dsh <daniel.hais...@googlemail.com> wrote on 06/01/2011 02:16:58 PM: > > To me the proof point whether this proposal will be successful or not > is whether Linux distributions having already dropped support for > OpenOffice and switched to LibreOffice instead would be willing to > reverse that decision and move back to OpenOffice again now that it is > in a process to be proposed to become an Apache incubator project. >
My understanding is that the Linux distros never really included the core OpenOffice.org. They included the Novell Edition of OpenOffice, since Novell (and some volunteers) did the leg work to get the code into a form suitable for the distros to consume (packaging, catalog metadata, etc.) When LibreOffice was announced, Novell pulled their OpenOffice Novell Edition and put the same engineers on LibreOffice. The distros could simply continue working with the same engineers they had worked with previously. This was not necessarily some ideological switch by the distros. From their perspective LibreOffice was more a rebranding of Novell Edition of OpenOffice. They include LibreOffice because it was packaged, ready for their consumption. But I certainly agree that we want to ensure that the project's binaries are easy for anyone to consume. I'd leave it as a question to the PMC members on whether Apache TLP's generally liaise with the various Linux distros to get their packages included, or whether that is done unofficially, by individuals? And is it generally held to be a criterion for a podling to graduate or even initiate, that it first persuade all Linux distros to include it? -Rob --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
