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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 24 03:22:45 -0800 2006 ------- I think it would be fine to have an automatic update mechanism of files changed by the user. But I also think, that we will not be able to offer this. We need a merge/update mechanism for all files that could be changed by the user. And we need this for all platforms. The attached batch file is a solution only for dictinary.lst and only for Windows. Obviously xml files need a completely different merge mechanism. And who knows? Tomorrow a new file is introduced, that can be changed after the installation. Then again a new merge mechnism for all platforms has to be implemented. This results in the problem that new files are introduced by someone, without taking care of the update problem. Many months later, when the first update is available, we recognize the problem and have to implement update/merge processes for this file for all platforms. And sometimes it can also be possible, that no update or merge is possible, for example for customized pictures. No, I think this process will not work. The only solution seems to be a new layer, which can be used to overwrite the global settings made by the installation. But it cannot be allowed to change the global settings made by the installation. So we have a user layer, that contains the user specific settings. Then we need a new customization layer for settings for all users. And then we have the global settings, that are available after the installation. And this settings must not be changed, because all settings are lost after update. This seems to be a feasible scenario. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
