OpenOffice.org extras - again
Frank smith
fsmith at web-links.net
Mon Mar 14 10:16:07 UTC 2005
Hi
If we need clipart we should be able to download it.
It shouldn't be a part of the package.
Cheers
Bob
On Mon, 2005-03-14 at 10:16 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> there was some recent talk about including additional templates in
> OpenOffice.org as distributed by Fedora:
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00478.html
> the discuss was expanded later to other extras, like clipart.
>
> it appears other distributors are doing exactly this: add a lot of
> extras to their version of OOo, for example Novell is planning to
> include images from the Open Clip Art Library:
> http://lists.freedesktop.org/pipermail/clipart/2005-March/002539.html
>
> someone has created a rpm which probably will go in Fedora Extras
> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2005-March/msg00566.html
> but IMO, something better is needed: integration - either include the
> clip art images in an OOo gallery using the patch from Novell or modify
> the OOo menu, adding a new item Insert->Pictures->Clipart which will
> point to the location of the installed images.
>
> also i think is worth judging the usefulness of including a *selection*
> of clipart in Core (i know in FC5 will not matter much if a package is
> in Core or Extras, this is about the next release, FC4).
> my take is: including clipart in the default install can benefit the
> overall value of the desktop, but also the size constraints should be
> considered.
>
> --
> nicu
>
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