Le jeudi 21 avril 2005 Ã 18:22 +0200, Marco Fioretti a Ãcrit : > Daniel Carrer wrote:
> > What are the chances of a near-future OOo version having an > > extension installer, like Thunderbird? > > Before getting too excited about this, and starting it, please > consider also the impact on Gnu/Linux distributors. Some time > ago I announced here that Fedora developers where discussing > what and how include in their distro from OOextras, suggesting > that some OO.o guru should go there and contribute. > > When reading about a template and extension installer, their > reaction was: > > > Please don't...On a package-based system any stuff > > not installed via the native packaging system is a cause of much > > annoyance and grief...[better]fix something else in openoffice.org > > instead of inflicting yet another auto-downloader/installer on > > us. > > The whole thread is here: > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00559.html > > and it also mentions the firefox installer as another PITA. Something a bit more authoritative than my message on fedora-devel : https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=136080 Opposition to app-specific software installer is high enough Fedora patched part of the firefox one out of existence. -- Nicolas Mailhot
