On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Pedro Lino <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > I have reported many bugs and some have already been solved in LibreOffice. > I'm wondering if it makes sense to report them *again* to the Apache > bugzilla... >
If you know the bug exists in AOO as well, then feel free to report it in BZ. But it is worth checking, since there are many LO bugs that never existed in AOO. > However, since the LibreOffice license is not compatible with Apache, does > this mean that the solution used by LibreOffice can no longer be used? > > E.g. if the solution for problem X is 1+1 then Apache must find a > workaround to reach the same result (something like (2*(1+1))/2 )??? > > What if there is a *single* solution to a problem (e.g. there should be a > comma where there is a semi comma by mistake)? Are the Apache developers > forbidden to use the same solution because someone already submitted a > patch to LibreOffice that does this? > We cannot copy the source code of LO into AOO. But looking at bug reports and even developer comments on bug reports is fine. So if a LO bug report says "LO crashes when doing Foo" and a developer later comments, "Fixed. Issue was that X must be 1+1", then it is fine for us to confirm the bug exists in AOO and for a developer to try a similar fix. If there is only a single reasonable solution to a bug then it would be natural for the bug fixes to be quite similar. But in general AOO developers should avoid looking at LO source code. Also, if there is a 3rd party patch attached to an issue, we could contact the author of the patch and ask if they agree to make it available to AOO as well, under the Apache License. We've integrated several LO patches in this way. Regards, -Rob > Cheers, > Pedro --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
