> On 11 Jan 2016, at 10:41 AM, Bryan Quigley <gqu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To look at this issue from another POV.. If someone showed up today > with an issue with a LO ActiveX control embedded in their application > that didn't work - what would our response be? It's an outdated > technology that we're not investing in. >
It probably shows a lack of adoption, but it doesn’t look like anyone actually has reported issues with it... >> My position on ActiveX is to leave it (lest we break applications in the >> wild,) and to *announce its deprecation* with two goals: first, solicit the >> feedback of LO ActiveX consumers and, if so inclined to continue using it, >> help in its support. And second, to flag a date in the future when ActiveX >> will be completely removed from LO codebase, pending sufficient reason and >> support by its consumers. > > I'm happy with this. I'd say a quicker timeframe is fine though. > From the announce, if no one has found an application that uses > LO-embedded ActiveX remove it in a month or something. I expect that > if there are some users they might not hear until the install the > version without it regardless of what we do. Perhaps it should be announced in the release notes, with an actual version where it will be removed. Chris _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list LibreOffice@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
