Hi Marcus-- oh boy! Well thanks for the update. Considering we want the user to have the best experience possible, I do understand better about this. It's just all these permutations and the latest change in the "schema" naming has really COMPLICATED the download scripting to the point that I think these are really non-maintainable almost. I do really wish some of this could be re-considered, re-discussed or I don't know what.
Thanks again for the update. On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Marcus Lange <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kay Schenk wrote: >> >> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Marcus Lange <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Kay Schenk wrote: >>>> >>>> On 05/28/2010 01:12 PM, Marcus Lange wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Kay Schenk wrote: > > Hello Kay, > >>>>>> I can probably get the new idea to work...but...I'm still not convinced >>>>>> this is really the best approach. And, I think it would far better to >>>>>> spell out what the consequences will be is you don't have a JRE. >>>>>> >>>>> This was already tried in the past. Maybe you could take this to release >>>>> meeting? >>>>> >>>> And? and, I don't know how to "take this to release meeting". Help! and >>>> thanks for your reply. >>>> >>> OK, I can try it and will let you know. But first I'll proof my assumtions >>> about the functionality that needs Java. >>> >> >> great! thanks... > > there are several places were the JRE is used: > > At the moment it's not possible to take every corner into accout as I would > have to ask nearly every developer. But the following are IMHO really main > topics: > > Installer: > The installer on Unix OSs are using the JRE. For Windows the native MSI > technology is used. Especially on Linux we cannot know what is maybe > preinstalled and how suitable it is. Of course OOo should install/run on > famous and not so common distributions preferably without problems. > > Wizards: > Every wizard that canbe used via menu "File - Wizard" is using Java. > > Base: > The included default database engine HSQLDB needs an JRE to work. > Also the Sun extensions like the Report Builder is using Java. > > Furthermore the story behind the integration is that we want to make sure > that the user is able to work with every function in OOo (and eventually > extension) out-of-the-box. A separate and manual installation of the JRE is > not wished. So, this can be fullfilled at best when providing the JRE > together with the OOo package. > > So, as a result I don't think that we can switch to builds without JRE > totally. > > Best regards > > Marcus > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > -- "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea." ~ Robert A. Heinlein --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
