Bug#747132: libreoffice: The metapackage libreoffice should not recommend liberation fonts
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 08:33:35AM -0500, Karl O. Pinc wrote:
> Whether people who don't know what they're doing
They typicaly do apt-get install libreoffice.
> should be "allowed" to install individual libreoffice components
> is, to me, the crux of the matter. Are the components,
> writer, calc, etc., available stand-alone or not?
Someone who installs stuff is (well, should) be clueful. They have root
on their machines and/or are root.
> The typical computer user (most people out there)
> don't use all the components. The most basic user
> (the proverbial grandmother) gets confused by having too
> many choices in their menus. If they only use writer
> and calc that's all that should appear in the menus.
Or even better: just the startcenter. Add NoDisplay=true to what you
don't want? (Admin job.)
> Further, there's a big "middle" group of people between
> the typical users, above, and the people who are able
> to actually figure out what the problem is when
> things break because just a few components are installed.
> If it looks like you should be able to install just, e.g.,
> writer, then you should be able to do so without having
> a system you can't fix. I can't say how you might go
> about doing so but if the individual components don't
> stand on their own then most people really need to be
> discouraged from installing them.
There's functions which don't work in Base when you don't have writer.
You don't have Db connectivitiy in -writer/-calc when you don't have Base.
Either one works without the other, but you might want the other for
more or "special" functionality....
Anyway, this is OT for the original proposition...
Regards,
Rene
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