On Wed, 30 Apr 2014 15:09:13 +0200 Oliver-Rainer Wittmann <orwittm...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > On 30.04.2014 15:00, Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 01:48:38PM +0200, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: > >> On 4/30/14 1:42 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > >>> A User on en-Forum has posted this: > >>> ------------ > >>> After receiving notification of the availability of Open Office 4.1.0 > > > > Where did he get the notification? The update mechanism supported by the > > application itself hasn't been activated, AFAIK. > > > > I also have this question, because the update notifications for > OpenOffice instances 3.2.0, ... 4.0.1 had been activated a couple of > minutes ago. Thus, this user got another one. May be it was a > notification from SourceForge. The user posted to the en-Forum at 30 Apr 2014, 02:57 (time is UTC +1) > > >>> This is only entry on the thread at > >>> https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=69463 > >> > >> I agree that this is confusing and we have to improve this. We should > >> try to avoid update notifications for older systems but it's not so easy. > > > > Well, the update feed has a way to tell the application architecture > > with inst:arch, so that <inst:arch>X86_64</inst:arch> for MacOSX will be > > the same as removing the whole MacOSX entry, because all previous > > MacOSX installations are x86; this will of course disable all > > notifications for MacOSX. Another alternative is to create a special > > page for MacOSX users and add it inst:update, so that user are not > > directed to the download page, but this special page explaining the > > situation, because > > > > Damn. > Ariel, you are right. > I have overseen this in my recent activation of the update notification. > Thus, installed Mac OS X OpenOffice instance will not get an update > notification about 4.1.0. > > Best regards, Oliver. > > > >> It is documented in the release notes > > > > but we all know no one reads them, the proof is > > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=119006 for the " Restore > > windows problem on Mac OS X" > > > > Another broken thing in MacOSX are C++ extensions, I have seen any > > mention of this in the release notes. > > > > > > Regards > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
