On Friday 21 January 2005 15:26, Sarah Bate wrote: > 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.
Hi Sarah, I think so (as much as is possible). However if you want more information you should really ask on the relevant project : http://porting.openoffice.org/ -> "Mailing Lists" -> "dev" - having a look at the archive for previosu discussions of this topic). CPH > > 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 This announcement was now withdrawn.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] -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
