On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:35:43 +0100 Kevin Kofler wrote:
PPS: Oh, and this:
The /usr/bin/soffice alias is still a problem since (in the Fedora packages) it would conflict between LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice: it is recommended to fix it in the LibreOffice packages too, at least using the Alternatives system.
is just not acceptable. Alternatives is the wrong solution for this (in fact, I'd argue it's always the wrong solution), because it is systemwide. Why can't you just rename or delete /usr/bin/soffice?
+1 from me as well. Having alternatives for this is just bad. Either you're saying you're packaging something different -- then alternatives is out of question -- or you're packaging something that is 1:1 interchangeable, but than I don't see a reason to actually ship both.
I disagree with your previous mail though (even though I don't necessarily disagree with your reasoning against - i.e. "waste" of resources *is* a strong argument). While AOO and LO started from the same point, they're not doing the same *and* in the future you can expect further divergence. Fedora has always been the one to bring new things first, we should do so, IMHO, in this case as well.
Also, going by your reasoning there would be no point in having Calligra either... Furthermore, technically LO is the fork ;-)
I don't think Oracle has anything to do with it any more, they just got rid of unwanted "spoils of war". Although, I might be wrong.
Martin