Nicu Buculei wrote:
As OOo can be compiled with GCJ/GCC 4.x this is not necessarily true
anymore.
Of course, for the foreseeable future all builds coming from Sun will
need JRE but expect the ones coming from 3-rd parties to not need it
(Fedora does not need JRE, AFAIK Ubuntu will also not need JRE in the
next version etc.)
Given Ubuntu's stand on Free Software (yay Ubuntu!) I also have expect
that they'll compile OOo with GCJ and circunvent the need for Sun's JRE.
The question is: our documentation is made for OOo as built by Sun and
distributed from http://openoffice.org or is a general documentation for
OOo?
I vote general. *Definitely* general. I wouldn't be happy to somehow tie
the documentation to Sun's build and ignore builds from groups whose
commitment to Free Softare I feel more confident of (Ubuntu, Debian,
etc). Especially considering that most OOo users are /not/ using Sun's
build, but the Novell/Ximian/Debian build. This build is used by SUSE,
Red Hat, Debian and Ubuntu at least (AFAIK).
I should acknowledge my bias: I don't feel comfortable advertising a
proprietary software when Free/Open alternatives are available.
Same here. And Sun's JRE is propietary software.
Though, in the name of accuracy, I think we have to mention its
existence. But also in the name of accuracy, it would be wrong to say
that those features need the JRE, as that is false.
I would suggest something like the following paragraph:
"Some OpenOffice.org features use (like wizards) use Java. Depending on
who your supplier is, these features might be compiled in with GCJ, or
they might require the download of an additional Java Virtual Machine
such as the one produced by Sun at http://www.java.com";
The only snag is that most users won't know hat "compiled" or "GCJ" means.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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