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by shirederby 4716 days ago
> Port Agenda Wizard from Java to python. Removed 11 files, 5345 lines of java code (Xisco Faulí)

> Port Web Wizard from Java to python. 140 files changed, 5076 (+), 11416 (-). Removed 55 files, 10426 lines of java code (Javier Fernandez)

So it looks like they're trying to scrub out the Java parts (except perhaps in Base). Does anyone know if this is the case?
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bkor 4716 days ago
Michael Meeks once said they want to get rid of as much of Java as possible. Not sure of all the reasons. Just having Java enabled in OO.org used to be a major cause of OO.org starting up slowly. I haven't checked if that is still the case in LibreOffice, but not needing Java is quite nice. IIRC the Java dependency was not really made on technical reasons, more that either the developers (Sun) knew+liked it or that they wanted to push it.

I really appreciate that they're reducing the amount of languages in the project, makes it easier for new developers to join. There are loads of things that they're doing just to make it easier for developers. Pretty weird reason to prefer LibreOffice because of this, but that's me :P

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buovjaga 4716 days ago
Yep, and even in Base: http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/18322/is-there-any-pl...
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mariuz 4716 days ago
Firebird will be the default database instead of hsql in Base so yes java will be removed in the future

http://www.ahunt.org/2013/07/firebird-now-in-master/

http://www.ahunt.org/2013/05/gsoc-2013-libreoffice-firebird-...

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