On 2/21/13 10:05 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 09:22:34AM +0100, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>>> The first step should be a simple check if an Addons.xcu is >>>> contained at all. Something like "unzip -l <extension> | grep >>>> Addons.xcu" should be enough. The second step if an >>>> Addons.xcu is contained is to check for the "<node >>>> oor:name="OfficeToolBar">" entry. Only if this entry exists >>>> the Addons.xcu the extension has to be updated. > > This might be error prone, because the file can have any name, all > it matters is the media type in the META-INF manifest and the OO > registry package and name in the file itself. > > While it's highly rare to find a lala.lala, I've found an > "addons.xcu" (in lowercase). No wonder there is no OfficeToolBar in > this particular extension, but the extension does not work in AOO > 4.0 due to API changes (what shows that the whole discussion > centered on the schema change is full of ungrounded assumptions, > and lack of knowledge on the subject).
ignore case is probably a good idea, a complete different name is probably rather seldom. But from a technical point of view you are correct. We don't need exact data but it would be nice to get an impression how often it is used. Juergen > > >>> 242 extensions contain addons.xcu stensioni (total: 1065 >>> releases), 430 estensions don't (total: 1660 releases). Do you >>> want us to check how many contain OfficeToolBar? >> >> If you could run a short script to check it, it would be very >> useful for us to make a final decision. >> >> Maybe you can also provide some numbers about their downloads. >> Only th extensions that contain an Addons.xcu with OfficeToolBar > > It would also be interesting to know the last time the extension > was updated; besides that expecting unmaintained extensions to work > on a new major release might not be plausible, the extension is > likely not be adapted to any change if it is unmaintained, no > matter how popular it is (example: the most popular, Oracle PDF > Import Extension, Downloads: Week: 12,706, unmaintained since Dec. > 2010, seems to be broken - according to the first three comments). > > > Regards >
