Re: [tdf-discuss] OOo / LO Extensions

Olivier Hallot schrieb:
> 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
No, it isn't. You can improve standards (like ODF). LibreOffice for
example could develop new API elements especially for new features,
which could be intergrated in a later version of the API standard.

The standard should be only a practical set, supported by LibreOffice,
OpenOffice.org and others. But that doesn't mean the standard describes
the whole API of one of these products but only a great part. So there
is room for improvement.

Regards
Michael



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