>>>>> please make in future incremental updates. It is no fun updating >>>>> from 3 to >>>>> 3.0.1 with a new istallation. It's such a mess. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> Which OS? >>>> What's the mess? Just replace one with the other automagically! >>> Windows XP. As I heared from all of my friends I have to download the >>> new version 135 MB to update. No incremental update as it seems. And >>> why must OpenOffice extract all the files from the downloaded file? >>> No other installer that I know does it. It is just nonsense. >>> >>> >> First let me say that the majority of people here are users rather >> than openoffice developers. >> >> Secondly when you consider that openoffice can work on Windows (XP and >> Vista) Apple Mac and Linux operating systems, then some variations >> between install packages seems to be part of the price you pay for >> multi-platform software. The extraction of files from the download >> file is simply to keep the download file as small as possible. Some >> users are on a dial-up connection and so large downloads are >> unacceptable. >> >> I hope that clears up the problem somewhat >> >> Rob > If they would release only the files that had changed that would be nice > for the dial-up connection people. A minor update with 135 MB > installation file is ...
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