Hi Jani, On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:06:18AM +0200, janI wrote: > > > I am trying to understand the discussion here, and I miss > > > something. > > > > > > If we do not have libwpd in our 3.4.0 release I assume we have > > > something else to replace it (or have we removed the feature that > > > uses libwpd?). > > > > answer in https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120043#c1 > > > thx. Now I understand the problems. > > Would it btw not be smarter in general to have conversions from > relative old packages like wordperfect in an extension (as suggested > in the bug report), that would help reduce the footprint, and users > can still convert.
The suggestion quoted there is not realistic: writerfilter depends on several core libraries http://hg.services.openoffice.org/OOO340/file/c904c1944462/writerperfect/prj/build.lst An extension can use only URE libraries, so making an extension out of writerfilter will require to rewrite the code. On the other hand, "re-integrating" libpwd is more than re-integrating it: the code has changed, writerfilter need modifications (that is, someone in the know must update the library, it's not simply dumping the new tar and making it compile). Regards -- Ariel Constenla-Haile La Plata, Argentina
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