LO4 in repos?

[Avi Greenbury]

Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 12/02/13 21:19, Colin Law 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.
> 
> Ah, OK, thanks.
> 
> So, what has been found is that the deb packages downloaded from LO
> and installed as per the instructions in the README file (within the
> Main Installer) does not "play nice" with Ubuntu, right?

It depends what you mean by 'play nice' really. The 'problem' is
generally more a lack of prettiness or convenience in favour of a
standard-looking UI and a standard way of interacting with it.

-- 
Avi