Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Sam Hiser
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 19:50 -0500, David A. Cobb wrote: Bruce Byfield wrote: Hi: I'm working on an article about the decision to use Java in OpenOffice.org. The article will include both positive and negative opinions, and talk about how it affects repackagers of OOo, and how they

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I guess I need to start with, Is anyone here awake? I see that No, the question here is where you were the last months. If you would have been here (or using Debian sarge/sid) you would have seen that there were regular openoffice.org updates for sarge and sid and

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Bruce Byfield wrote: If possible, I'd like to get a quote about how Debian plans to respond. By putting together a Java-free package? By using a free implementation This is what we currently do for 1.1.x. of Java? By some other means? Since Debian is a distribution that is That's

Re: Py UNO ... update ?

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
[CC:ing debain-openoffice, may be interessant for others, too ] Hi, Alex Perry wrote: http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2004/07/msg00216.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-openoffice/2004/07/msg00227.html This exchange was six months ago, and I can't find anything more recent

CVS:oo-debian-files/debian changelog,1.125,1.126

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/debian In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv11515/debian Modified Files: changelog Log Message: minor TODO update Index: changelog === RCS file:

CVS:oo-debian-files/doc TODO,1.21,1.22

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Update of /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc In directory gluck:/tmp/cvs-serv11515/doc Modified Files: TODO Log Message: minor TODO update Index: TODO === RCS file: /cvs/debian-openoffice/oo-debian-files/doc/TODO,v

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread David A. Cobb
Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I guess I need to start with, Is anyone here awake? I see that No, the question here is where you were the last months. OK. Any of the months from June 2004 through February 2005, mostly trying to get a stable and working Debian

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I only discovered the page and the working group by way of the back-door. That is, through the OpenOffice.org page on Installing for Linux. As it is, I would not have read that except for the 2.0 _beta_ announcement -- I already had both a 1.1.2, and a 1.9.79

Re: OOo 2.0 rc, and current status

2005-03-05 Thread David A. Cobb
Rene Engelhard wrote: Hi, David A. Cobb wrote: I only discovered the page and the working group by way of the back-door. That is, through the OpenOffice.org page on Installing for Linux. As it is, I would not have read that except for the 2.0 _beta_ announcement -- I already had both a

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Anders Breindahl wrote: P. S.: Bruce, would you post a link to me, when you're done with your article? I'll write to the debian-openoffice list when it appears. However, in case I forget, the article is being done for Newsforge, and I plan on finishing it within the week. That probably means that

Re: Java and OpenOffice.org

2005-03-05 Thread Bruce Byfield
Rene Engelhard wrote: This is my comment. Probably not suitable for a official quote but the comment of one of the two maintainers. Would you mind being quoted, or at least cited as the source? Your comments will be a good example of the problems that the situation causes. To put it mildly, it