Issue 8917 - Rename all f__ files 'sf...'
Summary: Rename all f__ files 'sf...'
Status: CLOSED WONT_FIX
Alias: None
Product: Installation
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.0.0
Hardware: All All
: P5 (lowest) Trivial with 2 votes (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: falko.tesch
QA Contact: issues@installation
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: 13812 19353 (view as issue list)
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2002-11-02 16:10 UTC by nedrichards
Modified: 2005-08-15 08:31 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: ENHANCEMENT
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Description nedrichards 2002-11-02 16:10:59 UTC 
Currently when you unzip an OOo tarball you get a directory full off f___ files
and setup.exe/setup program. If you renamed all of the f___ files to have names
after se... in the alphabet then setup would be at the top and much easier to find.

I've had quite a few problems with people unable to find setup.exe because there
are so many other files in the directory.
Comment 1 nedrichards 2002-11-02 16:13:54 UTC 
er, alphabet failiure. that would be sf...

sorry.
Comment 2 Olaf Felka 2002-11-04 10:12:47 UTC 
The first thought I've had when I read this issue is: He is kidding. I
don't think that your idea is real nonsense, but every platform has a
filemanager and 'sort options'. If someone can't find setup.exe
because he doesn't know the sort options of his tools he needs a crash
course of his OS.
Falko, please decide.
Comment 3 nedrichards 2002-11-04 12:09:04 UTC 
Firstly, I'm not kidding, just thinking about the little things. Yes 
we are dealing with people who need a crash course on their OS. But 
the thing is, they don't know that and *will blame us*. In the end it 
just comes down to whether we want to make things easier for users or 
if our current systems are 'good enough'.

Another possible solution would be to rename setup.exe to 
install.exe, that would put it quite early in the default sort order 
although it may cause problems elsewhere. (ie rewriting documentation)

I'm not sure how easy these changes would be to do but on users@ and 
webmasters@ we quite frequently get people who have real difficulties 
in installing the application. This is for them, not us.
Comment 4 Frank Schönheit 2002-11-04 12:53:00 UTC 
I assume "fs" should have been "ft" when changing the ownership - I am
not Falco :)
Comment 5 eric.savary 2003-04-16 15:38:37 UTC 
Set to "NEW"
Comment 6 Olaf Felka 2003-04-25 13:34:53 UTC 
*** Issue 13812 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 7 gemal 2003-07-15 18:16:15 UTC 
this must be really easy to fix. Just substitute "f" in the filename
with "x", that's it. I've also heard about people that couldn't find
the setup.exe file.
Comment 8 falko.tesch 2003-09-12 12:19:25 UTC 
Frankly spoken:
It is _not_ easy (think of updates, patches etc.) and for download it
is anyway a selfextracting, setup-auto-starting biggie-file and when
coming  in little chunks it is on CD with a start routine.
Comment 9 falko.tesch 2003-09-12 12:20:10 UTC 
closed
Comment 10 gemal 2003-09-25 14:20:06 UTC 
*** Issue 19353 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 11 stp 2005-08-14 21:40:47 UTC 
*** Issue 19353 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
Comment 12 Olaf Felka 2005-08-15 08:29:24 UTC 
Won't be fixed, for OOo 2.0 we have cab f.iles
Comment 13 Olaf Felka 2005-08-15 08:30:12 UTC 
Sorry for the trouble.
Comment 14 Olaf Felka 2005-08-15 08:31:04 UTC 
Closed