3 ms·
It gets millions of downloads, putting users in danger who mistakenly think anyone is still maintaining this thing.
by davidgerard 3y ago
It gets millions of downloads, putting users in danger who mistakenly think anyone is still maintaining this thing.
- tombert 3y agoYeah, I agree. I think it would make sense to have a big disclaimer on the OpenOffice site saying "No longer maintained, please consider using these alternatives..." and link to a few other open source office suites (e.g. LibreOffice, Caligra)
- arp242 3y agoBut it is maintained? That it's not maintained in the way you or I might like isn't the same as "not maintained".
- tombert 3y agoI'd argue that "adding spaces to the readme" is really stretching the definition of the word "maintained". If they're not fixing bugs (particularly security bugs), and if they're not adding new features, what exactly are they "maintaining"?
- arp242 3y agoThey claim they do fix security problems though. And "doesn't really change much" is not a bad thing, it's an okay preference to have. I'd be perfectly happy using Opera 12 from 2012 – "warts and all" – with some minor changes (it actually runs fairly well today, with the major problem being lack of CSS variables, JS template strings, and a few other relatively minor additions).