On 2/4/14 2:11 PM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >> I noticed that since last week I got always an extensions update for the >> bundled English dictionary when I work/test with a new profile. > > This is expected and it has been discussed extensively on both the l10n > and dev list. The best way to catch up is probably that you look for > messages from Marco Pinto. > >> We bundle 2 dictionaries which seems to be English. I am not sure what >> the difference is or which one should be used. I am wondering why it is >> different and why nl and ru doesn't bundle the same as en*, de or it. > > One is a dictionary for multiple variants of English (en-US, en-GB...); > the other one is for en-US only. > >> [ language=en.* || language=de || language=it ] >> 3c3f841f5d40403bcc4d6bb685a38160 >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/aoo-extensions/files/17102/1/dict-en.oxt/download >> >> "dict-en.oxt" > > This needs to be updated, it's documented here > https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124127 > and I will take care of it later this week. > >> But more confusing do I find the fact that the notified update download >> a dictionary with the name "dict-en-marcoagpinto-20140107.oxt". What is >> this for an dictionary and is it correct that it uses the same extension >> identifier than "dict-en.oxt". Why is the name part of the file name? > > It is correct, since the extension was reassigned to Marco after he > volunteered to make new releases. The fact that the OXT is named > dict-en-marcoagpinto-20140107.oxt and not simply dict-en.oxt should > indeed be fixed, it doesn't harm but it's easier to be consistent. > >> If this is the intended new one I would suggest to update the existing >> "dict-en.oxt" asap that we bundle this new one. Or if not use a >> different extension identifier. > > Identifier must be the same, see above. But indeed let's simplify the > name in Marco's next release. > >> We should avoid that we bundle an old dictionary with 4.1 and all new >> users get directly an extension update. > > Obviously. Again, this has been discussed at length on the l10n and dev > lists. > >> Any further information from people who knows more about the details? > > I think I summarized most of the discussion. But looking for messages > from Marco in the l10n and dev archives will bring you up-to-date. And > the next actions would be: > 1) Marco releases his next update during this week (or at his earliest > convenience) and names it simply dict-en.oxt > 2) I address https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=124127 > bundling his new version. > 3) We keep the dictionary frozen until 4.1 is released, publishing new > versions only some weeks after release. >
thanks for the summary, I haven't followed the related thread in detail. All is fine to me, I just wanted to raise awareness for this once again because we are going closer towards AOO 4.1. Juergen > Regards, > Andrea. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
