Re: LibreOffice packages

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On 6/3/23 08:42, Michael Catanzaro wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 3 2023 at 10:26:07 AM -0000, John Iliopoulos <jxftw2424@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> While i completely understand why you do this i do think that it is 
>> important for desktop/workstation oriented devices to have some 
>> optional access to Office directly from the image file. Have you 
>> considered shipping the LibreOffice flatpak via the ISO much like 
>> Fedora Silverblue does with various other applications?
>>
>> This is the first time i reply to a mailing list so i hope i have not 
>> done anything wrong.
> 
> Hi. Welcome to the list. You haven't done anything wrong.
> 
> For Fedora Workstation, the mid-term plan is to ship all preinstalled 
> apps as Fedora Flatpaks. We cannot ship anything from Flathub because 
> FESCo will not allow it. I don't *like* this FESCo requirement, but I 
> also don't expect that to change. Accordingly, since Fedora Flatpaks 
> are built from Fedora RPMs, maintaining the LibreOffice RPMs is 
> essential to keep LibreOffice preinstalled. (I think that applies to 
> Silverblue as well?)

Fedora Flatpaks are also a security disaster: they are shipped in OCI
format instead of OSTree format, but they aren’t signed by anyone.
I’ve disabled the Fedora remote and recommend that others do the same.

> My $0.02: maintaining complex desktop applications as part of the 
> operating system requires significant effort and produces low value for 
> users when you can easily install that app from Flathub instead. (It 
> *especially* doesn't make sense to do in RHEL, but let's focus on 
> Fedora here.)

What is your reasoning here?  I’m not saying I disagree with you, but
I want to know *why* you believe this, especially since flatpaks consume
additional memory and disk space compared to RPMs.
-- 
Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
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