[tdf-discuss] macro compatibility between LO and AOO?

[Fred Ollinger]

I know that there were reasons for the fork and I respect that. I was
wondering if libreoffice and aooo can't agree to some basic level api
for 3rd party developers?

Probably not, but I think it's worth asking.

Fred

On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 8:28 AM, Keith Curtis <keithcu at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 4, 2013 at 1:46 AM, Fernand Vanrie <sos at pmgroup.be> wrote:
>> On 4/03/2013 8:27, M. Fioretti wrote:
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 04, 2013 08:16:25 AM +0100, Fernand Vanrie wrote:
>>>
>>>> 99% percent , changes comes and will come from incompatiliteis in de API.
>>>> for now this is OK, small changes from version to version, but
>>>> nothing who not can been repaired or handled with the code( basic)
>>>> itself
>>>
>>> I knew that. The sense of my question is, is there is a list of things
>>> to avoid beforehand, rather than wait that they break and fix the
>>> code?
>>
>> thats more a question for the developers list .
>> LibreOffice at lists.freedesktop.org  and fore the aOO counterpart
>> ooo-dev at incubator.apache.org
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Marco
>
> The reason why nobody responded is no one knows, and it will generally
> get worse over time as the codebases diverge. It is sort of like the
> Java: "write once, test everywhere" situation.
>
> One of the unintended consequences of the fork is the various ways it
> makes things more difficult for third-parties. Users will generally
> pick one product, but extension developers have a more complicated set
> of choices because they may want to support multiple brands. Here is
> an article I recently wrote about the power of brands that may be
> helpful: http://keithcu.com/wordpress/?p=3163
>
> The good news is that in the free software world, code flows with less
> friction. Any typical (non-enterprise) who really wants an extension
> will likely be able to install a specific version of the product if it
> is required. It is just a download.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Regards,
>
> -Keith
>
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