On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Dec 30, 2011, at 3:14 PM, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:53 PM, TJ Frazier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 12/30/2011 16:23, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > >> > >>> Rob Weir wrote: > >>> > >>>> OK. So are 3.3.0 users getting error messages today because that > >>>> service is down? Or is the problem only that pre-3.3.0 users are not > >>>> getting update notifications telling them about the 3.3.0 release? > >>>> > >>> > >>> Both, but all users who are on 3.3.0 (the vast majority) get an error > >>> message similar to "Could not establish Internet connection to > >>> update36.services.openoffice.**org< > http://update36.services.openoffice.org>" > >>> as TJ wrote. If you open a search > >>> engine that autocompletes queries, writing "update3" will give you a > >>> nice list of popular queries for this problem, referencing different > >>> servers. > >>> > >>> I'd argue that if 3.3.0 users are getting error messages today, then > >>>> it might be a good idea to set up the update notification server now > >>>> > >>> > >>> They are getting the error message, and indeed the sooner it is fixed > >>> the better, even though the moment when this becomes quite embarrassing > >>> is when Apache OpenOffice 3.4 is out and OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 users are > >>> shown an error message on trying to know whether updates are available. > >>> > >>> Is this the protocol that we are using: > >>>> http://wiki.services.**openoffice.org/wiki/Update_** > >>>> Notification_Protocol< > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Update_Notification_Protocol> > >>>> ? > >>>> > >>> > >>> Not sure. The wiki page seems to concern a proposed protocol upgrade, > it > >>> might be that the current one is simpler. The address is set here: > >>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/**incubator/ooo/trunk/main/** > >>> instsetoo_native/util/**openoffice.lst?view=markup< > http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/incubator/ooo/trunk/main/instsetoo_native/util/openoffice.lst?view=markup > > > >>> > >>> (search for UPDATEURL, set to update38.services.openoffice.**org< > http://update38.services.openoffice.org> > >>> ) > >>> but I don't know where the code uses it. And I don't know whether the > >>> neon library removal affects the client side of this service or not. > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Andrea. > >>> > >>> Fascinating! From 3.4 Beta I get: > >> http://update38.services.** > openoffice.org/**ProductUpdateService/check.** > >> Update< > http://update38.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Update>does > not exist. > >> > >> /tj/ > >> > >> > >> > > On all this...yes, I knew it was becasue the service was no longer > > available, and since, for me anyway, it's a manual pull, well at least it > > wasn't in your face all the time. But...my concern is what to do about it > > *now* and for a future release. We have "downloads" but no "updates". > > > > We need to bring up the service, as *currently* sepc'd to fix current > > versions, and possibly change the URL in code (pointing to another > service) > > for future releases. > > > > In addition to comments from friends, this has been mentioned on the > "old" > > user list. > > > > Anyway, on we go. We all have a lot to review before 3.4 -- which > hopefully > > will be VERY soon! > > If we setup a page within www.openoffice.org/.... to respond as if there > are no updates to earlier versions at > update38.services.openoffice.org/ProductUpdateService/check.Update > > Then I'm sure we can > > (1) redirect requests to that page. > (2) replace with an appropriate message when 3.4 is available. > > If someone creates the page ... then I'll work out the rest with Joe or > Gavin. > > Regards, > Dave > > > Dave-- This may have been an ftp protocol so I don't know if a web page would work. I DID try to actually find in the code WHERE this is referenced but alas, this would take more effort than I'm capable of, I'm afraid. I'll contact Juergen in a day or so, and see what he knows. Take care... - K > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MzK > > > > "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged > > by the way its animals are treated." > > -- Mohandas Gandhi > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated." -- Mohandas Gandhi
