install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions

> Hi :)
> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>
> cp
> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/3/user
> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/config/LibreOffice/3/user
>
>
> Errr, i know you know cp = copy on a Gnu&Linux command-line but i don't know the equivalent in Mac.  I would probably do this the click&drag gui way tbh.  Can you do soemthing like this on Macs?  Do you have old back-ups of your user profile at a point when it was working well?
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/6/12, Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
> From: Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 9:47
>
> Le 02/06/12 16:52, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
>> I just noticed that EVERY extension that I had installed were not
>> carried over to 3.5.4, even though during the install process the status
>> wording looked like it was going to.
>>
>> So, it that an error for 3.4.6 to 3.5.4 or was that a part of the 3.3.x
>> to 3.4.x upgrading as well?
>>
> I have seen this in many of the "upgrade" installations on Mac - each
> time I have to either delete my user profile or re-install the
> extensions, and I'm getting fed up with it.
>
>
> Alex
>
>

> Hi :)
> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>
> cp
> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/3/user
> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/config/LibreOffice/3/user
>
>
> Errr, i know you know cp = copy on a Gnu&Linux command-line but i don't know the equivalent in Mac.  I would probably do this the click&drag gui way tbh.  Can you do soemthing like this on Macs?  Do you have old back-ups of your user profile at a point when it was working well? Regards from
> Tom :)
>
> --- On Sun, 3/6/12, Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
> From: Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 9:47
>
> Le 02/06/12 16:52, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit :
>
> Hi,
>
>> I just noticed that EVERY extension that I had installed were not
>> carried over to 3.5.4, even though during the install process the status
>> wording looked like it was going to.
>>
>> So, it that an error for 3.4.6 to 3.5.4 or was that a part of the 3.3.x
>> to 3.4.x upgrading as well?
>>
> I have seen this in many of the "upgrade" installations on Mac - each
> time I have to either delete my user profile or re-install the
> extensions, and I'm getting fed up with it.
>
>
> Alex
>
>

> Le 03/06/12 11:03, Tom Davies a écrit :
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>> Hi :)
>> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>
> In theory, yes. In practice, YMMV. I always now systematically rename my
> LO user profile before installing a new version, then install the new
> version, start it once, and then replace the user profile created with
> my previously backed up one. It sucks that one should have to do this in
> order to preseve one's settings. I know of no other app where this is
> the case.
>

> Le 03/06/12 11:03, Tom Davies a écrit :
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>> Hi :)
>> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>
> In theory, yes. In practice, YMMV. I always now systematically rename my
> LO user profile before installing a new version, then install the new
> version, start it once, and then replace the user profile created with
> my previously backed up one. It sucks that one should have to do this in
> order to preseve one's settings. I know of no other app where this is
> the case.
>

> Hi :)
> Ouch!  I'm glad we have managed to avoid saying it sucks!  (oops)
>
> I was really hoping the sensible way would work.  Ideally i had imagined copying the old user-profile all around the place and then installing the newer LO so that 'a few' (hopefully not too many) settings might get changed or added.  I'm sure it has worked for me but i haven't been taking much notice tbh.
>
> Mostly i just reconfigure whichever machine i happen to be hot-desking on but not in a structured and planned way.  I've noticed users who complain about a thing not being set a certain way tend to set it back after i take the trouble to set it up the way they said they wanted.  So, i tend to set things the way i prefer on my logins and leave them to it.  I need to be more organised though.  The xcu thing looks interesting.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/6/12, Andreas Säger<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>
> From: Andreas Säger<[hidden email]>
> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions
> To: [hidden email]
> Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 16:26
>
> Am 03.06.2012 11:28, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
>> Le 03/06/12 11:03, Tom Davies a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Tom,
>>
>>> Hi :)
>>> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>> In theory, yes. In practice, YMMV. I always now systematically rename my
>> LO user profile before installing a new version, then install the new
>> version, start it once, and then replace the user profile created with
>> my previously backed up one. It sucks that one should have to do this in
>> order to preseve one's settings. I know of no other app where this is
>> the case.
>>
> IMHO, this is completely inacceptable because this program's productivity depends very much on customization.
> You can zip your profile and send it to the developers with detailed info about your system and which upgrade was spoiled by that particular profile.
> According to exprerience with parallel installations, extensions are the main culprit. You may try to remove all your additional extensions before installation and see if this helps somehow.
>
>
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>
>What I hated was the status text seemed to tell me that the profile [all
>of it] was being transfered over.  I thought that part of your profile
>was the extensions you added.  I know if I delete the .libreoffice file
>in Ubuntu you loose the link to your added extensions.   DID 3.5.x
>replace the folder name or change where the information is stored?
>
>On 06/03/2012 11:48 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :)
>> Ouch!  I'm glad we have managed to avoid saying it sucks!  (oops)
>>
>> I was really hoping the sensible way would work.  Ideally i had imagined copying the old user-profile all around the place and then installing the newer LO so that 'a few' (hopefully not too many) settings might get changed or added.  I'm sure it has worked for me but i haven't been taking much notice tbh.
>>
>> Mostly i just reconfigure whichever machine i happen to be hot-desking on but not in a structured and planned way.  I've noticed users who complain about a thing not being set a certain way tend to set it back after i take the trouble to set it up the way they said they wanted.  So, i tend to set things the way i prefer on my logins and leave them to it.  I need to be more organised though.  The xcu thing looks interesting.
>>
>> Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 3/6/12, Andreas Säger<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>>
>> From: Andreas Säger<[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed all my extensions
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 16:26
>>
>> Am 03.06.2012 11:28, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
>>> Le 03/06/12 11:03, Tom Davies a écrit :
>>>
>>> Hi Tom,
>>>
>>>> Hi :)
>>>> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>>> In theory, yes. In practice, YMMV. I always now systematically rename my
>>> LO user profile before installing a new version, then install the new
>>> version, start it once, and then replace the user profile created with
>>> my previously backed up one. It sucks that one should have to do this in
>>> order to preseve one's settings. I know of no other app where this is
>>> the case.
>>>
>> IMHO, this is completely inacceptable because this program's productivity depends very much on customization.
>> You can zip your profile and send it to the developers with detailed info about your system and which upgrade was spoiled by that particular profile.
>> According to exprerience with parallel installations, extensions are the main culprit. You may try to remove all your additional extensions before installation and see if this helps somehow.
>>
>>
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>
> Tom
> as the OP of this thread, my real issue was while it was "upgrading"
> the status text indicated to me that is was going to transfer my user
> profile info and such.  It did not do the proper job if it decided to
> transfer only the user name and other such data, and not all of the
> extensions he/she relies on.
>
> I thin someone said that the 3.5.x like uses a different folder for
> the user data.  If so, maybe there is an error in the copying of that
> info to the new folder before that old folder was erased.
>
> I have not tried this 3.4.6 to 3.5.4 on a Ubuntu system, only a WinXP
> laptop.  There must be a fix to this issue.
>
> Can you imagine what a business type of user has to go through to move
> 10, 50, 100 machines, using Windows, from 3.4.6 to a 3.5.x version if
> they have to reinstall ALL of their extensions, along with dealing
> with the custom install process to not have every single language
> dictionary possible during install automatically installed?
>
>
> On 06/03/2012 05:04 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
>> Hi :)
>> I thought it was possible to copy user-profiles between different
>> machines?  Even between ones running different OSes?  Is it not
>> possible to copy&paste the Extensions folder from the old folder
>> position to the new one?  Something like the equivalent of
>>
>> cp
>> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/LibreOffice/3/user
>> /Users/<user name>/Library/Application Support/config/LibreOffice/3/user
>>
>>
>> Errr, i know you know cp = copy on a Gnu&Linux command-line but i
>> don't know the equivalent in Mac.  I would probably do this the
>> click&drag gui way tbh.  Can you do soemthing like this on Macs?  Do
>> you have old back-ups of your user profile at a point when it was
>> working well? Regards from
>> Tom :)
>>
>> --- On Sun, 3/6/12, Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>>
>> From: Alexander Thurgood<[hidden email]>
>> Subject: [libreoffice-users] Re: install of 3.5.4 over 3.4.6 removed
>> all my extensions
>> To: [hidden email]
>> Date: Sunday, 3 June, 2012, 9:47
>>
>> Le 02/06/12 16:52, webmaster-Kracked_P_P a écrit :
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> I just noticed that EVERY extension that I had installed were not
>>> carried over to 3.5.4, even though during the install process the
>>> status
>>> wording looked like it was going to.
>>>
>>> So, it that an error for 3.4.6 to 3.5.4 or was that a part of the 3.3.x
>>> to 3.4.x upgrading as well?
>>>
>> I have seen this in many of the "upgrade" installations on Mac - each
>> time I have to either delete my user profile or re-install the
>> extensions, and I'm getting fed up with it.
>>
>>
>> Alex
>>
>>
>
>

> > I just noticed that EVERY extension that I had installed were not
> > carried over to 3.5.4, even though during the install process the status
> > wording looked like it was going to.
> >
> > So, it that an error for 3.4.6 to 3.5.4 or was that a part of the 3.3.x
> > to 3.4.x upgrading as well?
> >
>
> I have seen this in many of the "upgrade" installations on Mac - each
> time I have to either delete my user profile or re-install the
> extensions, and I'm getting fed up with it.
>