According to Jody Goldberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > libole2 is now officially orphaned. > It has been replaced by libgsf. The replacement has function ole > import and export (including files > 6.8meg) and is in active use in > Gnumeric. The API seems solid but I'd like to see more testing > before doing an official release. There are a few requests > > 1) Build tests > This is especially for abiword developers the reigning XP kings. > Please try libgsf out on your plethora of platforms. It has > a very light set of depends. > - zlib > - libxml2 > - glib-2.0
It also depends on gnome-common scripts for the build system. My main issue with that is the fact that autogen.sh does check for a specific version of GNU libtool. That is a BIG problem since on MacOS X libtool is a propriery Apple thingy, and that Fink (or other UNIX tools distro) provide GNU libtool as glibtool. All in all, that break autogen.sh, and I haven't seen any quick and easy workaround. In short, I'll vote against the use of this library in AbiWord until those issues are resolved, otherwise I'd get stuck for a while in the Cocoa port. The other issue is glib-2 dependency, since AbiWord is still not gtk2 compatible, that WILL conflict. (and I'm not sure how this would make my life easier in the Cocoa port since I use glib, not glib2) Cheers, Hub -- Job-less AbiWord hacker. - http://www.teaser.fr/~hfiguiere/ Cell phone: +33 6 18 01 42 11
