On 12/15/2008 12:53 PM, Drew Jensen wrote: > NoOp wrote: >> >> Excellent decision. A reply that I provided over on the OOo general list: >> >>>>>>> However two main points: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 1. It is generally advisable to keep and maintain the current version of >>>>>>> Ubuntu OOo in both 8.04 and 8.10 as those versions will: 1) continue to >>>>>>> receive standard and security updates, and 2) they are versions that use >>>>>>> gstreamer for media support. Have you ever had to deal with jmf in >>>>>>> standard OOo? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> 2. OOo 3.0 can easily be downloaded and installed in 8.04 or 8.10 >>>>>>> without any distruption or interference to an existing (U)OOo install. >>>>>>> Advocating that people install from a ppa that will overwrite their >>>>>>> existing (U)OOo installations is, IMO, irresponsible. > > ppa does stand for personal package area - I should of spelled that out > before. > > On the other hand it can also be used by teams for publishing their > collective work via launchpad. In this case it is a team effort and not > that of an individual. > > In this case the who: > > mathias klose - member of the Ubuntu foundation team and ubuntu core > development team > Chris cheney - member Ubuntu Core Development team > > Will these packages go upstream into the main ubuntu repositories..I > don't know - I can guess. > > Would a person that uses say OxygenOffice ( > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ooop ) not be allowed to enter a bug > into the openoffice.org tacking system? Of course not, they do. > > How about someone that builds their own copy? > > Anyway I will admit that I should of spelled this out more - but > irresponsible. I don't think so, but then I'm biased. > > Best wishes, > > Drew
The 'irresponsible' part is for those that adivse others to install from a the ppa (whether it be Mathias' & Chris' or any other) without first advising them of all of the issues: *particularly* the issue that it will cause their existing repo 2.4.1 version to be overwritten. Case in point; from M. Henri: > Thanks, Drew, in particular for the repositories ! I've now used them to > replace OOo 2.4.1 with OOo 3.0.0 M. Henri now has no stable 2.4.1 on his system and instead has a ppa (read development) 3.0.0 version. If he runs into problems with this ppa version where shall he file a bug report? https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org ? I suppose if he is testing 'jaunty' (development version of Ubuntu) (see https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org and https://code.launchpad.net/~openoffice-pkgs) then Chris or Mathias may respond. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openoffice.org/+bug/288072 But I reckon that Chris has his hands full with supporting the standard flavours of (U)OOo without having non-testing 'standard users' pop up on launchpad with ppa 3.0.0 issues. Of course I could be wrong about this part, but given the still outstanding (U)OOo issues, I'd bet not. I have the same issues with sites such as this: <http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-To-Install-OpenOffice-org-3-0-in-Ubuntu-8-10-96449.shtml> that advocate the same without forewarning the 'standard user' in advance. Sorry, but I stand by my statement. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
