OK, I understand. Thanks for explaining.... Regards, Pjotr.
2014/1/8 Stephen Michael Kellat <[email protected]> > While there are other replies to this, I'm going to address this from a > different angle perhaps. > > Typically the time for feature requests to be made is before the > development cycle begins. We can still receive such now but it will have > to be bound over until the next development cycle generally. There is a > deadline during the development cycle for establishing what will happen > during a release that is common to all flavors. > > As to shipping the packages and making an installation option, that's > actually a very messy thing to do. Patches would likely need to be made to > the installer for Xubuntu only to handle such. Consultation with upstream > would be required to see if the patches would be accepted but this does not > seem to generally bring value to all flavors who happen to use the same > installer as us. > > The package "ubuntu-defaults-builder" can be used for making your own > bespoke version of Xubuntu. The documentation for doing so is somewhat > lacking and requires some hacking. Other tools exist for making your own > re-spins. > > Right now the priority is to prepare to deliver the 14.04 Long Term > Support release. This would be a big thing to switch gears on mid-way to > try to accommodate now. A specification could be drafted for 14.10 and > refined until we start looking at ideas in late April/early May for that > cycle. > > I'm sorry we couldn't have a more accommodating answer at this time. The > tempo of the release cycle remains fixed. We march ever onward to the > drum's beat. > > Stephen Michael Kellat > Member, Xubuntu Team/Xubuntu Documentation > (Stealing a moment over lunch in the basement cafeteria at work) > > > On Jan 7, 2014, at 7:43 PM, Joel Ewing <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I am wondering if including an option to install LibreOffice during the > Xubuntu installation (in place of or alongside Abiword and Gnumeric) could > be considered for an upcoming release of Xubuntu. > > Recently, I was part of a group to decide what Linux distribution should > be chosen to run on a fleet of old laptops that were owned by a school. I > suggested Xubuntu, but my suggestion was ignored partly because Xubuntu > does not come with LibreOffice. Although Abiword and Gnumeric are great at > what they do, many users seem to gravitate towards LibreOffice because it > is more fully-featured. I would appreciate if the developers could look > into this matter. > > Thank you. > > > > Joel Ewing > > -- > > xubuntu-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel > > -- > xubuntu-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel >
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