Hi Marcus, Until AOO can provide a simple auto-update that includes patches then from a user perspective Patricia is completely correct.
Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 5, 2016, at 2:20 PM, Marcus <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: > > Am 08/05/2016 10:43 PM, schrieb Patricia Shanahan: >> This is mainly a summary of opinions I've already expressed on >> security@. The discussion does not actually involve anything that needs >> to be confidential, so it should be taking place on dev@ instead. >> >> This is controversial - I expect replies disagreeing with my views. The >> point of this thread is to hash out the diverging opinions and reach a >> consensus: >> >> [...] > > I don't expect many of this kind of issues. Nevertheless, I don't want to > install everytime a complete new release for a fix that is related to 1% (?) > of the AOO installation. For me it would be like taking a sledgehammer to > crack a nut. > > Furthermore, what needs to be done on our side: > > - more testing if the application is still working when we build every > byte new from scratch. > - upload the files of hundreads of megabytes to SourceForge > - the connected mirrors need to sync them all > - earliest after x days the new release is distributed and the downlod > is actually working > - agreement how to increase the version number. Everytime x.y.z+1 just > for a little fix? > > I hate this comparison but OK. Microsoft has a similar big office suite. But > I've never seen a new release with just a fix. They always provide (more or > less) little patch files. Sure, they will be searched, downloaded and > installed automtically, so the user doesn't need to do much. But still, they > are little files. > > Or compare it with a car: You have a little scratch in your paint. Do you > really request a new paint for the complete car in the painter garage? > > So, for me this sounds not smart. ;-) > > Better would be really to deliver selected patched files. > > Sure for this we need to: > - straighten the build process > - provide a smarter install routine than just a detailed readme text > - create new separate download webpages for the fixes with different > content - at least for the describing text > > My 2 ct. > > Marcus > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
