Hi Oliver, On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 03:09:13PM +0200, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: > >>I agree that this is confusing and we have to improve this. We > >>should try to avoid update notifications for older systems but it's > >>not so easy. > > > >Well, the update feed has a way to tell the application architecture > >with inst:arch, so that <inst:arch>X86_64</inst:arch> for MacOSX will > >be the same as removing the whole MacOSX entry, because all previous > >MacOSX installations are x86; this will of course disable all > >notifications for MacOSX. Another alternative is to create a special > >page for MacOSX users and add it inst:update, so that user are not > >directed to the download page, but this special page explaining the > >situation, because > > > > Damn. Ariel, you are right. I have overseen this in my recent > activation of the update notification. Thus, installed Mac OS > X OpenOffice instance will not get an update notification about 4.1.0.
In this case, it is harmless and gives more time to think things through. IMO it would be better to change the inst:arch to x86 and point not to the download page but to an alternative one, explaining the switch to 64 bit and its consequences. Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina
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