On 02/14/2015 05:39 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote: > Ralf Mulde wrote: >> automatically searching for updates unfortunately Apache Open Office >> constantly replies (automatically, too) with: >> OpenOffice 4.1.1 >> "http://ooop.sourceforge.net/update/extensions.xml existiert nicht" >> (doesn't exist) >> This is extremely disturbing. > > You installed a third-party extension, OOOP, that the OpenOffice project > has no control upon. This extension specifies an invalid update feed (to > be precise: the extension specifies that update information for that > extension must be downloaded form a URL that no longer exists). > > Since OpenOffice can't do anything about this, you can solve this either > by uninstalling the extension or by asking its maintainer to provide a > fixed version. You can find more information in the list archives. > > Regards, > Andrea. >
I think the basic issue is that this extension is available from the Apache OpenOffie Extension site: <http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/oxygenoffice-english-templates> There is no disclaimer there that implies or indicates that AOO has nothing to do with the exension. In fact quite the opposite: by hosting the extension the user may be led to believe that the extension is OK'ed/certified/approved by AOO. The AOO help file: <quote> To install an extension An extension is available as a file with the file extension .oxt. You can find a collection of extensions on the Web. Click the "Get more extensions here" link in the Extension Manager to open your Web browser and see the http://extensions.openoffice.org/ page. </quote> and the extension manager takes the user to the "Official" AOO Extension site. How is the user to know that once they've installed an extension it is then their responsibility to chase after the extension author for corrections? Of course you and I know that, but the standard user will not. The author (Kami) seems to have gone 'walkabout' as this issue as been around for some time: <https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118147> (just what are the 'official' extension repositories?) <http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?t=105096> ("Why does it continually tell us there's updates when it can't find the updates?") and <https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58670> The problem is the code in the description.xml: > <update-information> > <src xlink:href="http://ooop.sourceforge.net/update/extensions.xml"; /> > </update-information> There are no updates, so it should either be removed or ignored. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
