Bug 51764

Summary: : extensions page misleading, they aren't "included in the package" on Linux
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: skierpage <info>
Component: WWWAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: normal    
Priority: medium CC: bjoern.michaelsen, website
Version: 3.5.4 release   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
Whiteboard: BSA
i915 platform: i915 features:

Description skierpage 2012-07-05 15:54:41 UTC 
Problem description: 

Steps to reproduce:
1. Google search for "libreoffice import PDF"
2. Visit http://www.libreoffice.org/features/extensions/
3. It optimistically says
"Note that, in LibreOffice 3.3, many great extensions that were formerly separate downloads have now been included in the package as standard features:
    PDF Import: the PDF Import extension ..."
Yay, great!

Current behavior:
But Ubuntu's packaging of LibreOffice *does not* include these extensions.  Writer's Tools > Extension Manager  lists only "Script provider for Python".  In Ubuntu PDF import is a separate package, libreoffice-pdfimport , and best as I can tell this is not part of the default LO install.

Expected behavior:
Add a note to http://www.libreoffice.org/features/extensions/ e.g.
"Some Linux distributions provide these extensions separately; you can use your computer's package manager or software center to install them."

Platform (if different from the browser): 
Kubuntu 12.04 amd64
              
Browser: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:14.0) Gecko/20120621 Firefox/14.0 SeaMonkey/2.11
Comment 1 Caolán McNamara 2012-07-05 16:14:42 UTC 
website text updated

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