Re: [trinity-devel] KOffice Suite

On 23 November 2011 11:26, Kristopher John Gamrat <chaotickjg(a)gmail.com wrote: > On Wednesday 23 November 2011 11:19:05 am Darrell Anderson wrote: > > > > I say we leave KOffice how it is, for people who need > > > it, then focus on > > > > Loffice (i think this is already the plan?) > > > > > > I'm ok with that, trying to bring koffice to par with > > > office suites depeloped > > > by huge teams is pointless. > > > but _please_ leave it just as-is in TDE as long as there is > > > not a viable, > > > lightweight alternative. > > > I remember a discussion awhile ago on trinity-users (?) > > > where koffice2 was > > > mentioned, which would eventually be based on qt4 only > > > (_not_ kde4). > > > maybe there's a chance to have something like that in > > > awhile ? > > > > > > werner > > > p.s.: > > > the existence of koffice 1.6.3 was one important argument > > > for me to use TDE :) > > > I know support for M$ formats in koffice (1.6) is bad, but > > > recent versions can > > > read the odf files that koffice produces, as does OO/LO, > > > and google docs. > > > that is enough 'compatibility' for me. > > > > I agree we are unlikely to massage KO to compete with LO. I'm fine

> the idea of keeping KO as a light weight office suite --- and we

> the apps as such. If we do that we should regularly fix usability bugs > (ignore all but easy enhancement requests). If we go that route, then I > think we should split the monster-sized package into individual

> the source tree. That way people can pick and choose. > > > > I don't think we will find a consensus opinion about how to handle

> Maintaining "as is" with reasonable bug fixes and letting people pick

> apps they want to install is probably the best compromise. :) > > I doubt we would ever compete with LO unless we separate KOffice from

> completely. > > I think the only "feature" we should add is a plugins system for users

> be able to develop their own features. Other than that, I agree with

There is an old saying that is used quite frequently in the archlinux development list. "Patches Welcome" So if anyone wants to update koffice, patch koffice, implement a plugin system for koffice. Go ahead! I am sure we will accept patches. But "deciding" what to do on the mailing list, then leaving the work to

doesn't seem fair to me.