Hi Jean,
media.lo.org doesn't show much except filenames and
"(application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text, xxxxxx bytes)" for each
file when one is browsing a folder. Am I correct that it can be
configured to show other useful info like date of publication? Can it
also be configured to get rid of
"application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" which is meaningless noise
for most users?
Yes, the current state of http://media.libreoffice.org:8081/ is just a
starting point. If you clearly define what you'd like to see there,
and if documents contain a matching set of meta tags containing that
info, the info display can be tailored to pretty much whatever you
want.
Is it possible to reorder the files within any one folder so that all
the ODTs are together and all the PDFs are together, instead of
sorting by filename (which causes the files to alternate ODT and PDF
-- confusing to those who don't pay close attention. And/or can
media.lo.org show PDF and ODF icons like alfresco.lo.org does? (Small
icons are fine; they don't have to be big ones like on
alfresco.lo.org.)
On http://alfresco.libreoffice.org, the answer is already "Yes". If
you drop down the list at the top of the repository index (which will
currently be showing "Name") then you can choose the sort criterion
for the listing.
On http://media.libreoffice.org:8081/, this is certainly do-able and
I'd just need to get back to Jeff Potts with a coherent and
comprehensible set of requests and requirements. (Same applies for the
file type icons.)
BTW, I note that media.lo.org gives file locations sensibly, like this
(though we'd need to get rid of the blank spaces):
http://media.libreoffice.org:8081/details/English/Documentation/Getting%20Started%20Guide/Published%20v3.5/GS3501-IntroducingLibreOffice.pdf
Getting rid of the blank spaces would entail renaming documents with
underscores used instead of space characters.
So if we use media.lo.org as the repository where we send people, then
my objection to the horrible file locations in alfresco.lo.org is
overcome. But we still MUST use different filenames to correspond with
different versions of LO.
Of course, if you find it easier to use different file names for
different versions of a given document then it's perfectly feasible.
You'll have read my comments in other posts about this (as regards
de-duplication, meta tags and versioning), but - ultimately - Alfresco
is mostly able to wrap around the way *you* want to work, and the
number of concessions you are obliged to make is pretty minimal...
We would only have to arrive at a clear, comprehensive and
comprehensible set of specifications, and then things can be set-up
pretty much any way the team wants.