Hi All,
An US editor gives feedback and tweaks wording as below, I am going to
update installation instructions [1] with these words:
*Upgrading OpenOffice for Windows*
If the current version is 3.x, you can remove it before you upgrade to
version 4.x, or keep it and install 4.x as an additional version.
1. In the Installation Wizard, do one of the following:
- To remove 3.x and install 4.x, select *Remove all older product versions*.
The startup group item, desktop icon, and entry in the Add/Remove Programs
list will all refer to 4.x.
- To have both 3.x and 4.x on your computer, deselect *Remove all older
product versions*. Each version will have its own startup group item,
desktop icon, and entry in the Add/Remove Programs list.
2. If the current version is 4.x, but is older than the point version that
you want to install (for example, you have 4.0.0 but want to install
4.0.1), the older version will be removed and the later one will be
installed. The startup group item, desktop icon, and entry in the
Add/Remove Programs list will all refer to the later version.
[1] http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#winoverview
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Yuzhen Fan fanyuz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi All,
Thank you all for valuable comments, I am contacting the native speaker
for tweaking the wording.
(Added d...@openoffice.apache.org in this mail thread)
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 6:31 PM, Yuzhen Fan fanyuz...@gmail.com wrote:
Dear Pedro
Per Juergen, we won't release msp's because of some issues that we have
to solve first.
So I think, we will not mention MSP in Installation guide although the
fix in situation 2) is
also included in the MSP. How do you think?
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:24 PM, Pedro Lino pedl...@gmail.com wrote:
Sounds perfect. Adding options (instead of assuming and deciding for the
user) is always positive ;)
Please make sure that the fix in situation 2) is also included in the MSP
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:55 AM, Yuzhen Fan fanyuz...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi all,
Bug 124599 [2] is verified fixed in AOO 4.1.0 RC2, from current
behaviors
and comments provided in this bug, the expected behaviors for
upgrade on
Windows could be:
1. If the former version is 3.x, there will be a check box in
Installation
Wizard providing the option to keep or remove the former version
- If select Remove all older product versions, then 3.x will be
removed
and 4.x will be installed with 1 startup group, 1 desktop icon and 1
entry
in the Add/Remove Programs list. This artifact is for 4.x
- If de-select Remove all older product versions, then 4.x will be
installed with keeping 3.x, there will be 2 startup groups, 2 desktop
icons
and 2 entries in the Add/Remove Programs list. These artifacts are one
suite for 3.x and the other suite for 4.x
2. If the former version is also 4.x, but older than current installing
one(e.g. install 4.1.0 over 4.0.0), then the older one will be removed
and
the newer one will be installed with 1 startup group, 1 desktop icon
and 1
entry in the Add/Remove Programs list. This artifact is for the newer
one.
I think above behaviors are acceptable, I propose to update the
installation instructions [1] according those. Any comments, or any
objections?
[1]
http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#winoverview
[2] Issue 124599 - Windows 4.1.0 installer does not recognize former
versions correctly
On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:37 AM, Kay Schenk kay.sch...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 2:39 AM, Yuzhen Fan fanyuz...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi,
The current installation instructions [1] (last updated on
2014-03-26)
does
not differentiate the clean installation and upgrade installation
for
Windows, thus it does not state the option to keep or delete the
old
version for an upgrade installation.
I propose development update the installation instructions [1] when
submit
the fix to bug 124599 [2], to provide what is expected to see with
details
as below:
1. Upgrade from old version to relative new version (e.g. from 3.3
to
3.4.1, from 3.4.1 to 4.1.0, from 4.0.0 to 4.1.0, etc)
2. Specify the different behavior/experience on all platforms
(Windows,
Linux and Mac) - I do not see problems in the current instructions
on
Linux
and Mac, but need confirmation
That is essential, because for testers we need this as criteria for
testing, and for end users we need this as instructions for
guiding.
You are right. We need to have our installations instructions
accurate!
Commmitters can directly edit this page and commit. Others can submit
patches which we can review. We could use help from all folks using
our
installation binaries on this.
[1]
http://www.openoffice.org/download/common/instructions.html#winoverview
[2] Issue 124599 -
