Mathias Bauer wrote: > On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote: > >>> 1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix >>> specific. PDFBox may be a replacement. >> >> This component is used for the pdf import extension, not for OOo itself. >> >> The pdf import extension is not built by default, there is a configure >> switch to enable it in the build. In that case xpdf would be required. I >> think that this already fulfils the legal requirements that building >> lgpl code must be "opt-in". So as far as I can see, this is not a "to do". > > Giving it one more thought: it would be still a to do if we wanted to > have a pdf import extension released by Apache. So perhaps a to do with > minor priority. > > Regards, > Mathias
If we do include the pdf import extension I would like to see it rewritten to do a better job of importing. I have seen to many post in the forums about the way that it works. My suggestion would be to drop it completely. Andy
