The /usr/bin/soffice and /usr/bin/unopkg executables/symlinks are still a problem since (in the Fedora packages) they would conflict between LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice: it is recommended to fix it in the LibreOffice packages too. This issue was widely discussed for Fedora 19 too (the feature was then postponed to Fedora 20 since OpenOffice 4.0 was rescheduled to be released after Fedora 19). The change is isolated, except some possible packaging overlap with LibreOffice, see below. The OpenOffice sources have been updated to allow a clean build with the default tools shipped with Fedora 19. Version 4.0 produces packages based on the current product name: this allows to avoid name clashes with older versions of OpenOffice. The default OpenOffice build process produces RPM packages, but there are major changes to be done to obtain a set of RPM packages and matching SRPMs suitable for inclusion in Fedora. Version 4.0 of OpenOffice brings major and very visible improvements, such as a new and more modern user interface, which are enough to differentiate OpenOffice from other free office suites, like LibreOffice 4.0 and the older OpenOffice versions (known as "" at the time).įedora could be one of the first distributions to include Apache OpenOffice after the release of version 4.0. To be clear, this proposal is about merely adding Apache OpenOffice: it doesn't affect existing office suites included in Fedora and it doesn't require that Apache OpenOffice is made the default office suite in Fedora.įedora will be able to offer an extremely popular productivity suite, often used to interoperate with Windows users too. The two new versions, 3.4.0 and 3.4.1, released in 2012 under the Apache guidance totalled around 60 million downloads in 16 months, not counting extra mirrors. Add Apache OpenOffice, the free productivity suite, to Fedora.Īpache OpenOffice (formerly ) is an extremely popular free and open-source office software suite.ĭonated by Oracle to the Apache Software Foundation in 2011, it is now developed and supported by a thriving community it graduated from the Apache Incubator in October 2012 and it is now an Apache Top-Level Project.Īpache OpenOffice 4.0 (release date: ) is a major update.
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