On 24 Aug, Kay Schenk wrote: > > > On 08/24/2016 11:56 AM, Don Lewis wrote: >> On 24 Aug, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 08/24/16 10:34, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >>>> Hello; >>>> >>> ... >>> >>>> >>>>> * [low priority] Updated bundled CoinMP. There has been an API >>>>> change, which prevents the FreeBSD port from using the system >>>>> version. Difficulty unknown ... >>>>> >>>> >>>> This is important, I was unaware of it. Sadly, I don't think I will >>>> have time for it before the release. >>>> >>> >>> A quick look at this ... FreeBSD is using version 1.8.3 which appears >>> to be the latest. >>> >>> AOO could use the same version by default, it's just a matter of getting >>> the new version to build on all platforms. I think. >> >> Unfortunately it is not that easy. When I was cleaning up the the >> FreeBSD port a while back, I went through all of the --with-system knobs >> and CoinMP was one that did not work and broke the build. My memory is >> fuzzy, but I think there was an incompatible API change. >> >> There are some other bundled bits that have the same problem, but CoinMP >> is big and takes a while to build, which is my main motivation in this >> case. ICU also falls into this category, but I already know that it is >> too difficult. >> >> It looks like the others are: >> ucpp >> mdds >> hsqldb >> libxmlsec >> stax >> rhino >> xsltml >> saxon >> icc >> I do know that saxon is sort of funny case. > > Right now we don't have a Mac buildbot. We shouldn't risk updating > anything that will cause other problems, unless, of course, it's a > security issue. Yes, many of the newer versions of our external items > would likely necessitate API changes. That is definitely a big issue.
Yeah, I was going to mention that we really need some testing on the Mac. We need more than just a buildbot, we also need someone to actually exercise the code. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
