On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 21:40 -0400, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions wrote:
> On 06/18/2011 07:52 PM, planas wrote: > > On Sat, 2011-06-18 at 10:39 +0200, lee wrote: > > > >> planas<[email protected]> writes: > <snip> > >> There you go: When you need a particular feature, you must have it. When > >> you need it, it is totally irrelevant how often you or other users use > >> it. > >> > >> How often a feature is used and/or how many users use it doesn´t say > >> anything about how important the feature is. When someone needs it, it > >> has to be there. > > I would disagree, it takes time to code and debug a feature that is very > > rarely used by a small number users. These features may better added as > > extension. The problem is where to draw the line and say this one is > > included and this one will be a possible extension. > > > <snip> > > I think that the use of Extensions for the functions that are not used > very often [or rarely], or by few users, is the way to go. I see some > old extensions that were created to add functions before they were added > to the package. > > If there is a need for a function for Calc, Draw, Writer, etc., then > maybe creating an extension is the proper route to go. > > There is a movement to make a replacement for Oracle's report builder > extension. I do not think anyone would tell you they would want that > report builder a default, internal, function of LibreOffice. That type > of function is useful as an extension. > > To be honest, you could make a lot of the seldom used or rare functions > or options into extensions so the user can pick and choose to add it to > their LibreOffice install. Just like all the language dictionaries, if > you do not need "Lower Sorbian" than you do not need it built into the > package. When you do need it, then install the dictionary extension for it. My thoughts were to allow extensions for very specialized needs that only a few users need or want. I sometimes think there should be a method of proposing possible features and selecting those that will included. How this should be done I do not have suggestion at the moment. -- Jay Lozier [email protected] -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] In case of problems unsubscribing, write to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
