On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:16 PM, Vladislav Stevanovic <
stevanovicvladis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This is update of proposal:
> 1) Mark all unmaintained extensions on our site (With appropriate mark, and
> with button with link to the page where exist new, compatilble version of
> extension. Note: button will be added if exist new version. Marks and
> buttons will be on "preview" page, as result of search engeen)
> 2) Send mail to authors of extensions with request to make appropriate
> changes (in some short period)
> 3) If author does not answer on our mail, or does not update his
> extension, we will make this changes inside extension (if licence of
> extension permit) and make new web page on site "Extensions" for this
> new version.
> 4) If an end-user try to download an extension that has not been
> updated a pop-up might ask him/her if they're looking for an extension
> compatible with AOO 4.x or older version. If they ask for AOO 4.x
> they'll be redirected to the new extension page, otherwise they'll get
> the 3.x compatible extension.
>
> It is now this proposal good?
>
> Regards,
> Wlada
>
Well...I apologize for not keeping up with this conversation earlier, by
here's my take on some of this.
* @Roberto -- it looks like MANY extensions (the ones I've checked anyway)
have version compatibility information. Can this be set-up as a search
filter like OS, etc.? And, perhpas make it the FIRST filter group?
* If this could be done, we wouldn't need to do anything much with
contacting authors, much less changing any code in the extensions. Users
would be able to find extensions for the version they're using without much
trouble.
Again, I apologize for not partaking in this conversations sooner. I'm just
thinking letting users find the appropriate extension themselves might be
easier than taking a more aggressive approach with this.
>
> 2013/10/29 Roberto Galoppini <roberto.galopp...@gmail.com>
>
> > 2013/10/28 Vladislav Stevanovic <stevanovicvladis...@gmail.com>:
> > >>Why should we mark them?
> > >
> > > If there is some warning mark, visually you will in easier way to
> > > know that this extension is not compatible with AOO4.0. We can even
> > > more. We can (near that mark) add button for link to the version
> > > which can run on AOO4.0. Where we can add this marks, buttons?Before
> > > you actual go inside some of extension's page, you have page where is
> > > some kind list of extensions, what serve as preview. I think that this
> > > page with list of extensions, given by search engine, is not page of
> > > authors of extensions, so I think that we can freely add this helpful
> > > marks, buttons etc. Purpose of this is to save time for end-user when
> > > he/she want to find appropriate extension. But, if somebody miss to
> > > see marks or he/she using direct link to the author's page of
> > > extension, your idea to having pop-ups will solve the potential
> > > problem. With this pop-up dialog we will get good warnings and solver
> > > system for end-users.
> >
> > You got the gist, right.
> >
> >
> > >>Who's going to do those changes?
> > >
> > > That is next step of this discussion. If we have consensus about this
> > > basic steps (how we want to manage this problem) than next step is to
> > > see who want to take responsibility for that area. Who have skills,
> > > time and good will to make changes on site "Extensions", and who want
> > > to made corrections inside extensions (if licence of extensions permit
> > > that).
> >
> > In other words we can provide a platform doing the magic, but we need
> > people to take care of updating those Extensions. We might want to run
> > in parallel those two processes, though.
> >
> > Roberto
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Wlada
> > >
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