On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Keith N. McKenna <[email protected]> wrote:
<snip> >> >> In any case your questions suggests a simple misunderstanding. The >> issue with the extensions in 3.4 is not that the 3.4 install is >> overwriting a profile or anything like that. It is not, as you say. >> that we are "deleting all installed extensions". The issue is that >> the extensions info in OOo 3.3 was stored locally in Berkeley Db >> database file. We had to remove berkeleydb because of its >> incompatible license. So the database file is there, but, even after >> an upgrade, but we're not able to read it. That is why the extensions >> need to be reinstalled. >> > If that is the case it would have behooved you to report that fact > when you added your "Call for testers" to the Users list. Many people that > read that list do not subscribe to the Devs' list at all and would not have > been privy to those discussions around incompatibility of licenses and the > need to re-install all extensions including dictionaries. I know that it > surprised me as I only recently subscribed to this list and had no idea they > had happened. > My original note started off saying this: "First, if you have never tested a pre-release product before, know that bugs are expected. That is the purpose of testing, to find bugs so they can be fixed. Bugs could range from UI glitches, to incorrect formatting to crashes or even data corruption. So you probably don't want to use a test build for mission-critical tasks. Of course, I assume you have already backed up your important documents. You do have backups, right? Ideally you can do your testing on a separate machine from your main work machine, so if something goes wrong you will not interfere with your other work." In other words, pre-release software has all known bugs, as well as all unknown bugs. The former are in the release notes or BZ, the later are what we're looking for. I was hoping that warning would dissuade those from testing who were not able to deal with the inevitable glitches that occur in early testing. In any case, if I send another invite to the users list I'll certainly give more background information, including links to the release notes and open BZ issues. Regards, -Rob
