[ btw, as maintainer of the package I *do* read -openoffice as that's
  the maintainer addrress. You don't need to Cc me in addition ]

Hi,

Peter Besenbruch wrote:
> > That's why this is called a workaround and no fix.
> > The fix will come in rc2 I hope -  upstream will fix it for 3.0.1, they
> > broke it after all, and -2 was just a quick workaround to get OOo st least
> > starting.
> 
> Yes, the bug has gone from grave to just annoying, and it can be worked 
> around. I was offering a better work-around: the substitution of the soffice 
> file from 3.0. I was also reporting a flaw you might not have been aware of, 
> as I did not see it discussed on the list.

That will be what will be in rc2 when upstream fixes it (basically).

Yes, I could have reverted the cvs banch which lead to this but that would
have been more invasive and confusing than this workaround (imho).

> That's a given. I'm trying to help out; I am not complaining. I fully realize

OK, sorry.

> that the merely annoying aspects may not be fixed until new code comes from
> upstream. If what I am doing isn't appropriate, please tell me, and I'll

Especially as the default in the packages is still to *not* use the KDE
dialog ;-)

> I am getting a fair bit of work done with OpenOffice 3, both 3.0 and 3.0.1    
> builds. It is stable (even with my work-around), and I like the interface     

Actually, I think 3.0 was not stable at all given all its regressions fixed
in 3.0.1 (or even only 3.1, but...), but it's better than 3.0, yes :-)
  
> changes. I may be imagining things, but I think 3.0.1 is faster than 3.0.

Might be.

Grüße/Regards,

René
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