[libreoffice-website] Re: LibreOffice: Dubious download behavior LO on Windows/IE ?

On 14-08-2011 00:34, Cor Nouws wrote:
> Hi *,
>
> Someone I know from long time ago, asked me to share two items with the
> list. The first is in message below. The second will follow soon.
>
> Regards,
> Cor
>
>
>  -------- Original Message --------
>
> Dear Document Foundation / LibreOffice team,
>
> Over the past six months, attempts to download LibreOffice led to
> strange behavior on my computer system, several times.
> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate SP2 32 bit (Dutch).
> Browser: Internet Explorer 8 & 9 (Dutch).
> Download links:
> http://www.libreoffice.org/download/
> http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.3.3/win/x86/LibO_3.3.3_Win_x86_install_multi.exe
>
> http://download.documentfoundation.org/libreoffice/stable/3.4.1/win/x86/LibO_3.4.1_Win_x86_install_multi.exe
>
> and earlier versions (though I haven't tried the beta downloads).
>
> In those cases with strange download behavior occurrence, the Internet
> Explorer 8/9 download manager popup window ('Run/Save/Cancel') does
> not appear, but nevertheless there's audible HDD activity and Windows
> Task Manager shows network activity and a significant CPU load.
> When closing the LibreOffice download page, it even takes quite some
> time before the CPU load returns to normal.
> I think this LibreOffice download behavior is highly questionable, and
> it makes one doubt the reliability of the LibreOffice download page
> and even the stability of the facilities of The Document Foundation /
> LibreOffice.
>
> A couple of days ago, I tested again, with the LibreOffice 3.4.1
> download, and unfortunately, the same weird phenomenon recurred.
> After that, after first closing the download page and reopening it
> later for a new download attempt, the download was as it should be,
> without any problems.
> The same applied to download tests over the past six months: Several
> times those led to the same strange behavior, while with other or
> follow-up download tests the download was without problems.
>
> I think this is a problem that needs serious attention.
> Because such bad download behavior can harm the confidence in
> LibreOffice / The Document Foundation.
>
> Thank you very much.

Does this also happen when you download exe-files from another site?

The only thing 'strange' about download.documentfoundation.org is that
the download will not be from that location, but from a different (more
'local')  server on the internet.

Can you try this link (version addapted to 3.4.2):
http://ftp.nluug.nl/office/libreoffice/libreoffice/stable/3.4.2/win/x86/LibO_3.4.2_Win_x86_install_multi.exe

-- 
Luuk



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