LibreOffice Online releases are currently made in two forms: raw code and a Docker container. The Docker container is in principle substantially more convenient, but in practice it is nearly unusable because it lacks the source file and is configured in an obscure and undocumented way. To us, to provide code that is so difficult to set up and run in a production environment seems to lack some of the spirit of open source and will make it difficult to develop a community around the product. We therefore request that in future releases of the Docker Container include it’s source file (Dockerfile); are fully documented; and refer to a guidance document with instructions for installation and configuration. In the meantime, to help others also trying to use LibreOffice Online, and to illustrate the problems, we have posted our own experience with the current release at our blog.
