On 2012-03-05 4:38 PM Rob Weir wrote:
This has been known for several months and has been part of the 3.4 plan. We discussed it
extensively in early December. Certainly if you have new information, new workarounds, new
proposals, or even new code, then I'm new we all would love to know about it. But if you are
just noticing this for the first time, you might want to check the list archives to catch up
on the previous discussion first. Search for "berkeleydb".
The problem with the database was known. The fact that you were planning to release a version
that overwrote OOo and erased the extensions in the user profile was not clear until you asked
for testing. And now you are complaining about us reporting the problems found.
In any case your questions suggests a simple misunderstanding. The issue with the extensions
in 3.4 is not that the 3.4 install is overwriting a profile or anything like that.
It is not a misunderstanding. I never said that 3.4 was overwriting my user profile. It is
deleting all the extensions in my user profile. The folder that contained them is empty.
It is not, as you say. that we are "deleting all installed extensions".
Then why is the folder that contained them empty? Installing 3.4 does exactly
what I said it does.
The issue is that the extensions info in OOo 3.3 was stored locally in Berkeley Db database
file. We had to remove berkeleydb because of its incompatible license. So the database file
is there, but, even after an upgrade, but we're not able to read it. That is why the
extensions need to be reinstalled.
Those
are the only changes we're making right now. Release blocking issues
are issues in BZ that have the 3.4 release blocking issue flag set.
You are welcome to add such an issue if you think one is lacking. You
can suggest things until you turn blue in the face and it will not
accomplish as much as the simple act of entering an issue once in BZ.
Is this not an issue for discussion? Having AOO overwrite, or not overwrite,
OOo is a policy decision that needs discussion. Or, as the grand poobah, are
you saying it doesn't? Where has this decision been made?
This was decided last December when we discussed how to deal with the
removal of berkeleydb. I think we're all open to better ideas and
better proposals if you have them. But please also have some respect
for those who looked into this issue in detail previously.
It was? Then you better look at changing it, unless you want a bunch of disgruntled users on
your hands.
You asked for reports on installing as an overwrite and now you are trying to dismiss reports
of the problems it causes.
But I remind you that the fact that extensions will need to be
reinstalled in 3.4 is something that has been well-known in this
project for nearly 6 months now. But no one has cared to do anything
about it. And no one has raised it as release blocking issue, not
even as of today.
And now the decision has to be made about how to deal with the problem.
Overwriting OOo and eliminating the extensions will create a huge howl from
tons of users and create unnecessary extra work for the people providing
user support.
Again, I recommend you learn the facts, read the list archives, and
then if at that time you have additional insights, I'm sure we'd all
love to hear them.
And I suggest you learn to be less condescending.
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Larry I. Gusaas
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Website: http://larry-gusaas.com
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