There were several old, often commented on, and often requested bug fixes and features that didn't receive much attention or weren't resolved with OOo over the years.
For those who may not be aware of the reasons for the shift/fork, or for those who don't care about politics with software, resolving some of these old bugs might be a reason for users to switch over to LibreOffice. For instance, the bug/feature request with the most votes for OOo is a SVG import filter. go-oo implemented that feature. I assume LibreOffice will include that patch. Here is an eight year old bug/feature request with over 300 votes. http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=3959 And while it seems like that bug involves quite a bit of work, it also reads like necessary refactoring that has been started, but not finished. In the end, I suppose my question is this. Is it a worthwhile goal for LibreOffice to pursue some of these lingering issues with tons of votes? Should they try to create the features that the community obviously wants that OOo is not providing? -- T. J. Brumfield "I'm questioning my education Rewind and what does it show? Could be, the truth it becomes you I'm a seed, wondering why it grows" -- Pearl Jam, Education -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
