Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Josh Triplett
Bruce Byfield wrote: > I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in > OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative > opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and how they > are planning on handling the situation. > > If possible, I'd like to

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Rene Engelhard wrote: This is my comment. Probably not suitable for a official quote but the comment of one of the two maintainers. Would you mind being quoted, or at least cited as the source? Your comments will be a good example of the problems that the situation causes. To put it mildly, it so

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Anders Breindahl wrote: P. S.: Bruce, would you post a link to me, when you're done with your article? I'll write to the debian-openoffice list when it appears. However, in case I forget, the article is being done for Newsforge, and I plan on finishing it within the week. That probably means that

Bug#274602: still here

2005-03-05 Thread Christophe Combelles
I can still reprocuce this crash with 1.1.3-7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Anders Breindahl
Hi Rene and others, I truly concur. I find it increasingly worrying that Sun to some extent considers Java to be okay for a Free office-suite. I also spot the commercial interest that Sun might have, and I think that this makes OOo less optimal for the Free Software community -- including Debi

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread David A. Cobb
Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I only discovered the page and the working group by way of the "back-door." That is, through the OpenOffice.org page on Installing for Linux. As it is, I would not have read that except for the 2.0 _beta_ announcement -- I already had both a 1.

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: > I only discovered the page and the working group by way of the > "back-door." That is, through the OpenOffice.org page on Installing for > Linux. As it is, I would not have read that except for the 2.0 _beta_ > announcement -- I already had both a 1.1.2, and a "1.9.

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread David A. Cobb
Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I guess I need to start with, "Is anyone here awake?" I see that No, the question here is where you were the last months. OK. Any of the months from June 2004 through February 2005, mostly trying to get a stable and working Debian insta

CVS:openoffice.debian.net/WML/INCLUDES body.wmi,1.2,1.3

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/openoffice.debian.net/WML/INCLUDES In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv12766/WML/INCLUDES Modified Files: body.wmi Log Message: fix comment Index: body.wmi === RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/op

CVS:openoffice.debian.net patches.wml,1.8,1.9

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/openoffice.debian.net In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv7873 Modified Files: patches.wml Log Message: s/openoffice/ooo-build/ Index: patches.wml === RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/openoffice.

CVS:openoffice.debian.net/WML/INCLUDES body.wmi,1.1.1.1,1.2

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/openoffice.debian.net/WML/INCLUDES In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv19043/WML/INCLUDES Modified Files: body.wmi Log Message: add MST to make dates/times more clear Index: body.wmi === RCS file

CVS:oo-debian-files/doc TODO,1.21,1.22

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv11515/doc Modified Files: TODO Log Message: minor TODO update Index: TODO === RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc/TODO,v r

CVS:oo-debian-files/debian changelog,1.125,1.126

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/debian In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv11515/debian Modified Files: changelog Log Message: minor TODO update Index: changelog === RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-fi

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Rene Engelhard wrote: > Anyway, I will look whether I can find some time at this weekend to > update the page... I just did a quick update... Grüße/Regards, René -- .''`. René Engelhard -- Debian GNU/Linux Developer : :' : http://www.debian.org | http://people.debian.org/~rene/ `. `'

Re: Py UNO ... update ?

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
[CC:ing debain-openoffice, may be interessant for others, too ] Hi, Alex Perry wrote: > http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2004/07/msg00216.html > http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2004/07/msg00227.html > > This exchange was six months ago, and I can't find anything more recent >

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Bruce Byfield wrote: > If possible, I'd like to get a quote about how Debian plans to respond. > By putting together a Java-free package? By using a free implementation This is what we currently do for 1.1.x. > of Java? By some other means? Since Debian is a distribution that is That's w

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: >I guess I need to start with, "Is anyone here awake?" I see that No, the question here is where you were the last months. If you would have been here (or using Debian sarge/sid) you would have seen that there were regular openoffice.org updates for sarge and sid an

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Sam Hiser
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:50 -0500, David A. Cobb wrote: > Bruce Byfield wrote: > > > Hi: > > > > I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in > > OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative > > opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and h