releases  

Re: [releases] Update of BEA_m1 to BEA_m2 (was Re: [releases] Developer snapshot build BEA300_m2 uploaded)

Stefan Taxhet
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:20:41 -0700

Hi,

Thorsten Ziehm wrote:

what can be the fix?

Detect that you try to install a more recent version in the same directory with the change of the runtime and handle the situation either by deinstall/install, refusal to install, warning the user, ...

This problem occurs because of the compiler switch in a developer
snapshot. So in my naive understanding the fix can be only to switch
back to the old compiler. Is this a solution?

No, I don't think this is an option.

This problem does not exist when you update from BEA1 to BEA2. It
is only when you switch from versions older than m7 to a newer build.
>
So when a user install the Beta first, he will never have this problem.

The point is that I would like to avoid that this problem hits the (potential) Windows users of the Beta (or later snapshots/finals).

Reading the issues again I understand that
- there is a requirement to run the most recent stable (2.4) in parallel with 3.0 beta
- the 3.0 beta installation process doesn't start a deinstall
- the problem occurs *only* if an earlier snapshot built with the old compiler was installed in the same target directory

Should this be the case a limited number of the courageous users of developer snapshots would be affected.

Greetings
Stefan



Thorsten


Stefan Taxhet wrote:
Hi,

to me it seems that issue 88381

 Office crashes  after update installation with m7
 (http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88381)

and it's variants / duplicates

 DEV300m9: Error with C++ Runtime Library (won't start)
 (http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=88542)

hit many users - including me ;-)

The significant impact I see is that it makes updates too difficult and renders the Online Update for useless. I think we should ensure that we can easily notify and update users of developer snapshots including OOo 3.0 Beta. So for me this is a showstopper.

Thougts?
Stefan

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]