On 23/08/2012, at 22:41, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> That said, I appreciate that Alfresco is more convenient to use with >> one unchanging file name for each version of LO. I can manually change >> filenames upon download if that makes the whole process easier for >> everyone. > > It's not really a question of keeping one unchanging file name to suit > working with Alfresco. The advantage is that one would take advantage > of Alfresco's file versioning to: > > a) avoid having to update download links on http://libreoffice.org and the > wiki; > > b) avoid the need to keep different files containing different > versions of the same document. The versioning system stores all the > different historical versions of that document, and you can get a > download link to each different past version of a file if you want to > offer-up documentation for different versions of LibreOffice. > > You can easily live with one unchanging file name if you store the > changeable information (version of LibreOffice covered, etc.) in the > doc's meta data rather than incorporating it in the filename. > >> I find this extremely convenient and simple. While I can go back to >> Alfresco and download an older version of a file if I want it (or look >> in the metadata to see when and by whom it was changed), in most cases >> that is a nuisance compared to having it on my own computer with the >> info in the filename. > > I can understand that. It's a pity that there are no extensions to > file managers like Windows Explorer and Nautilus, etc., that allow > reading of ODF file meta data without having to load a program to do > so. There are various small, quick-loading utilities for reading MS > Office file meta data without much hassle, but I'm not aware of any > for LibreOffice and its ODF files. > > I guess you'd need to make a choice here. Is using file meta data for > storing version-related information more convenient that using special > file naming that is quicker to read but entails a lot of manual > renaming and link updating? > > -- > David Nelson
I don't have a major problem with using Alfresco's versioning system for tracking a file being worked on for any one LO version. As you say, there are definite advantages to doing it that way. I do have a major problem with not changing the filename for a different version of LO, as you have mentioned in other notes. I do not see any advantages to that. Of course, these are separate issues. Jean P.S. please use reply to all so the list gets your notes as well. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
