Hi Brock,

> Looks fine to me.

Thanks.

> I do have a question going forward, is it possible (ie, can OpenOffice 
> function) with only some of its components installed? For example, can 
> OO deal with having OO Calc and Math installed, but not Writer or the 
> other ... programs/modules/whatever the right term is? If so, then for 
> a future rev of this, it might be nice to break things up into 
> packages based on installable units. If it's an all or nothing deal, 
> then ignore that suggestion.

This was one of the questions we asked the OpenOffice.org engineers
as we were considering creating OOo package cluster by functionality.

Here is their reply:

" ...you should definitely not break down the packages by application but
by language instead. Separating by application is not a scenario covered by
our QA. For example the Writer module is required in nearly every other
area of the office, too. So I would strongly recommend not to separate by
application, this would lead to major trouble.

The user feedback has shown that people want to see separation by language.
They have no issue with downloading the whole applications but they have
major issues with downloading unnecessary languages. The Sun localization
team has already tried to escalate this some time ago to us here in 
engineering.
So please separate the cluster packages of OOo 3.0 by language."
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