On 25 October 2013 01:59, Vladislav Stevanovic < stevanovicvladis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>2) In future we must made restriction for those extensions on our site > > > > >I don't get what you would restrict. Do you mean that you would "hide" all > extensions that are >not compatible with 4.0? I think they can stay... > Maybe it is possible to add a warning to the >extensions that do not have > releases explicitly compatible with 4.0? > > Warnings, at least, would be good idea. > Also, "Filter option" on site "Extension" need to has option for what > version of AOO you want to find extension. > A filter option is a real good idea. rgds jan I. > > Regards, > Wlada > > > 2013/10/25 Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> > > > Vladislav Stevanovic wrote: > > > >> We had in Serbia simmilar problem with one of the most-frequently-used > >> extension in Serbian. Thanks for Jörg Schmidt he made version for AOO > 4.0, > >> but we have still some problems here, because old version of this > >> extension > >> is still visible on AOO Extension site! It is silent message for all: > this > >> is not working on AOO, but here is on our site. > >> > > > > Indeed, we must do something about this. PDF Import is another excellent > > example: people do not read that the 4.0-compatible version is available > as > > a different extension and keep complaining and believing that a > > 4.0-compatible version does not exist... this creates confusion, > > misunderstandings and a huge waste of time for support. > > > > > > 1) Administrators must have create the rule: extensions on AOO site > >> "Extension" must declared as appropriate or non-appropriate for AOO4.0. > >> > > > > This is already there. There's compatibility information for all > releases. > > And we even have a wiki page > > http://wiki.openoffice.org/**wiki/Extensions/Extensions_** > > and_Apache_OpenOffice_4.0< > http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Extensions/Extensions_and_Apache_OpenOffice_4.0 > > > > with examples and information. > > > > > > 2) In future we must made restriction for those extensions on our site > >> > > > > I don't get what you would restrict. Do you mean that you would "hide" > all > > extensions that are not compatible with 4.0? I think they can stay... > Maybe > > it is possible to add a warning to the extensions that do not have > releases > > explicitly compatible with 4.0? > > > > > > 3) There is some the most frequently used extensions. What we can do to > >> ensure that this extension works in AOO 4.0? Can we invited authors of > >> this > >> extensions to made version for AOO4.0? Can we create some fork, if it is > >> totaly legal (for example, for extensions where authors of extensions do > >> not want to make corrections for AOO 4.0 and when licence permit forks? > >> > > > > This is complex and I don't know what is best to do. For sure PDF Import, > > the most popular extension, the source code for which is in the > OpenOffice > > sources, is unmaintained and "forked" (meaning: Ariel provided a working > > replacement that is compatible with 4.0), but the replacement is shadowed > > by the original extension. Same for the MySQL Connector. For those two > > extensions I would suggest to plug in Ariel's replacements as updates to > > the original extension, to give them proper visibility. > > > > But these two extensions are very special cases. In general, "forking" > > will be a mess since it will duplicate extensions and the original one > will > > still be more visible and outdated. "Transfer of ownership" (meaning: the > > author has no interest or time to update the extension, but at least he > is > > available to transfer the ownership of the extension on the Extensions > site > > to another user who is volunteering to create a 4.0-compatible version) > > would work best. > > > > Regards, > > Andrea. > > > > ------------------------------**------------------------------**--------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@openoffice.**apache.org< > dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org> > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > > > >
