Quoting amrith glibc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > We are planning to create a HP-UX port of openoffice for both Itaniium > and > PA. After seeing the statitistics ie, 30k source files and 9000000lines of > C++ code, It seems to be big effort.
Most of that code runs on all platforms already so do not be put off by the lines of code. Porting involves mostly some conditional code for different platforms, when you run into trouble you will see what other platforms have done already. > So before taking up this effort of porting, I would like to get information > regarding the time and effort this porting activity has taken for any > other ported platform. There are 2 stages of commitment - (1) some intensive work to get the initial port completed, then (2) some intensive work to keep up with any changes that affect your platform for ever after ;) > Initially we may go for a very bare minimal features. I think if you get it to run then it will be full featured, it is all or nothing > It would be really nice, if some one who has taken part in any such porting > activity can answer my below given questions. > > 1. How much time it will take to port openoffice with full features. > 2. How much time it will take to port openoffice with minimal features. How much time have you got? I think you will soon see the amount of features does not matter. > 3. What are the main issues which need to be fixed in the porting phase. config_office: contains the configuration steps, which make sure you have all the tools working to make a build solenv: some simple changes to use the correct compiler flags for the platform and thinsg like that sal: if you are unlucky, some platform specific parts in here bridges: some small amount of assembler code, but there are examples of other platforms to consider, and high quality help is avaliable... > 4. Is there any existing port available for HP-UX. The main thing is to get started! Read the guides at http://porting.openoffice.org/ File issues, ask on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list and irc, my own experience has been that there will be plenty of help from the community jim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
