Re: [libreoffice-marketing] Installation->Linux mentions release 3.3 and 3.4

I remember seeing an install direction for a Linux package that has the 
"generic" information instead of the current numbering system.  It 
worked well enough.  YET, for some users, you might need to state . . . .

"LibO_#.#.#_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US"

replace the current version number for the "#.#.#",
example
LibO_3.6.5_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US


On 11/16/2012 07:21 AM, Marc Paré wrote:
> On the Linux installation webpage[1], there are mentions of 
> LibreOffice by specific release numbers. I propose we make the 
> instructions as release generic as possible.
>
> If we do this, it will mean no more updating the webpage after each 
> new release. In the case of this page, it has not seen an update since 
> the release of version 3.4! Worse, there are many file names in the 
> text that need updating. It would be better if we made the file names 
> generic and not release specific.
>
> Here are some examples of changes that I propose.
>
>
> =======================
> On the Linux installation page, the following sentence is found:
>
> "Instructions below apply to all final releases of 3.3 and 3.4"
>
> I don't think we need this sentence and I would like to delete it. 
> IMO, our instructions for installs should avoid mentioning LibreOffice 
> versions unless absolutely necessary.
>
> I've checked the .rpm procedures and they are the same procedures a 
> user may use for any version we have released.
> =======================
>
> In the .rpm section, the instructions also mention the folder name by 
> version. I would like to make these names more generic. For example:
>
> Original:
>
> "1) After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to 
> decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, 
> for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents 
> have been unpacked into a directory called 
> LibO_3.3.0rc1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US or 
> LibO_3.4.5rc2_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US. Open a Nautilus file 
> manager window, and change directory to that directory. ..."
>
> Change:
>
> "1) After downloading the installer archive file, use Nautilus to 
> decompress it in a directory of your choice (your Desktop directory, 
> for example). After decompressing it, you will see that the contents 
> have been unpacked into a directory called 
> "LibO_X.X.X_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US". Open a Nautilus file manager 
> window, and change directory to that directory. ..."
>
> =======================
>
> Note: I find the Linux Installation page extremely hard to follow. I 
> would propose that we re-organize the page so that once a Linux user 
> lands on that page that she/he be greeted with a link the following 
> sub-pages:
>
> * Installation of LibreOffice on Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux systems
>
>
> * Installation of LibreOffice on Fedora, Suse, Mandriva and other 
> Linux systems using RPM packages
>
> Any remaining information would be moved and/copied into either 
> section as needed.
>
> The user will then be presented with less information rather than 
> having to deal with a lot of text. We need to reduce the amount of 
> un-needed text.
>
> =======================
>
> If we all agree to the above, I would be willing to go ahead with the 
> changes. We would have to have someone check with the .deb install 
> procedures to make sure they have not changed since the last page 
> update. The .rpm install procedures look OK to me.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marc
>
> [1] https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/installation/linux/


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