2011/11/11 Andrea Pescetti <[email protected]>
> On 08/11/2011 Ariel Constenla-Haile wrote: > >> dictionaries are extensions. They have their place at >> http://extensions.services.**openoffice.org/en/dictionaries<http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/en/dictionaries> >> The people actually developing the dictionary build the extension and >> upload them to that site. >> The same situation as before >> > > Yes, except that for ordinary users there is a huge difference between a > prepackaged dictionary (in the install set, I mean) and a manual > post-install download. > > Excluding dictionaries from builds would result in confused/enraged users > unless there is a way to make dictionary installation so smooth that users > won't notice (but this is hard; Microsoft Windows users will get alarming > warnings from their personal firewall if the OpenOffice.org installer tries > to download a dictionary...). > > > Yes, except that OOo builds did never distribute dictionaries outside English, French and Italian (the Spanish dictionary was so useless that do not count!): for most of AOOo users all around the world, the need to download dictionaries and install them "by hand" will not be a new experience. Sure it is not an optimal situation, but IMO it is not so bad after all. Cheers Ricardo
