On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Roberto Galoppini <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 12:43 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On 22.05.2012 15:21, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >>> >>> >>> [snip] >>> >>> >>> It looks like we can go with the "static" solution as a short-term >>> solution. >>> >>> Thus, I will do the following: >>> - Creation of a complete XML document >>> - Include entries for at least one languages for which we have currently >>> no AOO >>> 3.4 installation package. >>> - Providing the XML document and possible variants on [3] for testing and >>> verification. >>> - Call for volunteers to test the XML document at [3]. >>> - Integrate feedback, if we want to have direct download links or links to >>> a >>> certain existing web page for manual download. >>> - Activate the update service >>> -- move the final XML document to [4]. >>> -- ask ASF infrastructure team to redirect OOo 3.3 Update URL [5] to [4]. >>> >>> My goal is to have the update service for OOo 3.3 running at the end of >>> next week. >>> >>> Any objections? >>> >>> Any volunteers in advance which want to test? >>> If yes, please provide information about your OOo 3.3 installation >>> (operating >>> system and language) and the test cases (direct download link, link to >>> download >>> page, ...) you want to test. >>> >>> [3] http://people.apache.org/~orw/testupdateservice/ >>> [4] >>> http://www.openoffice.org/projects/update36/ProductUpdateService/check.Update >>> [5] >>> http://update36.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Update >>> >>> >> >> I have finished the creation of an XML document. It contains a feed with >> entries for all platform and language combinations for which we have an AOO >> 3.4 installation package. >> Each entry provides a link to web page [6]. This web page is a currently >> empty landing page for our OOo 3.3 users. On this page we can provide >> information about our new home at the Apache Software Foundation and our AOO >> 3.4 release. From here we can direct our OOo 3.3 to our download page [7]. > > Hi Oliver, > > could we eventually jointly work on a test phase for a fraction of > the user base? Maybe we could enable the auto-updates for a given > language, or so. Actually this could help us to make some realistic > assumptions on the total load, and if needed the necessary adjustments > to ensure the optimal performance. >
So, if we know from existing AOO 3.4 downloads that language/platform X is Y% of the total, then if we test the OOo 3.3 upgrade with only X, we can project what the total upgrade volume would be. That sounds reasonable. > Ideally we'd like to start the test phase as soon as possible. > > Roberto > > >> The reasons why I choose to provide a link to web page instead of providing >> direct download links are the following: >> - for platform Linux the "static" solution can not decide which package >> format is requested. >> - Rob and myself are in favor of such a landing page. >> From the OOo 3.3 update functionality the user can directly open this web >> page in the default browser. >> The XML document can be found at [4]. I also put it at [3] as file >> "check.Update". >> >> Please start your testing. >> To test please perform the following steps: >> (step 1) stop your running OOo 3.3 instance inclusive quickstarter. >> (step 2) find in your OOo 3.3 installation the file "version.ini" (Windows) >> respectively the file "versionrc" (other platforms). >> (step 3) in this file replace in field "UpdateURL" the string >> [5] by [4] or by >> "http://people.apache.org/~orw/testupdateservice/check.Update";. >> Please keep an existing query part, e.g. "?pkgformat=rpm". >> (step 4) start your OOo 3.3 >> (step 5a) check for an update manually via Menu Help - Check for Updates >> (step 5b) wait for the automatic update check configured via Menu Tools - >> Options - OpenOffice.org - Online Update. An available update should be >> notified on the right of your menu bar. >> >> Thanks in advance for your test efforts. >> >> Currently, I have no variants of the XML document ready. But, I am prepared >> to create the one or the other corresponding to your feedback. >> >> [6] >> http://www.openoffice.org/projects/update36/ProductUpdateService/index.html >> [7] http://www.openoffice.org/download >> >> >> Best regards, Oliver. > > -- > ==== > This e- mail message is intended only for the named recipient(s) above. It > may contain confidential and privileged information. If you are not the > intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail and any attachment(s) is strictly > prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately > notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and delete the message and any > attachment(s) from your system. Thank you. >
