On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:28 PM, Raphael Bircher <[email protected]> wrote:
> Am 15.06.11 00:58, schrieb Kai Ahrens: > > Hi Andrea, >> >> Am 15.06.2011 00:40, schrieb Andrea Pescetti: >> >>> Raphael Bircher wrote: >>> >>>> I'm not sure if the Users are so happy with it. LibO had the same >>>> discussion same month ago, with the result uf user protests. ... >>>> we have to provide a extension as minimum. >>>> >>> Even though I highly trust the developers when they say that binfilter >>> is unmanageable, I share these concerns. It would be best to package >>> binfilter as an extension if feasible, or at least to have a simple >>> conversion tool available for download (not an older version of OOo, but >>> a small, dedicated tool that users could download if needed, and that >>> can be run separately from OOo). >>> >> I'm absolutely fine with this proposal. I just don't want to have this >> code within the bare OOo product itself. >> > If we make an Extension or a seperate Tool I vote absolutly +1 I think this > would be a good compromiss. > > +1. I'm fine with removing the code, as long as we know it can be packaged up as an extension and/or made available separately. Preferably it can be available as an optional extension... as others have mentioned, some users might not find it practical to mass convert - and reload into a DMS - a big pile of "old format" files. Phil
