Re: libre office fail

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 09/25/2016 01:23 AM, Mark Fletcher wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 09:22:23PM -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> > Desperate, I tried to use command line to open an odt file. I got this
> > running sid:
> >
> > This is critical. :( Ric
>
> I'm sorry that this doesn't move you closer to an immediate solution,
> but do you really need to be using Sid? The words "sid", "critical" and
> "desperate", close together in the same sentence or close to it, is a
> little bit of a red flag...

Huh? If something breaks I'll sure mention it. This breakage is out of 
the norm, for sid breakage, It appears that gtk is broken real good! The 
only red flag you need to worry about is the one not waved.
> If you have truly critical processes / work stuff that you have to get
> done, sid wouldn't seem like the place to do it. Jessie is still pretty
> functional you know... I run stretch on boxes I don't mind breaking
> occasionally and Jessie on those I do. I have neither a compelling
> reason to use sid nor the time to devote to fixing it when it breaks,
> interesting learning experience though that would be. (and why do I
> capitalise Jessie and not stretch or sid? Who knows?)
>
> Of course no reason you shouldn't run sid if you want to, but not for
> critical stuff...


Again, I can handle a reasonable amount of breakage. This amount of 
breakage could become a very bad thing. I sure wouldn't want it to 
escape into the wild. Ric


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