis wrote: >>> * Updated bundled serf to fix a CVE and a WebDAV issue. The FreeBSD >>> port has been using the system version of the latest and greatest. >> >> We've been discussing this separately. This will make the build system >> even more complex, but it does have advantages and brings to completion >> work started with 4.1.2. >> >>> * Handle the Wiki Publisher and PDF Import extensions as integrated >>> extensions: >>> <https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Setup_-_Bundled_Extensions> >>> I've done some work on this in the FreeBSD port, but I haven't >>> tackled the installer part for other platforms. >> >> Can you elaborate on this? For example the fact that they shouldn't ping >> for updates looks problematic (not so bad, but it will require a >> reasonable release pace). And actually the document suggests that >> bundled dictionaries are handled as integrated extensions, which is not >> the case at the moment - and this allows users to get, for example, a >> fresh English dictionary when they wish. > > The versions of these that are online are really old. The version > of Wiki Publisher online only works with 3.x, and the PDF importer > is listed as only being compatible with 4.0. > > Since these can get built as part of the OpenOffice build and seem to > be version specific, it seems like looking for updates could cause > problems. If a user sees and installs an update, the extension gets > stored as part of that user's profile. If the user is running an > older version of OpenOffice and installs an update intended for a newer > version of OpenOffice, that could cause the application to crash. > Similarly, if a user has a copy of the extension in his profile and > upgrades OpenOffice, that could also cause a crash.
I forgot to mention that the PDF Import extension is somewhat problematic to distribute. It relies on poppler, which has a GPLv2 license. We depend on poppler being installed on the system and there is no option to to bundle it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
