On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:58 AM, Florian Effenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > >> Based on the proposal >> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/ESC/Criteria_for_bundling_extensions >> we got the following requirements from technical point of view: > > thanks for bringing this to our attention (and sorry for my late reply). > > The most important question to me is: Shall we bundle extensions at all? I
No but my thought is that we should make a GUI package manager smarter and able to browse and get the extensions through OOo. Firefox is the ugliest way to manage extensions, compared to KDE theme manager is lights away from achieving a good User eXperience. A Package manager (found in Tools->Extensions) should act as an RSS reader and be able to 'catch' and order the extensions repository and also be able to install with one click. > agree to the positive effects of extensions, like developement independent > from the main code and only adding features for the user when needed - but > this also can lead to some kind of problems. Marketing should also not bundle extension marketing with OOo like what happened on 3.0 when we decide to push the PDF import extension as a core part of the new version of OOo. > How shall we bundle? Via a link, so the user get the most current version > from the internet, or via file bundling? In the last case, chances are high > that the extension is already outdated when we ship it, and that the > download grows and grows without an actual need for the individual user. Already explained but we should bundle a download manager for the most stable extension, similar to our 'version checker' of OOo. > For 3.0, we had lots of features announced that were available as extension, > like PDF import and presenter screen. Although they haven't been included in > the main download, I didn't hear many complaints about the features > "missing" from the main download. Althought that might be true I still think is a huge liability. > I would prefer to NOT file-bundle extensions in the main download. Such kind > of bundling can easily achieved via CD/DVD distributions like our PrOOo-Box > (www.prooo-box.org). For the main download, we can link from within the > installer to our extension repository or a dedicated web site with > information on how to get more features. In terms of marketing, we should > better distinct between "features in the core" and "features via > extensions", so everyone knows what he gets. > > That way, we can avoid technical problems but also keep the download size of > OOo small. Remember, we already have lots of issues with the size of our > downloads in the mirror network, so I definitely do not want to foster them > :-) > > Florian > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español IM: [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
