Thank you Joerg. This is a good explaination. So, does this also mean that the continued X11 port will be comparable in functionality to say...Linux ports?
I'd like to be able to provide some type of high level feature comparison. Thanks, Sarah Bate "Joerg Barfurth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sarah Bate wrote: >> Thank you Alastair. Yes - I do mean the evolution of the OpenOffice >> product - not Evolution. >> >> One question in regard to the X11 porting project. What impact, if any, >> is seen with the discontinuing of an X11 2.0 port? Reading the Slashdot >> blogs I can see the engineering issues. >> (http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/05/01/16/1853232.shtml?tid=185&tid=3 ) >> > > It appears that this gets easily mixed up: > > - Of course OOo will continue to support X11 on unix-like platforms. > - The Mac OS X port using X11 support for display is alive and well. > - The NeoOffice/J project that tries to create a Mac OS X port/fork with > Aqua UI will continue to do so. > > Until recently there was a roadmap, that work on an Aqua port within the > OpenOffice.org project (rather than in NeoOffice) would be resumed in the > foreseeable future (by the people who explored solutions for this in > NeoOffice). This announcement was now withdrawn. At the same time it was > emphasised that the OSX/X11 port must stay alive for NeoOffice/J or any > future OSX/Aqua port to be feasible. > > So the only news is that something that existed only as an announcement so > far was cancelled due to lack of people doing it. > > Ciao, J�rg > > -- > Joerg Barfurth Sun Microsystems - Desktop - Hamburg > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> using std::disclaimer <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > Software Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] > OpenOffice.org Configuration http://util.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
