On Tue, 2005-11-15 at 18:25 -0800, Bruce Hohl wrote: > > > It's not that simple. A lot of newbies dive into testing or > unstable > > > because they "have" to have the newest stuff, then they don't know > > > what to do when their system breaks. > > > So it's Debian's *fault* that newbies whine when they make no effort > > to read the Debian web site? > > Gentlemen: > My original question has morphed into something other than I intended. > Firstly, I did not whine about Debian. I simply stated
It's the generic "newbie"... :) > IMHO OpenOffice 2 is an important piece of software, important enough > to get into Testing ASAP and provide debs for Sarge. No one has to > agree with my *opinion*. It is simply feedback from someone who has > used Linux for three years (I'm only a newbie to Debian). > > Secondly, I did in fact make an effort to determine if I could get > OpenOffice onto Sarge easily (i.e. from a repository or deb packages - > these options do not yet appear available). More and more I want > Linux to be easy to use, stable (as in Sarge), open, and have good > software - this led me to Debian. I "need" OO Base because I need an > MS Access like application for Linux, and I need it now! Access has > been around for like 10+ years. Either upgrade to Sid or look for it at apt-get.org : http://www1.apt-get.org/search.php?query=openoffice.org&submit=&arch%5B% 5D=i386&arch%5B%5D=all and search for "2.0.0". Maybe it's compiled for Etch. And search thru the debian-openoffice mailing list archives to see what's preventing it from moving into Etch. I *guarantee* you that there is a very good reason why it hasn't yet been moved to Etch. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]