Proposed F19 Feature: Apache OpenOffice

[Rahul Sundaram]

Hi


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Debarshi Ray wrote:

> So do we have multiple kernels in Fedora?  We offer .deb variants of
Fedora?

Reductio ad absurdum.  We will discuss serious considerations based on
actual proposals on a case by case basis.  Alternative office suites
already exist in Fedora and adding one more is nowhere the same as adding
an alternative kernel.

> That doesn't solve the existing problem at all.   There is no reason why
> we
> > should have say Epiphany but exclude Apache Openoffice.
>
> Because we moved away from OpenOffice.org towards LibreOffice, and then AOO
> appeared on the horizon.
>

Right.  When we moved from Openoffice.org to Libreoffice by default, AOO
wasn't a choice at that point and when it did become available, we didn't
rush to package it but now that an upstream developer has volunteered to
maintain it, we let him do that.  We are not switching defaults.  We are
not promoting it or advocating for it.  Just making it available.  Same as
say Cinnamon.  Nothing in our policy excludes it. and FESCo has accepted
the proposal.   End of story.

Rahul
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