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Re: [trinity-devel] KOffice Suite

From: Kristopher John Gamrat <chaotickjg@...>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:52:11 -0500
On Tuesday 22 November 2011 01:42:46 pm Calvin Morrison wrote:
> On 22 November 2011 13:37, Kristopher John Gamrat <chaotickjg@...>wrote:
> 
> > On Tuesday 22 November 2011 01:31:28 pm Calvin Morrison wrote:
> > > On 22 November 2011 13:29, Kristopher John Gamrat <chaotickjg@...
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tuesday 22 November 2011 01:13:50 pm Calvin Morrison wrote:
> > > > > Something I would like to push more than personal use is office use.
> > Do
> > > > you
> > > > > think the suite is suitable for office use? (I am not really sure
> > here -
> > > >  I
> > > > > have only played around with it)
> > > >
> > > > From what I remember for a couple years ago, with some slight reworking
> > > > with the interface and adding some document templates, it should be
> > doable
> > > > for both personal and professional.
> > >
> > > I think it is hard to justify developing an entire suite however, on top
> > of
> > > a desktop environment. I'd much rather effort be put towards TDE
> > > integration into LOffice, where there is a team of 100+ developers
> > working
> > > on it.
> > >
> > > I say we leave KOffice how it is, for people who need it, then focus on
> > > Loffice (i think this is already the plan?)
> >
> > I think we should either bring it up to par with other office suites, or
> > drop it altogether. I'm completely impartial to either. I personally don't
> > use it, but with some improvement I'd definitely try it again.
> >
> >
> Well there are certain applications like Krita that are not replaceable,
> and no other programs currently provide their functions.

There are, but AFAIK they're all GTK.

I can't seem to find a Krita package in Debian Squeeze on 3.5.13, though I know I saw it in 3.5.12.

> Anyway, this discussion has already happened a while back.

So why are we still having it? O.o

-- 
Kristopher Gamrat
Ark Linux webmaster
http://www.arklinux.org/

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