Re: LibO Install/Update ( was [tdf-discuss] Automatic Updates)

> > Would you then have any idea if this would cause a lot of devoted dev tim
> e,
> > part-time, full-time attention. Would LibO then have to have a dedicated
> dev
> > in charge of this?
> >
> > Marc
>
> I doubt it would require a full-time developer, since changes would
> only need to be made when a new version of openoffice or, maybe, when
> a new version of a distribution is released, so probably 4 or 5 times
> a year.  I don't know about deb files, but spec files for rpms would
> only require the version number be changed and, if there are changes
> to the file names in output, some changes to the list of files.  We
> are probably talking a few hundred lines of code for the entire spec
> file, and only between 1 and maybe a few dozen would have to be
> changed for a openoffice update, while only at most 5 or so would
> likely need to be changed for a new distribution release (ideally none
> would have to be changed in that case).
>
> However, it may still be too much work given the benefit.
> Distributions will normally handle the packaging themselves anyway, so
> I am not exactly clear on what benefit there would be in duplicating
> this effort.  Really the main benefit I can see is not to users
> directly, it is making sure the software builds on common Linux
> distributions without distributions having to make their own
> modifications.  So it may be worthwhile from a debugging perspective
> alone, and if the packages are going to be built then publishing them
> would be no added effort.
>
> -Todd

Perhaps a benefit would be a coordinated unveiling of the product on a 
given date. Rather than having to rely on other distros to update their 
packaging, DocumentFoundation would then be the distributor of the 
different packages.

Updates and critical bug fixes could then be distributed quicker.

Marc

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