On 04-Dec-2013, at 13:19, Kay Schenk <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Jörg Schmidt <joe...@j-m-schmidt.de> wrote: > >>> From: Jürgen Schmidt [mailto:jogischm...@gmail.com] >> >>> I have no problem to make this more public. If LO want to be >>> independent >>> they should not use our package names, binary names etc. >> >> in fact, so you're absolutely right. I am a normal Linux user and the >> situation on Linux is extremely confusing. >> >> But what can we do? I think here are problems that need to be resolved >> legally. >> >> >> Greetings, >> Jörg >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> > One of the "confusing" issues comes from LO's continued use of "soffice" as > the launchpad binary. We've been down this road before to no avail. > > See, for example -- > > http://www.libreoffice.org/developers/ > > On SOME distros who handle this a little better/politely, the LO binary > has been renamed to "libreoffice", and a symlink from "soffice" to > libreoffice (/usr/bin/libreoffice --a custom packaging ) is supplied which > can easily be removed. > > bottom line -- even if we are successful in getting AOO into some > repositories, how to deal with this naming clash. > > Maybe someone who has downloaded LO packages directly from their site can > provide more information. >
When was the last time we actually contacted one of the people at LO who can effect a change or at least diminish the confusion? I mean, it's silly to have the legacy identity and suggests either a rather tired play at the "real" soffice or laziness. Yes, we could change our package name but…. not only do we have a large installed base but also legacy, copyright, and actual growth. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
