https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83406
Priority: medium
Bug ID: 83406
Assignee: [email protected]
Summary: Redesign LO update process
Severity: major
Classification: Unclassified
OS: All
Reporter: [email protected]
Hardware: Other
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Version: unspecified
Component: Installation
Product: LibreOffice
The installation process of updates needs redesigned as a matter of urgency so
that LO can run some form of auto-update in the background (similar to what
Firefox does these days) so end users always are up to date with the latest
versions and, more importantly, security updates.
Rationale:
Most end users are (understandably) lazy and will update their software less
often than they should, especially if the process is complicated or time
consuming. In the case of LO, it is both. LO is not reliable in terms of
carrying over the user settings from one version to the next (for example, it
*always* tries to re-install 'English (South Africa)' for some strange reason;
in the case of users where the UI locale is not the same as the OS locale, it
sometimes will default back to English or the OS locale, not entirely sure
which). This is not helpful for mid to low-tech users.
Case in point, I have just had to upgrade 5 systems for a small office (as a
favour), which had various version ranging from 3.2 to 4.0. I had mentioned the
security fix I had noticed but they had never heard of it. When questioned,
they pointed out that most software (like Windows or Mozilla) these days has a
simple update/upgrade process where user intervention is often no longer
necessary beyond restarting.
I apologise for not being able to propose a patch or even a technical solution,
I'm most active on the localization side and have almost no skills at coding.
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