> > The reason I suggest this is that not every distribution uses RPM. By > > offering your main Linux download based on RPM, you imply support for > > mainstream distributions only. Someone like myself who uses > > Slackware, and from time to time "no distribution" misses the previous > > distribution-neutral setup program. > > Hi Jem, > I think that you will find that your distributor packages OOo for you. If > they do not then you need to ask them to contribute this to the OOo project > or you should help them to help you.
I realize that, and sure I hope that someone would package it for me. But it seems strange for OpenOffice, which wants to be as accessible as possible, to rely on prepared packages for every distro version imaginable. And in the case of Slackware, which is a lean distro, we have to rely on unofficial contributions to get a package. What would be the harm in offering, as a download option, a .tar.gz containing Linux binaries that the user could then extract and install as they wish? It would ensure that Linux users who play with odd system setups, or use older (unsupported) distro versions, still easily can use OpenOffice and shouldn't that be the whole point? --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
