On 18/07/11 20:50, Andy Brown wrote:
Mathias Bauer wrote:
On 18.07.2011 20:21, Mathias Bauer wrote:
1) xpdf (GPL'd) is a run dependency, this is linux/unix
specific. PDFBox may be a replacement.
This component is used for the pdf import extension, not for OOo itself.
The pdf import extension is not built by default, there is a configure
switch to enable it in the build. In that case xpdf would be required. I
think that this already fulfils the legal requirements that building
lgpl code must be "opt-in". So as far as I can see, this is not a "to do".
Giving it one more thought: it would be still a to do if we wanted to
have a pdf import extension released by Apache. So perhaps a to do with
minor priority.
Regards,
Mathias
If we do include the pdf import extension I would like to see it
rewritten to do a better job of importing. I have seen to many post in
the forums about the way that it works. My suggestion would be to drop
it completely.
Andy
A lot of the issues I see on the forum regarding the PDF extension are
to do with expectation. People seem to think this extension is going to
give them a full-blown PDF editor with the capabilities of the Adobe
tools. When they discover it is for tiny corrections and typo fixes they
feel let down. That's not to say there aren't any bugs in it, there may
well be. But I don;t think the PDF extension was positioned or described
sufficiently to provide users with the correct expectations.
Dave.
