On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 9:51 AM, drew <d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2012-08-18 at 08:48 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >> On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:36 AM, Marcus (OOo) <marcus.m...@wtnet.de> wrote: >> > Am 08/18/2012 06:38 AM, schrieb Keith N. McKenna: >> > >> >> Marcus (OOo) wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Am 08/02/2012 02:12 AM, schrieb Rob Weir: >> >>>> >> >>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 7:37 PM, drew<d...@baseanswers.com> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 18:28 -0400, Rob Weir wrote: >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 12:24 PM, drew >> >>>>>> jensen<drewjensen.in...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> On Wed, 2012-08-01 at 09:09 -0700, Pedro Giffuni wrote: >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Hi Kay; >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> I did some basic update to the FreeBSD porting site sometime ago: >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/freebsd/ >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> The site doesn't seem linked from the top-level porting site though. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> I would prefer to spend my time on the code rather than on the >> >>>>>>>> release >> >>>>>>>> announcement, however feel free to mention explicitly the FreeBSD >> >>>>>>>> port. >> >>>>>>>> Just to make it clear: we still have some cleanup to do but the >> >>>>>>>> port is >> >>>>>>>> fully operational and FreeBSD users are fully aware that it's >> >>>>>>>> available >> >>>>>>>> on FreeBSD releases. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>>> Pedro. >> >>>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Hi Pedro, >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>>> Then for BSD it should be enough to just point to the page you >> >>>>>>> updated, >> >>>>>>> yes? >> >>>>>>> >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> IMHO, we should consolidate all the porting links onto that one page. >> >>>>>> That way it gives one clear place to link to in the announcement, but >> >>>>>> also a single place we can link to from other places in the future. >> >>>>>> For example, we should probably eventually have a link to the porting >> >>>>>> page from the download page. >> >>>>>> >> >>>>>> -Rob >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> hmmm - well, I'm just getting around to looking at things for this >> >>>>> evening. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Looking at the page(s) now... *chuckling*.. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> This might not be the right place for what I thought was the task - a >> >>>>> list of existing known ports which are not part of the official AOO >> >>>>> release regiment. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> The porting page and it's associated pages seem more about the act of >> >>>>> creating a port, with >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/porting_overview.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> and >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/porting/porting_implement.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> which starts off by pointing to this page: >> >>>>> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Porting_Efforts >> >>>>> >> >>>>> and that offers links to places such as >> >>>>> http://www.openoffice.org/udk/cpp/man/cpp_bridges.html >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> So do we really want a page for listing existing non-official ports >> >>>>> that >> >>>>> are known, a simple information service for our users without and >> >>>>> explicitly stating such, endorsing the work - or do we want a resource >> >>>>> for those wanting to perform a port to a new platform - for the >> >>>>> announcement(s) that is. >> >>>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> Yes. ;-) >> >>>> >> >>>> Maybe the existing porting page remains as a developer-focused page? >> >>>> It needs to be updated, of course, but maybe not as urgent. >> >>>> >> >>>> Then we also need a user-facing page about existing ports. Maybe that >> >>>> could be a new page in the /download directory? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> There is already a page which points to 3rd party software / packages: >> >>> >> >>> http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html >> >>> >> >>> Kay has created this to compensate the old distribution webpage which >> >>> was totally outdated. >> >>> >> >>> So, what about to extend this new page with a "Ports" section from >> >>> FreeBSD, Solaris, OS/2 and others? >> >>> >> >>>> For the announcement the user-facing one would be the most >> >>>> appropriate, yes? >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> I think so. >> >>> >> >>> Marcus >> >>> >> >>> >> >> Morning All; >> >> >> >> Just checking in on this thread to see if there has been any consensus >> >> on how we should do this or if we should. As we are fast approaching >> >> release of 3.4.1 I would like to get this into the Release Notes. >> >> >> >> As a stated bore I believe that it is important to get the information >> >> out that these operating systems are not forgotten and that Apache >> >> OpenOffice is available. >> > >> > >> > As I haven't seen any different let's add these OSs with a statement to the >> > "non_ASF.html" webpage. >> > >> >> The announcement current links to: http://www.openoffice.org/porting/ >> >> Is that the wrong place? That URL is the top listing if someone >> searches Google for "openoffice ports. >> >> I'm happy to change the announcement to point to: >> http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html >> >> But we would need to get some content there. It is in the CMS, so >> anyone can edit it. >> >> -Rob >> >> >> >> >> > Marcus >> > > Ah, I was supposed to make up something for that - well it's Saturday > morning and I can do that now.. > > to be sure - it is this page that gets updated: > > http://www.openoffice.org/download/non_ASF.html > > yes? >
I think that is what Marcus was suggesting. Should probably have mention of BSD, Solaris, OS/2 ports. And did we also agree on WinPenPack and portableApps (or did they ever release an AOO version?) -Rob > //drew > >
