Proposed F19 Feature: Apache OpenOffice

[Debarshi Ray]

>> <sarcasm>
>> So what is the next step? Offering another kernel? Or allowing us to choose
>> a different package manager or packing format? Oh, wait, using multiple
>> different depsolvers has already been frowned upon.
>>
>> Now why did *that* happen? It is Fedora, isn't it?
>> </sarcasm>
>>
> 
> Sarcasm  isn't going to resolve the problems.

But it might highlight the problem with this "lets have some more choices"
madness.

> If you have a proposal,
> let's hear it.  Removing all the alternatives isn't an option.  Is it?

You already heard it: "don't make it worse than it already is".

> Users don't care where LO comes from at all.

Then how will you empower them to make a choice between LO and AOO? How will
you ensure that bugs don't get misfiled?

Every now and then I get bugs arising out of forks and downstream patches that
get misfiled by confused users.

Cheers,
Debarshi


-- 
If computers are going to revolutionize education, then steam engines and cars
and electricity would have done it too.  -- Arjun Shankar
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