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I find the Libre Office Update tool for the Windows version of the Suite is not really worth having at all. A notice will pop up indicating that an update is available, but the tool just goes to the Libre Office web site for you to download the full package manually. Compare that to the Pale Moon web browser, which will download small update packages when a new version becomes available. You do not need to remove the old version of Pale Moon to install the update, because its update tool takes care of it automatically.
Libre Office is a high profile Open Source application, I am surprised that their version for the Windows operating system does not have an easy upgrade path. I think that working on the Upgrade tool would be a worthy upgrade to the Suite, and the current version is holding back adoption of it.
Disclaimer: I am not a programmer, so I can't write an upgrade tool on my own. Also my employers owns any software I create (employment agreement).
[Ed note: I was debating whether or not to run this story. Sounds like it could lead to a good discussion. If LibreOffice can download deltas on other platforms, why not on Windows? What practical reason could there be?]
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Thursday November 10 2016, @02:55PM
no, your employer does NOT own everything you do. even if they stated as such (quite illegally) in some stupid contract. employers love to sucker you into signing illegal things and unless you call them on it, they think they won; but if challenged in court, they'll lose, dollars to donuts.
if you use your own computer on your own time and it is NOT part of a core business your employer is in, its not their product and they don't own shit.
go ask a real lawyer (I'm not one) but I have asked and I know for a fact that its not enforceable and is just useless scare tactics on paper.
now, that does not mean the employer can just sit there and continue to employ you; but their strongest power is to fire you, NOT to take ownership of open source software that you write on your own time!!
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Thursday November 10 2016, @06:19PM
That's certainly true in California, and as we all know, the world revolves around California.
Check your state/federal laws.
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