Issue 57979 - Smarter user settings transfer in OOo 2.0.x dev
Summary: Smarter user settings transfer in OOo 2.0.x dev
Status: CONFIRMED
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Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: ui (show other issues)
Version: 680m139
Hardware: All All
: P3 Trivial (vote)
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Reported: 2005-11-16 08:59 UTC by esperantisto
Modified: 2013-02-07 22:34 UTC (History)
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Description esperantisto 2005-11-16 08:59:26 UTC 
I have both 1.1.4 and 2.0 versions on my system. Now, I've installed OOo 2.0.x 
m139. The installer suggested to transfer and use the settings from 1.1.4. I 
find it quite stupid and annoying considering that 2.0 already is there. So, the 
suggestion is that the installer of 2.0.x-dev check first for the settings from 
2.0 (and, possibly, silently use them) and only if not found, for 1.1.4.
Comment 1 Olaf Felka 2005-11-16 09:15:22 UTC 
The typical OOo user has just one OOo 2.0 version on his computer. For this user
a migration of user settings from OOo 2.0 to 2.0 doesn't make sense and so I
don't see the need for so much effort.
Comment 2 esperantisto 2005-11-16 10:15:18 UTC 
> For this user
a migration of user settings from OOo 2.0 to 2.0 doesn't make sense

Right, but for a user that does already have 2.0, migration from 1.1.4 or 1.1.5 
or any before-2.0 makes even less sense — that's what I want to say. Consider, 
that in future we are going to upgrade to 2.0.1. In such a case, using 2.0 
settings is a more reasonable solution than reverting to 1.1.4.
Comment 3 esperantisto 2005-11-16 10:19:35 UTC 
To make the case clearer: suppose, I had 1.1.4 and uninstalled it. The user 
settings, however, will still be there. I bet, a "typical" OOo user won't guess 
that and won't guess how to remove! Then I install 2.0, use it for some time and 
then want to upgrade to 2.0.1. So, the installer will still suggest me to import 
1.1.4 settings, what makes no sense. I believe, it's quite feasible for the 
installer to check, if there are already setting for the version to be 
installed.
Comment 4 aziem 2006-12-18 15:33:27 UTC 
I upgraded 2.0.4 to 2.1, and OOo transferred settings from 1.1.5 instead of from
2.0.4.