[libreoffice-website] Why are so many Extensions listed with no ability to download them?

A few days ago, I was looking at what extension there were in the 
Extension Center's list.  I was surprised at the fact that there were 
many that did not have any downloadable software available to use.

Most of these listed extensions show "No stable release available yet", 
with one I know of having 2 "likes" for an extension we cannot download 
and try to let the users know if we like it or not.

So is there some issue in the "allowed viewer" check list, that was 
needed when I created a listing?  Or, is there some other thing going on 
that prevents the users for seeing a file to be downloaded.

I know there is still an issue with the dropped media extension for some 
of the listings, but all you may need to do is add the .oxt to the file 
after it is downloaded.  But, having no file to be downloaded is another 
issue entirely.

I would like to test out some of these extensions, since they look 
useful to me.  I have not looked, much, at the Template list, but I bet 
this issue might be there as well.

Any ideas about what is going on?
Any ideas on how a user can get the listed software?
Should we allow an extension/template be listed if there is no file to 
test out?

One of the extension had a comment about how he/she could get the 
extension on this site, or were they required to go to the OOo site and 
download it from there.

For the dictionaries needed/wanted, I have most of the dictionaries 
listed on the LibreOffice-NA.US site 
http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.4-installs/dictionary.html  plus some 
of the non-dictionary extension and some templates downloadable there as 
well.  Hopefully most of these listed .oxt files will be available in 
the Extension and Template centers soon.  The question would be for 
those extensions/templates that are no longer supported and the authors 
are either unknown or unreachable.  Will those files ever be linked as 
part of one of the lists?  There are some dictionaries that have not 
been updated for 3 or more years.  There are many that have not been 
updated since 2008 and even a few from 2003 and 2004.  I say that these 
may not be supported anymore, but still usable for those people who need 
a dictionary for that specific language.  Will we have a method for 
including these files in the centers?

These are my observations and concerns.  LO needs to have the largest 
list of these templates, extensions, and dictionaries.  We do not want 
to have our users need to go to OOo's listings, or even my LO DVD 
testing site to get what is wanted/needed by our users.  LO's centers 
need to be the preferred online place to get these files.  The DVD sites 
would be just a place showing what can be found offline on specific DVDs 
created for localized regions.

Tim L.
webmaster at LibreOffice-NA.US



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