>> IMHO, there's no reason to include old versions of third-party packages in
>> LibreOffice proper.

Please, are you talking about third-party source code included in the 
LibreOffice source code (git repositories), source code downloaded as part of 
the build process (unless one tells it to use a "system" library), or binaries 
from either of those included in a binary package? Or all of these?

> Up-to-date software can also be used on old Unixes / Linux systems without too
> much pain.

Sure, as long as you know what you are doing and packages from various 
3rd-party repositories (or self-built) are in sync with what LibreOffice 
expects. But I do think that somebody running some random old Unix box would 
prefer to get an all-inclusing LibreOffice package. Instead of complex advice 
like "additionally you should install foolib from this site, but be careful not 
to let it overwrite the binary incompatible build of foolib from this other 
site that you might have already"

--tml


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