Hi, On Wed, Apr 03, 2013 at 10:56:46AM +0200, Thorsten Behrens wrote: > I don't think this is quite the message I want to convey to the > ecosystem.
Then "someone" needs to fix the examples. As that did not happen dispite it being a well-known issue, it makes little sense to wait for a miracle any longer. As is, the C++ stuff is not helping. Quite the opposite. If nobody steps up for that, it better to kill that then leaving this booby trap lingering around. Not doing so is even more distructive. > As much as LibO core is nailed to c++ > eternally, so are other people's backends. As much as it it is perverted, I would prefer people to bind their backend to Python and Python to LibreOffice than trying their luck with C++ and failing miserably on that, just because "UNO should be able to do that". The first gives a ugly but working solution, while the second never enters the ecosystem. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worse_is_better is a powerful concept -- and in this case it means: let people get something working out in Python, for possible migration to C++ later. For all realistic scenarios UNO does _not_ deliver in the mentioned scenarios: It is not usable by the target market -- and that is all that matters. FWIW I have some relatives working on industry solutions -- they also integrate with Office products. If someone working in such projects gets one day to get some basic setup running for working on LibreOffice integrations, he is lucky (more likely are 2-3 hours). Currently only the Python stuff allows you to get results in that timeframe. The C++ stuff is scaring away contributors that would have settled for something working (like the Python stuff). And just because we dont advertise C++ SDK usage on the webpages anymore, doesnt mean that we wouldnt support someone trying to do that (hey, that guy might even provide working examples than). Consider this: _Iff_ there would be a huge interest in doing enterprisy C++ integration for LibreOffice, there are two possible outcomes: We would either be swamped with bug reports and outrage on the documentation or people silently give up. We are clearly not seeing the first. Best, Bjoern _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
