Comment 34 for bug 527938

Hmm, I was just wondering whether you could delete the bibliography db entry via the Tools > Options > LibreOffice Base > Databases menu entry, and see whether that made any difference ?

As I don't have a Windows system on which to test, I don't know. On Mac, you don't get the choice of not installing one or more of the components, it is all or nothing. On Linux, the official debs install everything too. Someone with a Linux distribution package set would have to try to see if not installing the Base packet causes the same behaviour on Linux.

Failing that, I agree that the bibliography db should be deactivated or unregistered by the Windows installer if the user decides not to use Base (although to be fair, it doesn't take up a lot of space). Whether that is seen as vitally important to the development team is another matter. Data loss might, and I say might, only occur in the particular circumstances you have set out, and if the user has willingly decided not to install the Base module, why on earth would he or she go looking for the bibliograhphy db ?

Alex