On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote:
> Am 05/27/2014 05:46 PM, schrieb Kay Schenk: > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 8:00 AM, Herbert Duerr<h...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> I just noticed that many people seem to download AOO directly from >>> sourceforge and that the directory structure obviously misleads them to >>> download obsolete binaries. Here is the top-level layout and its weekly >>> download count: >>> >>> 4.1.0: 843,483 weekly downloads >>> localized: 25,891 weekly downloads >>> 4.0.1: 24,410 weekly downloads >>> 4.0.0: 3,731 weekly downloads >>> stable 1,800 weekly downloads >>> extended 558 weekly downloads >>> contrib 41 weekly downloads >>> milestones: 31 weekly downloads >>> packages 6 weekly downloads >>> >>> The "localized" and "stable" folders only provide the old 3.2.x, 3.3.0 >>> and >>> 3.4.x releases, so getting more than 28000 weekly downloads there is an >>> alarming signal. >>> >>> The "packages" folder contains old OpenOffice.org 3.3.0 releases for >>> SolarisX86, SolarisSparc, MacPPC and for languages that are not yet >>> supported by AOO such as Maithili or Konkani. >>> >>> The "extended" folder contains ISO-images with several builds of OOo321 >>> and OOo330. >>> >>> The "contrib" folder contains old dictionaries. They are not directly >>> usable and the newest one is from 2009. >>> >>> So the current layout is apparently confusing and misleads a lot of >>> people >>> to download stuff they wouldn't use if they knew that better alternatives >>> are available. I don't want to spend much time one this but I'd like to >>> clean up the "localized", "stable", "extended", "contrib" and "packages" >>> top-level directories by either >>> - removing them altogether >>> - recreate a 3.4.1 folder and remove the others >>> - recreate a 3.4.1 and an old-OOo folder and remove the others >>> >>> Herbert >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >>> >>> I wonder if some of this is due to "auto" processes that are still using >> the old structure. >> > > even if this would be the case. Do we want to support this for longer? I > don't think so. > > > > We still allow for downloads of "legacy" OOo, so it > >> would probably be better to move the older versions to something like our >> current structure -- your second option above? >> > > +1 > > > And, should the older >> "packages", if it applies only to 3.3, also have its own area? Maybe >> someone still wants/needs these. >> > > Then they should look for them in the ASF archive. This should be the only > location for very old release builds. > > Marcus sure...that's fine. I never think about the archives I guess. :/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better (to) take things as they come along with patience and equanimity." -- Carl Jung
