Hi Román, Hi all, On Thu, 10 Feb 2011 10:41:43 -0300 "Prof. Román H. Gelbort" <elprofero...@openoffice.org> wrote:
> Hi folks. > > I'm an Ubuntu user and supporter for years, in Argentina. And I'm the > marketing contact of OpenOffice.org in my country too. > > Now, with the becoming of LibO to Ubuntu... ¿Is there the possibility > that OpenOffice.org (vanilla) is in Ubuntu repository? > > Note: Forgive my poor English. I try to ask this very kindly. There are currently no plans to include OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu. The reasons for this are manifold: - OOo is a huge package to maintain. - On Debian, LibreOffice replaces OOo: there are transitional packages from OOo to LibreOffice, that will upgrade you automatically to LibreOffice. We want to keep in sync with Debian as far as possible in this regard so that we can maximize synergy. - It is a lot easier to contribute back to LibreOffice than it was for OOo, allowing integration of functionality like this: http://aruiz.synaptia.net/siliconisland/2011/02/introducing-libreoffice-integration-with-unitys-application-menubar.html - LibreOffice now has its own infrastructure, with a website, wiki and bug tracker. This solves a lot of the confusion caused by the go-oo product being too close to the OOo brand. - Ubuntu never shipped the OpenOffice.org version by Sun/Oracle, but go-oo including many additional features, which are now only in LibreOffice and would be direly missed by users. The binary packages that are offered on the OOo website are a mess to install on almost every Linux system. If you feel unhappy about that, please ask the OOo project or Oracle to do something about it. Of course, the OOo project, volunteers or Oracle are free to create a PPA with packages that are easy to use for the end user. However, for the reasons given above, there is currently no effort to bring Oracles OpenOffice.org into the Ubuntu repositories. On the other hand, in the open source world nobody is stopping you from creating a PPA and start an effort of your own. Best Regards, Bjoern Michaelsen -- https://launchpad.net/~bjoern-michaelsen
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