On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 04:55, Chris Halls wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 03:26:48AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 03:12, Chris Halls wrote: > > > This is a very large package with many twists and turns to it. We can't > > > get > > > it all running in one go - the .debs are up there to save people having to > > > do the upstream install themselves, but the .deb does not yet fix many of > > > the problems caused by upstream. > > > > Are all/most of the difficulties caused by the fact that the > > pre-compiled binaries straight from www.openoffice.org expect > > to install under ~ ? > > No, just some :) > > These problems come to mind immediately: > > - Own directory structure when doing a systemwide install > - Various shared library versioning problems (e.g. libodbc) > - Expects to be running on SuSE: it tries to put KDE stuff in ~/.kde2 > - Font cache problems and other font issues > - Hardcoded variables and paths in various places > - Non-free parts such as libgpc, java, GIF creation > - Doesn't always work under Debian Gnome > - Hangs complete machine on S3 Savage with Xfree 4.1 by default > - No systemwide menus/mailcap (John M Cooper has been working on this for > us) > - Can't add/remove compenents from a systemwide install just by > adding/removing files > - Own localisation system with quirks
Ah. Has openoffice.org been receptive to patches that make OO 1.0 "play nicely"? +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA http://ronandheather.dhs.org:81 | | | | "I have created a government of whirled peas..." | | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 12-May-2002, CNN, Larry King Live | +------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]