>From: Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> >To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org >Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:41 AM >Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Openoffice being replaced? > >On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I noticed this today: >> >> The following mask changes are necessary to proceed: >> #required by @selected, required by @world (argument) >> # /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: >> # Tomáš Chvátal <scarab...@gentoo.org> (27 Jul 2011) >> # Old replaced packages. Will be removed in 30 days. >> # app-office/openoffice -> app-office/libreoffice >> # app-office/openoffice-bin -> app-office/libreoffice-bin >> # app-text/wpd2sxw -> app-text/wpd2odt >>>=app-office/openoffice-3.2.1-r1 >> >> >> Does this mean that libreoffice is going to replace OOo in the tree? > >Looks like it. It has already replaced it on all my computers. > >Gentoo's OpenOffice has included the go-oo patches for a long time >anyway, which were the big thing changed about LibreOffice (those >patches included in mainline), and using the two I can honestly say >there's really no difference as far as I can tell, aside from the >splash screen. Somebody posted about some Sun templates a while >back... maybe something proprietary like that is changed, but >OpenTemplate.org is meant to replace those anyway. > >I would say switch to LibreOffice and don't look back. :) >
I wouldn't. While LibreOffice may have some advances at the moment, I'm still interested in following main-line OOo - now being setting under Apache. Please do not force us to convert from OO to LO. I have no problem with separate installs for each, but there will be those (like me) that want the official OO installs. That said, I have more confidence in Apache managing OO than I do TDF with LO, having observed TDF's mailing lists for several months (before finally dropping off in favor of Apache OO). I know others will have different opinions; but that (again) is why we should allow those using OO to remain using OO. Ben
