I'm not advocating doing it silently. There are many packages that ask on upgrading if the user wants to update configuration or user details to conform with the new standard. It seems it would be relatively easy to have a dialog that says something like "This version of LibreOffice stores user data in a different location than the one you have been using. What would you like to do? * Leave user data where it is. * Copy user data to the new location (~/.config/libreoffice/) * Move user data to the new location.
Or at the very least have a warning: "Warning: This new version of LibreOffice stores user data in a different folder than previous versions. If you would like to use your existing user data, please move it . . ." Or have a dialog come up at the first startup saying something like "LibreOffice has detected user data from a previous version. Would you like to import that data?" In my view silently changing where data is supposed to be is as objectionable as silently changing it to the correct location. Neither is necessary though. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to libreoffice in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/950794 Title: Personal settings are lost after upgrading to LibreOffice 3.5/Precise Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: I just upgraded from Ubuntu 11.10 to 12.4 and LibreOffice no longer uses any of my personal settings from the previous version (file history, spelling, autocorrect, extensions, etc.). Everything is still in my ~/.libreoffice/3/user/ folder, but LibreOffice simply doesn't seem to see it. Maybe the new version stores things in another location but if so I can't tell where this is or how to import my settings. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: libreoffice 1:3.5.0-2ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.28-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: i386 Date: Fri Mar 9 14:37:10 2012 ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: libreoffice UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-09 (0 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/950794/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
