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On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:08 AM, Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > Andrew, > > Andrey is being concise. More can be said. If you are familiar with open > source development, you know that it is all volunteer work. Less obvious is > the fact that- if the people who wrote Dia had an inclination to use visio > files then they would written the code for it. What has to happen with all > of open source development is that someone must want the feature or > function bad enough to develop it. Dia is what it is because the features > that comprise it were compelling enough to the developers - as it > apparently was for the code student you mentioned with libre office impress. > > It is possible, but maybe not necessarily likely, you could make a > sufficiently moving case that people who don't care about visio files would > write code to handle them. I think the development of Dia simply > sidestepped that by making a program that allowed the users to develop > their own shapes and palettes. Why should the Dia developers do as you > suggest? This is the case that you need to make. > > Back to Andrey's point, you can develop the code if it interests you. You > could offer it for release to Dia or not. > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > dia-list mailing list > dia-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/dia-list > FAQ at http://live.gnome.org/Dia/Faq > Main page at http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > >
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