Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Paul
For the record: On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 04:51:54 +0700 "Urmas" wrote: > "Paul": > > > False > > *What* is false? Pretty much everything you said (or ever say, for that matter). > There are two 250MB packages of LibreOffice > differing in extension only. That's ridiculous. Given your history I hav

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Urmas
"Paul": False *What* is false? There are two 250MB packages of LibreOffice differing in extension only. That's ridiculous. Which distro updates software in repositories? -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/ma

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Paul
Most definitely, but I felt it should be stated "for the record". On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 20:56:23 +0200 M Henri Day wrote: > 2013/10/7 Paul > > > False > > > > > > On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:46:13 +0700 > > "Urmas" wrote: > > > > > From: Jay Lozier > > > > > > The advantage of the repository is when

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/7 Paul > False > > > On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:46:13 +0700 > "Urmas" wrote: > > > From: Jay Lozier > > > > The advantage of the repository is when a new version is released, it > > will automatically be updated and only one version is on the machine. > > > > The version in repository is fixe

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Paul
False On Mon, 7 Oct 2013 22:46:13 +0700 "Urmas" wrote: > From: Jay Lozier > > The advantage of the repository is when a new version is released, it > will automatically be updated and only one version is on the machine. > > The version in repository is fixed for the distribution release and >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
Dnia 2013-10-07, o godz. 22:50:29 "Urmas" napisał(a): > There is only > one appstore for all clients and it always have the recent version of > the software. And there is only one official repository for each Linux distributions*. If you treat all Linux distributions as one "operating system",

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Urmas
"MirosławZalewski": Perhaps these are reasons why most modern operating systems (Mac OS X, iOS, Windows 8, Android) have "stores" built-in, which essentially **are** repositories. They are as different from Linux repositories as it can get. There is only one appstore for all clients and it alwa

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Urmas
"Robert Holtzman": The fact that you use the generic term "linux" instead of citing which distro In 2001 I used Mandrake Odyssey 7. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Po

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-07 Thread Urmas
From: Jay Lozier The advantage of the repository is when a new version is released, it will automatically be updated and only one version is on the machine. The version in repository is fixed for the distribution release and never updated. There is no any advantage in this. The absurd requireme

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013 at 10:04:52PM +0700, Urmas wrote: > "James Knott": > > Have you actually used Linux and > installed apps on it? > > I've been using Linux since 2001, and that is exactly as the matter stands. Assuming for the moment that you're not a slimy lying Microsoft trolling fanboy, an

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Jay Lozier
-Original Message- From: Urmas To: users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2013 20:37:49 +0700 "Tom Davies": By default most versions of Gnu&Linux (lets just call them

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread M Henri Day
2013/10/6 Urmas > "Tom Davies": > > By default most versions of Gnu&Linux (lets just call them distros) have a > set of "repos" (=repositories) which are a bit like vast warehouses of > programs and other software. > > ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds of > softw

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Paul
Please ignore the troll, he's not even a very good one. "Urmas" consistantly posts information about LO and linux that puts it in a very bad light, but mostly is very obviously wrong, and occasionally not so obviously wrong. On Sun, 6 Oct 2013 22:04:52 +0700 "Urmas" wrote: > "James Knott": >

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Mirosław Zalewski wrote: > If you can't distinguish between concept and implementation, please > don't say anything at all. It's quite clear he doesn't know what he's talking about or is a troll. He's doing the same thing on the OpenOffice list. It's amazing how these guys come out of the woodwor

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Urmas
"James Knott": Have you actually used Linux and installed apps on it? I've been using Linux since 2001, and that is exactly as the matter stands. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscrib

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread James Knott
Urmas wrote: > ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds of > software. Also repositories keep prehistoric versions of apps only, > backporting only the security issues fixes, which have to be manually > picked from the developer's VCS and manually patched in. So to fix a

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Mirosław Zalewski
Dnia 2013-10-06, o godz. 20:37:49 "Urmas" napisał(a): > ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds > of software. Also repositories keep prehistoric versions of apps > only, backporting only the security issues fixes, which have to be > manually picked from the developer'

[libreoffice-users] Re: Repositories, was: Fw: Penguins: (Was Corrupt Installer Errors??)

2013-10-06 Thread Urmas
"Tom Davies": By default most versions of Gnu&Linux (lets just call them distros) have a set of "repos" (=repositories) which are a bit like vast warehouses of programs and other software. ...Because Linux is inherently broken and cannot run vanilla builds of software. Also repositories keep