Hi, On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 07:28:58PM +0100, David Ostrovsky wrote: > But isn't this is exactly what we did for years with Seamonkey based > Mozab driver ... and TBH if /me wouldn't remove it in: [2], we would > probably still ship the prebuilt binaries of this mess for years. So > what is wrong to ship parts of our suite that we can't build? Why it > was the right thing to do, to ship prebuilt Mozab mess for years, but > is wrong thing to do to ship prebuilt FB?
The LibreOffice project never decided to move from properly building a dependency to shipping binaries unbuildable on a modern toolchain. I hope it never will. > because the FB devs rejected support for the new toolchain > (C++14/C++17) for the next 10 years (at least) because they need the > compatibility with WinXP (see the thread from their ML I mentioned in > my previous mail). The reason d'etre for FB in LibreOffice at all is that it was a candidate to be a superior alternative to HSQLDB as a default. Currently however, given the above, FB hardly seems more attractive than HSQLDB and most certainly not a worthwhile replacement as default engine, esp. if you take into account the migration costs to expect. Anyway, the ESC was where this broader picture has been discussed -- so Id like not to repeat that discussion here, as the one on the ESC has been quite extensive. Best, Bjoern _______________________________________________ LibreOffice mailing list [email protected] https://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice
