Re: [tdf-discuss] OOo / LO Extensions

Em 13-07-2011 05:33, RA Stehmann escreveu:
> Uwe Altmann schrieb:
> > Hi
> >
> > Am 12.07.11 20:38, schrieb drew:
> > > hmmm - that is assuming that the two separate projects will maintain
> > > enough common code base that shared extensions are possible - that is a
> > > requirement that I for one would not want to see enforced. The fact that
> > > we can share extensions today is, IMO, a remnant of a past history and
> > > should not dictate decisions for going forward - so I would not be in
> > > favor our hosting Apache OpenOffice.org branded extensions on a
> > > TDF/LibreOffice service, nor would I be in favor or seeing
> > > TDF/Libreoffice continue to point back to Apache OpenOffice.org for any
> > > future end user services.
> > As in past some extensions required some special version of OOo, in
> > future they may require a special version of LO or only LO or only AOOo
> > at all. It's more testing but surely can be documented and handeled.
> > Besides that I dont't expect LO to refurbish the API on a
> > down-to-the-foundation level in the next years.
> There is a solution for that Problem: standardization of the API for
> example under the roof of OASIS.
>
> That doesn't necessarily mean, LibreOffice and OpenOffice.org will have
> the same API but a practical common set.
>
> Extensions could notice, whether they use only (parts of) the standard set.
>
> Regards
> Michael
Isn't this going to put the API into a cast? (for the good and for the bad)
Regards

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