Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 7236
offer a patch mchanism for easy update of OOo
Last modified: 2003-09-11 15:01:18 UTC
So no 50+ MB download, no uninstall, new install
Looks like a real EOU. Is there someone in the community to create such an update tool?
it's not that difficult looking at the files in a new version, one just uses folder comparison software like FolderMatch and then offers changed and new files seperately. There must be an installer though to make sure new functionality registers correctly within OOos ini- and dat- files and within the Windows registry. Also the setup program must become aware of the new version, so that things like "repair" work correctly. In order to save still more memory, there could be a real patch mechansim changing and extending those files which need an update with the new code. The algorithm looking for code parts of 2 files of different versions matching could be a brute-force algorithm.
*** Issue 7419 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
I think that the worst thing is not the download size. The problem is that I have for example personalized all menus, button bars etc in OpenOffice 1.0.0. I had to do it straight again to junp to 1.0.1. So I am refraining from upgrade to 1.0.2 for this only reason... just the possibility to update leaving alone the personal settings: I think they are in some file in you oo.org personal directory...
From 1.0.x to 1.1 (anmd further to 2.0) provides an update path. Nevertheless one needs to download the whole package which of course is needed since all files are touched anyway :o)
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