Am 08/05/2016 10:43 PM, schrieb Patricia Shanahan:
This is mainly a summary of opinions I've already expressed on
security@. The discussion does not actually involve anything that needs
to be confidential, so it should be taking place on dev@ instead.
This is controversial - I expect replies disagreeing with my views. The
point of this thread is to hash out the diverging opinions and reach a
consensus:
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I don't expect many of this kind of issues. Nevertheless, I don't want
to install everytime a complete new release for a fix that is related to
1% (?) of the AOO installation. For me it would be like taking a
sledgehammer to crack a nut.
Furthermore, what needs to be done on our side:
- more testing if the application is still working when we build every
byte new from scratch.
- upload the files of hundreads of megabytes to SourceForge
- the connected mirrors need to sync them all
- earliest after x days the new release is distributed and the downlod
is actually working
- agreement how to increase the version number. Everytime x.y.z+1 just
for a little fix?
I hate this comparison but OK. Microsoft has a similar big office suite.
But I've never seen a new release with just a fix. They always provide
(more or less) little patch files. Sure, they will be searched,
downloaded and installed automtically, so the user doesn't need to do
much. But still, they are little files.
Or compare it with a car: You have a little scratch in your paint. Do
you really request a new paint for the complete car in the painter garage?
So, for me this sounds not smart. ;-)
Better would be really to deliver selected patched files.
Sure for this we need to:
- straighten the build process
- provide a smarter install routine than just a detailed readme text
- create new separate download webpages for the fixes with different
content - at least for the describing text
My 2 ct.
Marcus
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