Folks--
You can view/use the changes I've made to the download page from
http://website.openoffice.org/tryouts/Kay/download/DL_index.html
Though, on the surface it doesn't look a LOT different, you can
play with the additional "version" dropdown.
I did MAJOR surgery on the JS for this putting the script at the
top-level of the download area, download.openoffice.org,
hopefully to make maintenance *much* easier if you continue with
this in the future. Another major change is basically the
construction of the mirror links from the user supplied OOo
version they select and the OS, thus eliminating the HUGE amounts
of arrays we originally had in there. Those of who haven't had to
deal with this every time a new version came about probably don't
care much, but I know there are some of you who did.
Finally, there's a single array toward the top of the script
which holds versions and descriptions of them, so it will be a
LOT easier to just plunk another one in. Basically a LOT of the
structure we've been dealing with in the download area of the
site may be able to jsut go away entirely.
OK, issues with this version (and possible additional
enhancements)...
* not all the mirrors still carry the versions I've included
here. Is there some time limit for them on this? The point being
that to include MULTIPLE versions for a consistent set of mirrors
(now automatically generated), we need to somehow ensure that the
versions will exist on those mirrors.
* the naming of some download files, notably the JRE versions,
has actually changed from say 2.0.0 -> 2.0.1 -> 2.0.2. This is
not good!
* as Christian has pointed out, the category 1 servers do include
ALL the stuff. Hence, instead of a jump to the Development page
as this now does, we could modify this more to get folks to the
development version directly, BUT...the directory name changes
from most recent version to most recent version. Why is this? I
sent an e-mail to one of the mirror project leaders but haven't
heard anything back.
* same with the URE stuff
* the JS needs work to deal with what happens when a user goes
BACK. The form needs to be cleared. I admit to NOT being a JS
guru, and I don't have time to deal with this right now, but I'll
bet somebody out there probably knows how. You can the JS file from
download.openoffice.org/ooo.js
I'm not going to get into the "localizations" discussion further.
I personally think it's a good idea to have folks "visit" the
actual native language sites.
OK, so that's it. Comment away. However, it may be a while before
I can get back to doing any more work on this. Hopefully, one of
you can.
Cheers!
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MzK
Kay Schenk
"Love is blind only to the eyes.
The heart sees everything clearly."
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