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On Mon December 26 2005 07:40, Edward Buck wrote: > Hi Louis, > > Happy holidays! :-) > > Louis Suarez-Potts wrote: > > On 12/24/05 10:54 PM MalikZZ wrote: > >>Correct me if I'm wrong, but OpenOffice could use a > >>Update feature like > >>Windows Update and many other non-MS programs (esp > >>anti-virus programs > >>where users download small definition files). I would > >>be grateful if > >>the updates came in smaller doses rather than having > >>to download the > >>entire OpenOffice program. > > > > It could....Many others, for a long time, have also wanted this. The > > issue is that those who have wanted it have not also been those who > > could make it. > > > > I think such a feature, which is present on StarOffice, would be > > terrific. One could even have something like Thunderbird's automatic > > update. But, developers (or developer companies) need to be interested > > in this sort of thing. > > Has anyone tried to do a simple diff of installed files between > versions? As long as there isn't much variability in install > destinations, it may not require much coding to create a patch. But it > would still require work and someone dedicated to the task; otherwise, > no one will trust it. > > I think the feature would be nice but I suspect only windows users would > be interested. Most Linux/BSD users prefer to use the update facility > provided by their package management system, which typically does > package replacement rather than package modification. > > I do like the idea of an update facility on windows like windows update, > which MS Office does have. The only problem with Office update is that > it sometimes insists that you have that darn Office cd! Since OOo has > never required a cd for anything, it would already be ahead of the game. > Perhaps an OOo update applet written in Java for windows users? That > could be a pretty cool project for someone looking to contribute, a > project with limited scope that wouldn't require weeks of reading source > code. Of course, if using it resulted in a broken system, there would > be a lot of angry people! :-) A more interesting project may be to write it using the framework underlying OOo ( the VCL/UNO framework). I'm not 100% sure that it is possible but if it is then this would require knowing some C++. However it would be a very interesting extension. Are you interested in contributing time to this project ? -- Please reply to discuss@openoffice.org only. Normally users@openoffice.org is the best list to ask questions about using OpenOffice.org -- CPH : OpenOffice.org contributor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
