>> >> Several issues have been filed, each with plenty of "me too" comments >> appended. >> >> Writer and Calc appear to get all the attention, and Base appears to be >> relegated to the back burner. >> > >It seems that change is driven by the volunteers actually doing the >work. In other words, because they are volunteers, they choose what >tasks they undertake. > >That impression is what I've gleaned from the odd remark here and there >so it may well be wrong.
Terry: First off, Base is an addon product based on the HyperSonic SQL database. Thus the problem encountered may not be repairable by the OpenOffice.org folks. Second, there are few programmers willing to work with Base. Thus the amount of assets is smaller than that for Writer and Calc. Third. You NEED TO VOTE on an issue. If you don't and state "me too" then the problem will NOT get fixed. I am working with an issue on the Mac involving JDBC connections between Base and MySQL. The problem is not with OpenOffice.org but rather the JDBC connector that barely functions on the Mac and will not connect to a MySQL database hosted on Linux (and MySQL AB is well aware of this.) The fix is to install the ODBC drivers for MySQL which do not exist for the Intel Mac platform. The fix? The community (that is you and me) must build these drivers, test them and then make them available to the public. Why am I bringing this up? Because the problem here may be outside of the control of the OpenOffice.org team. It is possible, although highly unlikely, that the Oracle ODBC will not function properly wth the configuration in question. James McKenzie --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
