Including OO templates in fc4

[Nicolas Mailhot]

Le dimanche 06 mars 2005 à 08:00 +1100, Rodd Clarkson a écrit :
> On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 18:50 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> > lør, 05.03.2005 kl. 16.49 skrev Josh Boyer:
> > > On Sat, 2005-03-05 at 16:08 +0100, Kyrre Ness Sjobak wrote:
> 
> > > > I know that we are aleady pushed for space, but including a few kb's of
> > > > templates to the huge package OO already is, seems nothing but
> > > > reasonable, especially considering the end-user benefit.
> > > 
> > > I think this is a Fedora Extras candidate.  Entire packages that are
> > > only a few KiBs are being pushed out to Extras, so I don't think we want
> > > to add anything that isn't needed to the core OO package.
> 
> > I probably could, but i simply just don't think this is an extras
> > candidate. Users simply expect templates to be there, or at least a box
> > "you need to install xxx from yyy to get templates".
> > 
> As I understand it, many (all) of the packages being moved from Core to
> Extras are being 'pushed out' (as you put it) because they offer
> duplicate functionality.
> 
> In the case of adding some templates for OOo, then your wouldn't be
> adding another package for which the functionality was already available
> (but might not be your preferred package), you are actually adding very
> useful functionality for many, many users who will only use Fedora for
> word processing, web browsing and email 

I agree a few carefully selected templates belong in core (maybe only
one that uses fedora colors;) - don't underestimate the marketing value
of this kind of stuff) but the bulk of them is clearly extras material.

Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Mailhot
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