Do we really need LibreOffice installed by default?

[Chris Murphy]

On Sep 12, 2014, at 1:25 PM, Michael Catanzaro <mcatanzaro at gnome.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2014-09-12 at 11:25 -0600, Chris Murphy wrote:
>> I like that it's included. However, LibreOffice apparently can't be
>> removed in Software. It's not listed in the Installed tab, while it's
>> installed parts are listed in the Updates tab. This is after a TC6
>> installation. Bug?
> 
> Bug. Richard?
> 
>> And if it can be removed, is it going to remove libreoffice-core?
>> That's kinda important seeing as if all the LibreOffice applications
>> are removed, but core stays behind and continues to be updated, makes
>> it pointless to be able to remove LibreOffice from Software.
> 
> I think the answer is no. You're hoping for the equivalent of 'yum
> autoremove'. gpk-application was able to do that with a hidden dconf
> option, but I don't think gnome-software has it.

Too bad. Well, I'd hem and haw and probably end up very slightly on the side of not installing it by default just because it's cleaner to not always be updating something that's not being used. If there were some usage/install statistics an objective decision would be possible, rather than just having a personal opinion.

What happens in the installer UI if LibreOffice isn't on the media? Does it still show up as an Add On, and therefore get downloaded and installed in that case? Or is it also delisted as an Add On?

Chris Murphy