I get that LibreOffice isn’t really needed on a server or Windows based enterprise; but i take it as this means RHEL is going to remove these packages from official repositories.
Does this mean LibreOffice won’t have RH as a supporter and maintainer?
It looks like they are shifting their focus on lower level desktop features. And they expect flatpack to be the main way to get LibreOffice on RHEL down the line.
That makes sense IMO. Linux desktop is currently lagging behind for anything related to visual arts (design, 2D/3D arts, photo/video editing, …) because of the lack of HDR support. And this despite the great tools available on Linux (Blender, Krita).
So if they stop supporting the LibreOffice RPM, knowing there are alternatives, to focus on such features, then why not.
I guess Flatpak it is. Bummer about the huge overhead of storage space you need for flatpaks, but it’s the technology the Red Hat side of things have been pushing for years.
I hope it will continue to be available on EPEL or something.
It probably will be, as long as someone is willing to maintain it there. EPEL gets engineering and infrastructure resources from Red Hat, but individual packages are maintained by volunteers.
