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> On Apr 18, 2021, at 12:24 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 7:25 PM >> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >> Subject: Re: Integrate download wizard into website? >> >> Am 16.04.21 um 10:29 schrieb Jörg Schmidt: >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Marcus [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] >>>> Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 9:20 AM >>>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org >>>> Subject: Re: Integrate download wizard into website? >>>> >>>> Indeed, the way can be different how to show these hints. But >>>> I think we >>>> agree already that the hint presentation could be more >> automatic and >>>> context-sensitive. >>> >>> Exactly, I agree with you on that. >> >> OK, then we have our basis. >> >> Next step would be to clearify the requirements. Here I would >> like to be >> generic as best as possible; which means to keep out >> technical details >> for the moment. >> >> When this is done we can try to find a technical solution to get the >> requirement implemented. >> >> What do you think? > > The essential requirements for Windows are clear and concern the 32-bit Java > 'problem'. > For Linux, at least the issues of system integration and uninstalling LO are > also involved. > About MacOS I personally know nothing. > > Maybe it would be best if I say here that I will think about detailed > requirements together with the update (*) of the German installation manual? > > (*): > I have to explain this briefly: as part of the ProOO-Box's work on the German > AOO documentaion (see comments on > http://www.openoffice.org/de/doc/index.html), I am currently working > specifically on the installation manual. Problem is that I, due to lack of > time, unfortunately only very slow progress, advantage is that I really > binding work on it. > As sorry as I am, I can't say until when this work will be done, but it will > take _at least_ a few more months. > > > > Yes, it makes sense to leave out technical details for now, but I recently > came across (through an info on users-de@...) the following issue where I > think improvement is needed (in the medium term): > our download site works almost not at all without JavaScript. Namely the > linking to https://www.apache.org/dyn/aoo-closer.cgi/openoffice/ does not > help the user at all because there are no relevant mirrors for AOO. aoo-closer.cgi was an idea before SourceForge. It doesn’t work for the reason you mention. > I had already addressed the 'problem' with mirrors myself (here on this > list), but got little response. I opened a discussion with INFRA. These things take time. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-21497 > > I don't want to go into both things (JavaScript, Mirror) here, but I would > like to ask you to keep them in mind. A download site that works without JavaScript is not a wizard it would be a form perhaps many on separate pages. I have an idea, but don’t wait for me because I won’t have time for a few months. Regards, Dave > > > > > Jörg > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
