I agree that OOo doesn't need to be installed by default, GNOME office is a good alternative. With our focus on being GNOME-centric and being localised, having OOo available through Conary should meet the needs of those users who need it. Abiword and and Gnumeric will meet the needs of most users.
Paul On 3/25/07, Bertrand Juglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > i'm writing this mail to reply to Ken's blog post titled "Open Office > or not" viewed at http://ken.vandine.org/?p=225 : > I'm using Foresight because i want to have as much Gnome apps as I can > and that's how i've discovered Foresight some months ago. So i'm for > Gnome Office by default instead of OpenOffice as I'm very happy to see > Gnome's Epiphany web browser by default instead of Firefox. > For me Foresight should be the GNOMEst Linux distribution to showcase > as much as possible of Gnome and rPath :) > That is my humble opinion which i feel very coherent and logic. > To help users install OpenOffice and Firefox after default install > they should be proposed as conary packages install in a new rAA plugin > inspired by the existing rBuilder rAA plugin which permits to > search&install conary packages inside rAA. > Hoping you will hear and understand my Gnome's fan opinion ;) > GNOME power !!! > _______________________________________________ > Foresight-distro mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-distro > _______________________________________________ Foresight-distro mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rpath.org/mailman/listinfo/foresight-distro
