Hi Jürgen,
Also on that first step is the possibility to download rating / review information.
The second step allows the user to see and select updates for add-ons and templates that they already have installed. For add-ons I think that this could be done by checking the names of installed UNO packages against the names of packages in the downloaded information file. I confess that I haven't checked the feasibility of this yet.
Also on this step it is possible to upload rating / review information to the central site.
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Steps 3 - 6 are to help the user find their desired add-on or template.
Step 7 is to display dependency information (add-on 50 is dependent on add-on 12 so add-on 12 should be included).
On clicking install, all the selected add-ons and templates get downloaded and installed. The add-ons would all be standard UNO packages.
I have no preconceived preferences for the uploading of the files to the central site. Whether it be from within OpenOffice.org or through a web interface.
I think that some members of the OpenOffice.org community should have the responsibility for checking uploaded files for malicious content. The wizard has a check box for eliminating from the displayed list those add-ons or templates that haven't been checked.
I hope it is clear from the above, that I am not proposing a different format for UNO packages, but I am trying to find a way of helping users to find UNO package to meet their needs, and to do that may require an additional file with information about available UNO packages.
Thanks, Ian
That's how I understood your idea and I like it. At the moment from my point of view (and I'm a software developer) the install dialog is too complex and overloaded.
As already stated before I'd volunteer to set up a system to let developers upload their addons/addins/plugins/templates and users download.
I hope I have time on weekend to spent sometime and really think about the file-format and maybe come up with a idea of the install-gui needs and work-flow (don't expect too much I'm not a very good GUI-Designer :-)
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