Re: [libreoffice-users] automatic updates?

It only works on Windows, the most insecure platform on the planet.

Every other platform requires updates to be pushed through their normal
distribution system.


On Sat, 2011-07-16 at 17:13 -0400, Paul W wrote:

> I think one day LO will have auto update. I guess it requires more resources
> than they can handle right now?...
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 4:54 PM, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak <
> andrew@pitonyak.org> wrote:
>
> > On 07/16/2011 04:18 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> >
> > > 2011/7/16 Paul W<pawitko@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > > > Does LibreOffice automatically update itself? If not that's a suggestion.
> > > > Again, like firefox. It's about time this great FOSS project went big
> > > > time.
> > > > I'd like to see this thing take over. That requires a seamless,
> > > > transparent
> > > > user experience.
> > > That will never happen. It's like banging your head into a brick-wall
> > > when making suggestions. You will probably be told that you are
> > > stupid, coming up with a suggestion like that…
> > >
> > > I'll be happy if I am wrong, though.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards
> > >
> > > Johnny Rosenberg
> > > ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
> > I think that I just read:
> >
> > "I am not saying that you are an idiot, but when you do that, you are
> > likely to be called one".
> >
> > I almost soiled myself.
> >
> > I expected to see an answer more like:
> >
> > Automatic update is difficult to get right, and it frequently fails for me.
> > Yes, even with Firefox. Lately, firefox has been pretty reliable in the last
> > few months, but in the past year, I have had it fail to update automatically
> > on multiple platforms.
> >
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> >
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