On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:06:27 +0100 Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/12/13 2:15 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote: > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:07:59 +0100 > > Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2/12/13 1:42 PM, Joost Andrae wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> in the moment I have just one question in mind: > >>> > >>> Who's going to adapt the Sun/Oracle extensions that contain Addons.xcu > >>> like presentation-minimizer.oxt ? > >> > >> well the extensions where we have the source code can be changed by > >> volunteers. Maybe directly at Apache or as Google code project when > >> there are license incompatible dependencies. > >> > >> Everything else is unclear and I doubt that Oracle has interest in > >> updating them. And nobody else can do that. > >> > >> The best thing would be to start new projects providing similar > >> functionality but where the code is available and under a proper license. > >> > >> Unmaintained extensions are a general problem and should not have > >> influence on any decision. > > > > There are already reports on incompatabilities with LibO 4.0 and some > > existing extensions. > > > > One thread, for example, at > > http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=59595 > > > > Might there be possibility for a shim to be written to sit between > > Addons.xcu and AOO 4.0? > > I don't know, I haven't looked into it but I know that they have changed > API's more radical. No surprise for me. > The posting was just for information; it will be interesting to monitor how serious a problem it is for their implementation, and how they cope with it. -- Rory O'Farrell <ofarr...@iol.ie>
