Adding upstream version 1:7.0.4.upstream/1%7.0.4upstream

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+This module contains a grab-bag of unrelated misc. libraries, *none* of which is an extension.
+
+== Application online update checking ==
+
+When we start LO, first InitUpdateCheckJobThread is created, via
+UpdateCheckJob::execute() (from extensions/source/update/check/updatecheckjob.cxx),
+as a reaction to a "onFirstVisibleTask" event. It waits 25 seconds (so that it
+does not interfere with the startup itself), and then calls
+UpdateCheck::initialize() (from extensions/source/update/check/updatecheck.cxx).
+
+This creates one more thread, UpdateCheckThread, that regularly checks whether
+we have reached the time when we should ask for the update.  If yes, asks for
+that, and shows the download button in the menu (if the new update is
+available).
+
+== OLE automation bridge ==
+
+A bridge between "OLE automation" and UNO, so you can use UNO services
+from JScript, VBScript, etc.
+
+https://www.openoffice.org/udk/common/man/spec/ole_bridge.html
+
+See udkapi/com/sun/star/bridge/oleautomation/ApplicationRegistration.idl
+
+This is initialized in Desktop::Main() in Desktop::OpenClients_Impl()
+by creating the service "com.sun.star.bridge.OleApplicationRegistration",
+which is implemented by OleServer_Impl.
+
+See extensions/source/ole/
+
+== ActiveX control ==
+
+This allows embedding LO into a Win32 application as an ActiveX control.
+See extensions/source/activex/
+
+== Spotlight provider ==
+
+On macOS, this allows indexing ODF documents with Spotlight.
+See extensions/source/macosx/spotlight/
+
+== Scanner support ==
+
+You can scan from LibreOffice, using platform specific backends like TWAIN/SANE.
+See extensions/source/scanner/
+