[libreoffice-users] Re: Base - a risky feature of the document display?

Le 01/12/2017 à 23:08, Harvey Nimmo a écrit :

Hi Harvey,

You are correct, it would improve the user experience of Base by an
important measure to have a GUI UPDATE capability. This is something
that has been desired by users since the days of StarOffice, through
OpenOffice.org to the present day with LibreOffice. We're looking at a
period of over 20 years here.

As of yet, no developer has stepped up to the plate to provide that
functionality, bearing in mind that the precursors to LibreOffice were
curated by some rather large corporations, it could have been done, but
sadly never was. The fact of the matter is that Base is still rather the
"runt" of LO development. One of the reasons for this is no doubt the
complexity of having to understand both database programming principles
and specificities and the LO code behind Base itself. There are easier
targets for developers to pick and choose, and so these tend to get
chosen over something meatier like what you are asking for.

Currently, Base development goes in fits and starts. Current Firebird
integration was the result of at least one GSOC project (two or three in
fact, I seem to recall). The fact that the transition to Firebird as the
default embedded database engine is still not complete, is an indication
of the lack of interest in seeing things through, unfortunate though
that may be.

There are several other areas where Base development could do with a
serious boost, but unless developers can be attracted to them, very
little will change. Some of the core developers working on other areas
of LO never touch anything database-related and in their humble opinions
if Base were to disappear in a puff of smoke, they wouldn't be
particularly saddened. Indeed, they would probably be happier that the
code had been lightened by several tens of thousands of lines of code,
and not least, be rid of all Java dependencies.


So, you see, it is an uphill battle just to keep what we have, let alone
develop new features for it.



Alex


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