LO4 in repos?

[Cybe R. Wizard]

On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 10:19:14 +0000
Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> On 12 February 2013 06:56, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > On 12/02/13 01:34, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> >>
> >> Colin Law wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Does one get Unity integration if LO is installed manually?
> >>>
> >> If you download the package from LibreOffice you forego all the
> >> Ubuntu-specific patches, which includes the Unity integration.
> >>
> >> You also lose the auto-update unless you use some LO PPA or
> >> repository of some sort.
> >
> >
> > I ask this question with the sole purpose of gaining knowledge.
> >
> > What exactly do you mean by,"....you forego all the Ubuntu-specific
> > patches, which includes the Unity integration."?
> >
> > What would such "Ubuntu-specific patches" be, and what would be
> > "Unity integration" ?
> 
> Unity integration is so that it plays nicely with the launcher and
> Dash.
> 
> Colin
> 
Doesn't that seem backward?  Shouldn't integration come from the DE,
not the individual packages?  It seems a little odd that a DE should
have to 'repair' packages in order to use them with its own integrated
controls.

Cybe R. Wizard
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