I'm a little confused by recent threads on the upgrade logic. But I'd like to ensure that this area is adequately tested and that we understand how it behaves so we can better support users. So here are some questions to flesh out the way it will work with AOO 4.0.
1) When an AOO 3.4.1 user profile customizations configured, what happens when they install AOO 4.0? 2) If anything is not migrated are users given any warning, so this is not a surprise? (Maybe we need something in the Release Notes at least?) 3) Does this include custom spell checking word list? Old Extensions? 4) What happens to the old AOO 3.4.1 install directories? Is it removed? Does that include extensions? other files? Is it totally clean? 5) If extensions are not migrated, is there anything that helps the user to know what extensions they need to reinstall? If not automated, maybe we need something in the Release Notes to explain how a user can make this list *before* they install AOO 4.0? 6) Does any of the above change if they are upgrading from AOO 3.4.0 or OOo 3.3.0 or earlier to AOO 4.0? 7) Once AOO 4.0 is installed, what happens if a user tries to install an extension that has not updated addons.xcu? Is there an obvious error message, directing the user to contact the extension developers? 8) Same for incompatible C++ extensions. Is the user given a meaningful message that directs them to the extension author? Or will they be confused and end up asking us for help? 9) Is there any easy way users can tell which extensions on the Repository are compatible with AOO 4.0? 10) Are there any test extensions that QA can use to test the positive and negative cases of #7 and #8 above? 11) Are there any other edge cases we need to think about? Maybe future-proofing? What happens to a future incompatible AOO 5.0 extension when installed on AOO 4.0? I'm happy to update the Release Notes if the developers can clarify the expected behaviors here. Thanks! -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
