On Thu, 11 Oct 2012, Lex Trotman wrote:
The ODF backend is still experimental, it has many issues, some of which
are in libreoffice, not the backend. It hasn't been updated for 6 months
according to github. In general few people use it so it isn't well tested
and it doesn't get many contributions. I presume it does what its
originator needs, that is why it hasn't been touched, but if it is released
to a general audience there will be much more support required, and it is
not known if that can be provided.
If it gathers more users and more contributors then the possibility of
distributing it can always be re-considered, or the odt project could
package asciidoc with itself. But it is always going to be a plugin, that
is the technical solution for backends now.
Of course there is a chicken-and-egg problem here, if it is not in the
core, fewer people will know about the project which leads to fewer
contributors and collaborators. Also, it feels as if it is not endorsed by
the project, which I guess is the goal of not including it, but why would
someone consider to contribute to a project that is not endorsed by the
core project ?
Same goes for mentioning the project on the website, the decision to not
put it up was because it was not considered ready for use. But without an
influx of users, I don't think it will ever become ready for use (as it
pretty much does what I need it for). Most people won't know that it
exists unless they are specifically looking for it. And IMO that's bad for
Asciidoc as well (if one would be comparing features).
All in all, I think the situation as it is might well be because of those
decisions from the project, but I am not complaining: it is the way it is.
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