https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122171

rainerbielefeld <[email protected]> changed:

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--- Comment #6 from rainerbielefeld 
<[email protected]> ---
@Rob:
That's well known. And of course AOO should be interested in enhancing range of
available functions. The question is how that can be done the best way. It is
not a good idea to break compatibility in the ODF world without good reasons.
Such efforts might bring some "technology leader bonus points" for AOO, but
discredit for ODF because of compatibility issues.

So the first check always should be whether such a new function already is
defined in ODF specifications, only not implemented. Such a "missing" function
simply should be added as soon as possible, AOO examples for such work are 
* Bug 101466 - ODFF: implement AVERAGEIF and AVERAGEIFS
* Bug 95144 - ODFF: implement SUMIFS()
* Bug 90269 - ODFF: implement COUNTIFS function
and may be others.

If not defined in ODF, it might be the best idea to gather such "good idea but
undefined" functions in an Extension. And a good first step (I totally agree
with Ariel) is a Wiki page (in a Category "New Calc functions" or whatever)
with a clear definition, what in an ideal world might lead to a Basic code
snippet, what will be integrated in an Extension, and some day the functions in
such an Extensions become integrated into AOO core.

And for that a tracking Bug here in Bugzilla might be useful, everybody having
a problem looks ifrst in Bugzilla whether it's already known, and links to the
Wiki  with specifications might invite some users to contribute.

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