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                 Issue #|81839
                 Summary|Staroffice Updates consume massive amounts of HD space
               Component|framework
                 Version|OOo 2.3
                Platform|All
                     URL|
              OS/Version|All
                  Status|UNCONFIRMED
       Status whiteboard|
                Keywords|
              Resolution|
              Issue type|DEFECT
                Priority|P3
            Subcomponent|scripting
             Assigned to|npower
             Reported by|enmane





------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Sep 22 07:11:03 +0000 
2007 -------
I'm not sure where to post this but since most of the OO devs are SUN employees
which also work on SO, then I hope this message gets over there.  I tried
finding a forum at Sun for SO but I couldn't find one.

In short, SO installs patches like a pig that craves magnetic bits.  I've
installed every patch since 8 came out and the last was patch 8.  I decided to
check the HD after it was done and it was consuming 1GB of HD space.  This was
ridiculous so I decided to poke my nose around to see what was going on and I
found the following,

1) SO keeps old versions of files around.  Why, oh why, this is just as bad as
MS keeping patches around.
2) Even though the initial install specified that I wanted the EN-US language
installed, every patch installed after the initial install continues to install
every single language.  Why, oh why?

Cleaning results...
Before - 1GB
After - 330MB

I recommend the following,
1) have the install script remove files that have been renamed - no point in
keeping them around.
2)  have the install script figure out which language is installed and ONLY
install the language that the user has installed.

Looking forward to 2.4...actually, 3.0 but we'll have to wait.  Keep up the good
work especially on the speed front.

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