Hi, some of you have already noticed that the OpenOffice.org package is finally built for older products by the Build Service. The packages are available at
http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/openSUSE_10.2/ http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/SUSE_Linux_10.1/ http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/SUSE_Linux_10.0/ http://software.opensuse.org/download/OpenOffice.org/SLED_10/ Let me to answer some potential question. I hope that the FAQ style would be better readable. Q: What sources are used? A: The packages are based on the latest sources from FACTORY and rebuilt for older products. The current packages are based on OOo-2.2.1rc1. Q: Are there any differences against FACTORY? A: There are some few features that cannot be built on older products. For example, the gstreamer on SL 10.0 is too old, so the audio/video support cannot be enabled there. Q: How often will OOo be updated? A: I usually update the OOo package in FACTORY every two weeks. There might be bigger delay in the early development phase of a openSUSE or SLED. There might be more often updates close before the release the products. There might be another delays caused by build issues. There are still some problems with the build machines. The openSUSE team is working on it. Another problems might be caused by the package itself. I will always try to fix them within the next submit, so you should have a newer version at least once each month. Q: What is the stability? A: The stability of the package will vary over the time. In general, it should be very stable close before the openSUSE release. It might be less stable otherwise. The current version should be in a good shape because it is based on quite stable upstream sources and also on quite stable Novell changes. The situation might be totally different in a month when I plan to update to the upstream OOo-2.3 development snapshot and use also the latest Novell changes. Q: Is it possible to find somewhere an older "good" build when the current one is not usable? A: Currently no. I heard that the GNOME project had the same problem. We are waiting for an official support from the Build Service framework. We hope that it will support making snapshots in the future. Q: How is this build supported by Novell? A: This build is not officially supported by Novell. We will be happy if you report bugs, see below. Though, it might take longer time until the bugs are fixed, especially if they happen only on older products. Note that I do only some basic checks in FACTORY. I am sorry, I can't do this checks on all older distributions with every update. We are going to add some automatic test during build, so we might quarantee a bigger quality in the future (hopefully within next 2 months). Q: Where can I ask questions regarding OOo? A: I am sorry, even if I find more time for you, I can't answer everything. I would sort the questions into the following categories: + general questions about OOo (about a functionality) should be best answered by the OOo community on [EMAIL PROTECTED] + bugs should be reported into bugzilla, see below + other questions about our plans, Novell features, ... should be send to this list. Please mention "OpenOffice.org or OOo somewhere in the Subject. I promise, I'll take more care of this list and answer OOo-related questions at least once or twice a week. If I don't, feel free to CC me ;-) Q: How to report bugs? A: Please, report bugs at https://bugzilla.novell.com for the product "OpenOffice.org 2.0". Please, do not forget to mention: + that the package is from the Build Service + system you are running, e.g. "openSUSE-10.2-x86_64" + desktop you are using, e.g. KDE, GNOME + OOo version from the last line of the dialog "Help/About OpenOffice.org", e.g. "Build 2.2.0.1" + that you are running 32-bit OOo on x86_64 system if this is the case + steps to reproduce + other useful details (e.g. screenshots, backtrace, strace) It will help us a lot and it will increase the chance that the bug will be fixed. I am sure that you will have more questions. Feel free to ask. Enjoy OOo ;-) -- Best Regards, Petr Mladek software developer --------------------------------------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX, s. r. o. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lihovarská 1060/12 tel: +420 284 028 952 190 00 Prague 9 fax: +420 284 028 951 Czech Republic http://www.suse.cz/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
