Hi Marcus, Am 16.01.22 um 16:18 schrieb Marcus: > Am 15.01.22 um 15:05 schrieb Matthias Seidel: >> Since there were no public information from me until this "project" was >> successfully launched on the last minute in parallel with Windows 11, I >> want to give some details (now that I have time): >> >> Microsoft introduced the possibility to publish "classic" Windows >> programs via their Microsoft Store app. This was a new feature for >> Windows 11 and is now also available for some time on Windows 10. >> So what you download and install via Microsoft Store app is an >> unmodified binary, identical to what we distribute via SourceForge. >> >> The only requirement from Microsoft were to install AOO totally >> "silent". This needed some parameters [1] and a minor change in the >> installation of the MSVC runtimes [2]. >> >> Downloads point to the Apache Download server [3] because we had issues >> with the SourceForge mirrors. >> >> After all, this was technically no big problem but required some >> "struggle" with the Microsoft Developer Network. >> My thanks go to Santhosh Panchapagesam from Microsoft and to Ross >> Gardler (ASF) who made the initial contact. >> >> [1] >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/devtools/Microsoft%20Store/Parameters.txt >> >> [2] >> https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commit/908cc4a92408d9aa3bc9d002845a580a2175543f >> >> [3] https://downloads.apache.org/openoffice/4.1.11/binaries/ > > thanks for the background information. Let's see if we can see or feel > one day the increased downloads.
The download stats in my Microsoft account still don't show, but we have about 1000 downloads per day: https://logging1-he-de.apache.org/stats/ Not sure how much are related to the Microsoft Store. Regards, Matthias > > Marcus > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >
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