On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Pedro Giffuni <p...@apache.org> wrote: > On 03/15/12 02:58, eric b wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> But actually, for this to work, the discussion should be brought to >>> the debian-openoff...@lists.debian.org list, not >>> debian-u...@lists.debian.org. Also we need someone understand how to >>> package .deb packages that follow the Debian policy in order to package >>> AOO by the Debian policy. >>> >> >> >> Long time ago, Rene Engelhard subscribed me to the list, and I know well >> what happens, since I receive everything (a lot of mails indeed .. ). Not >> sure I can post though, but read is ok for me. >> >> And I'm aware of your requests ... and of Rene answers too :-/ >> >> > > I read Rene's position and if it's really "technically impossible" to have > both LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice in Debian then I would think > that proves, yet again, that FreeBSD is technically superior to Debian. > (not to talk about freedom just yet ;) ) >
I would not give up yet. I think that with some gentle and friendly conversations we can persuade the distros that users should have choice, even on Linux. > BTW, I am pretty sure that we would like to have OOoLight and > OOoKids in FreeBSD and it shouldn't be difficult to use the current > AOO port as a template. I am extremely busy at this time but it > would surely be something to consider. > > Pedro. >
