2011/10/17 Kay Schenk <[email protected]>: > > > On 10/17/2011 03:39 AM, Nelson Marques wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> 2011/10/17 RGB ES<[email protected]>: >>> >>> 2011/10/17 Nelson Marques<[email protected]> >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> My name is Nelson and I'm a long time user of OpenOffice and OpenSUSE >>>> user. I've noticed that the openSUSE repositories are "abandoned" for >>>> the last 12 months, and I'm planning to explore the possibility of >>>> packaging it and deliver (if such is possible for a single soul with >>>> scarce time). > > YES! As an openSuSE person, I too, had thought about this but hadn't gotten > around to exploring the SuSE build utility! Good for you and much success > with this. I can probably help somewhat. Thanks so much for taking the > initiative on this. Needless to say, I was quite unhappy when openSuSE > abandoned OOo. But, I installed it anyway. Not a big problem really.
Hi, If you still feel like helping, it's welcome. About OBS, I don't mind sharing what I know. All help is welcome. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure on how it will be accepted, but I would assume a >>>> contribution like this would be welcomed by openSUSE (I don't >>>> represent openSUSE in any way). My main motivations are strong. I >>>> won't be contributing with code to Apache OpenOffice.org, unless it's >>>> something related with packaging. I've never peeked at the sources >>>> before, maybe now it's a good time to check how build this. >>>> >>>> Is this the right place to hang around ? >>>> >>>> With love from Portugal, >>>> Nelson Marques >>>> >>> >>> Great! IMHO, a repository with a vanilla OOo build will be just perfect! >>> openSUSE's build service(1) permits to build packages not only for >>> openSUSE, >>> but also for fedora, debian, ubuntu and others. >> >> I was only thinking on openSUSE supported, and I can cover Fedora as >> well, for the other platforms supported by OBS I have no experience at >> all (been running RH/SUSE for the last 13 years). >> >>> Be aware that there are switches that disable copyleft parts like >>> gstreamer >>> backend and hunspell: for a user oriented build maybe is good idea to >>> enable >>> them... ;) >> >> I'm sure that won't be a problem. >> >>> Cheers >>> Ricardo >>> ___________ >>> (1) https://build.opensuse.org/ >>> >> >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > MzK > > "There is no such thing as coincidence." > -- Leroy Jethro Gibbs, Rule #39 >
