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Mathias Bauer wrote:

> Oliver Braun wrote:
> 
>> with the move to the new numbering schema also the default installation
>> directory changes from "OpenOffice.org 2.0" to "OpenOffice.org 2.1"
>> resp. from "openoffice.org2.0" to "openoffice.org2.1".
> 
> Perhaps we should stop using directory names containing version numbers?
> Firefox e.g. always installs into the same directory (on Windows it's
> "program files\Mozilla Firefox"). What's the point in keeping the
> version numbers in the directory names? Would be interesting to ask the
> Firefox developers if they experienced any user problems or complaints.
> 
> Besides that:
> 
>> Assuming that users might have language packs installed in their OOs
>> 2.0.x, the result when updating will be platform dependant:
>>
>> * on Windows, the installer will detect the existing 2.0.4 and propose
>> "OpenOffice.org 2.0" as destination directory instead => language packs
>> still there, but potentially incompatible (might even lead to crashes).
>>
>> * on Unix, the default directory "openoffice.org2.1" will be used,
>> resulting in a naked OOo 2.1 with the language packs still present in
>> "openoffice.org2.0".
>>
>> Shouldn't we issue a warning on Windows and install to "OpenOffice.org
>> 2.1" by default as on Unix ? Users willing to take the risk might still
>> choose the "OpenOffice.org 2.0" manually.
> 
> This would be acceptable as a stop gap solution. In alignment with my
> idea from above and also as a clearer approach: can we find a way to
> disable/deinstall language packs?
> 
> Ciao,
> Mathias
> 
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