2012/9/26 Jürgen Schmidt <[email protected]> > On 9/26/12 8:48 AM, Joost Andrae wrote: > > Hi Alexandro, > > > > soffice is an established file name for the binary. If there is a clash > > with LO's naming scheme then why should AOO change the name? It's LO > > that abandoned the name OpenOffice.... > > And if you take a look at the naming scheme of the API sun/star/... this > > is something you cannot change that easily. > > > > Kind regards, Joost > > > the point is simply that more stuff and functionality is depending on > this name. And if we consider to change it we have to collect all this > stuff first and should work on a reliable migration plan. >
+1. At least on Linux, the "conflict" between AOO and LibO comes from distro packaging: you can install both, AOO and the official LibO side by side without problems. Just for curiosity: is it possible to put a second launch script, so you can start the program with both, soffice and, for example, aoo? Regards Ricardo > > I see at the moment no pressure to work on this and we have much more > important things to do. But feel free to start and keep us informed. And > before we do any real changes on the name in the code please inform us > about your finding and the migration plan. It's important that we don't > break things and avoid confusion where possible. > > Juergen >
