You might want to test with the LilyPond extension (OOoLilyPond-0.4.0.oxt), available on the extensions site. (As background, think of it as the Math Engine, for writing music.) The extension downloads and installs fine, but has problems with the update check.
Using LilyPond as a test case is a good idea, thanks!
Under 3.4Beta, the "every time" check doesn't happen (somebody fixed it?). However, I get a crash when I try to check for updates.
That crash is not related to the work on replacing the berkeleydb based extension manager, but on the ongoing process of replacing neon with something different.
I'm working on fixing the crash and have to dig through the masses of code doing the update. Me being a simpleton would have implemented it with wget and some CRC and version checks, but that would apparently loose the many features people so admire from that very complex piece of update code...
Herbert
