Re: [tdf-discuss] Version Numbers?

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:24:00 +1100, Sean White <runicpaladin@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the things i LOVE about open source software is the ability for me to
> ask someone else to code something or port something that i cant do myself.
>  So my solution to your problem of incompatible extensions is to set up a
> new mailing list for OO to LO extension porting.  the public can send the
> extension which the people on the mailing list can then port over.

Sorry, I can't hold back here :).

You LOVE open source because you can ask others to do what you want
without you having to do it yourself? I am afraid that is not going to
work out, people won't work on things they don't want to work on, just
because you tell them so :-).

Besides, resources are scarce. WHY should we require people to port all
hundreds of OOo extensions over to LO (and keep them up to date), just
because you don't like the current numbering scheme? They could rather
work on improving LO at the same time.

Once the code base diverge so much that the APIs become incompatible, we
can talk about porting again, but I don't see the point of porting just
for the sake of it.

Sebastian

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