A few days ago, I was looking at what extension there were in the
Extension Center's list. I was surprised at the fact that there were
many that did not have any downloadable software available to use.
Most of these listed extensions show "No stable release available yet",
with one I know of having 2 "likes" for an extension we cannot download
and try to let the users know if we like it or not.
So is there some issue in the "allowed viewer" check list, that was
needed when I created a listing? Or, is there some other thing going on
that prevents the users for seeing a file to be downloaded.
I know there is still an issue with the dropped media extension for some
of the listings, but all you may need to do is add the .oxt to the file
after it is downloaded. But, having no file to be downloaded is another
issue entirely.
I would like to test out some of these extensions, since they look
useful to me. I have not looked, much, at the Template list, but I bet
this issue might be there as well.
Any ideas about what is going on?
Any ideas on how a user can get the listed software?
Should we allow an extension/template be listed if there is no file to
test out?
One of the extension had a comment about how he/she could get the
extension on this site, or were they required to go to the OOo site and
download it from there.
For the dictionaries needed/wanted, I have most of the dictionaries
listed on the LibreOffice-NA.US site
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/dictionary.html plus some
of the non-dictionary extension and some templates downloadable there as
well. Hopefully most of these listed .oxt files will be available in
the Extension and Template centers soon. The question would be for
those extensions/templates that are no longer supported and the authors
are either unknown or unreachable. Will those files ever be linked as
part of one of the lists? There are some dictionaries that have not
been updated for 3 or more years. There are many that have not been
updated since 2008 and even a few from 2003 and 2004. I say that these
may not be supported anymore, but still usable for those people who need
a dictionary for that specific language. Will we have a method for
including these files in the centers?
These are my observations and concerns. LO needs to have the largest
list of these templates, extensions, and dictionaries. We do not want
to have our users need to go to OOo's listings, or even my LO DVD
testing site to get what is wanted/needed by our users. LO's centers
need to be the preferred online place to get these files. The DVD sites
would be just a place showing what can be found offline on specific DVDs
created for localized regions.
Tim L.
webmaster at LibreOffice-NA.US
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