Hi Peter, Thanks for the detailed reply. How you guys are building it for Windows on your sides if SDK is not available anymore?
Build related documents shows the pre-requisites and looks like I may have to build it on my machine directly (no build server like Cheff or Maven etc). And I guess, I could use GCC compilers here. I've not used Linux since a long time. Please let me know, if on Linux, I can build for Windows too, so either I would get a Linux VM or may use some extra machine to install Linux on it and made it a build machine. In which technology, you are building the msi file... ?? I think, I may be a good help in WIX. Yes, I will be subscribing to dev mailing list too. Regards On Tue, 9 Oct 2018 at 11:04, Peter Kovacs <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome Farrukh Waheed, > > It is more up to you then to the Project if you can be a part of > OpenOffice. We are organized by the merocratic principle. If you develop > the project you are part of it. > > If you need access in order to participate, like wiki access, it will be > granted. Commit rights are granted when we have some trust, that you > mean it. So it is vital to > > show interest and participate on development mailing list. Best is > subscribing to it. > > > In order to develop OpenOffice you need the understanding of our build > system. Which is not an easy thing. We recommend usually to learn how to > build OpenOffice. > > Currently OpenOffice is difficult to build on Windows because the SDK > you need is not available anymore. But I think someone on development > mailing list can > > provide you with the same if you want to try to build OpenOffice on > Windows. > > The guides you find here: > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO > > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO/Step_by_step#Windows_7.2C_Windows_8.1.2C_Windows_10 > > > Someone with WIX knowledge is awesome, since I would like to see a new > Windows installer build on WIX technology. We currently use an msi file > wrapped in an exe installer. That is not very nice. > > If you have questions just ask on dev mailing list or here. Whenever you > feel appropriate. > > > All the best > > Peter > > On 10/9/18 6:58 AM, Farrukh Waheed wrote: > > Hi > > I'm a student of Bs-Software Engineering in Pakistan. I've finished 2 > > semesters and covered Introduction to Computing, Introduction to > > Programming, OOP, and Data Structures. Algorithms may come in this coming > > semester. > > > > I have developed a good understanding of C++ now. > > > > In addition, I'm already working in the field of DevOps (Configuration > > Management). However, currently working with Windows based technologies. > > I'm good with Winodws Installer technology with WIX and Install shield > and > > have well understanding of deployments methods. > > > > I also wrote Wix Burn based custom bootstrapper application for my > company > > in .Net (C#) while applying WPF's MVVM pattern by studying it myself. > > > > Presently working with Team Foundation Server, while managing builds and > > developing scripts to automate and enhance certain tasks like injecting > > versions in code before compile, signing at the end and then build the > > installers, merge modules etc. > > > > I'm very much interested to work on other Build technologies, like > Puppet, > > Chef etc,. > > > > Please let me know if I can start now to be part of Open Office > > applications. > > > > Thanks > > Farrukh Waheed > > >
