Re: Some thoughts on the learning curve

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi, 
I am one of the newcomers you speak about, I’m a college undergraduate 
trying to do something with AOO, and yes, I also find the learning curve quite 
steep. I started out gradually, and was focussing on implementing the bitwise 
functions in calc at the start. I must say here that Damjan Jovanovic provided 
some excellent guidance and responded to my emails with patience and knowledge, 
and that really helped me a lot. Many thanks to him.

I’m now caught up in a pretty hectic semester, with signal processing courses 
that I’m finding difficult to grasp, so I haven’t gotten that much time lately 
to work on AOO, but I plan to make some time for it and develop an extension to 
the existing match function (I’ve started on this). I’ve made the decision to 
mostly focus on Calc for now, since that is the area I’ve started out with and 
it is what I’m slowly getting more familiarity with.


Thanks
Jatin




On 2/21/16, 12:03 PM, "Pedro Giffuni"  wrote:

>Hi Patricia;
>
>One disclaimer that I should make is that I am not actually an experienced
>OpenOffice developer. I only joined the project when it moved to the ASF
>and there were so many things to do that I basically managed to do a lot
>of stuff without having to learn the internals too much.
>
>Your assessment is mostly correct. We do have problems bringing newcomers
>to the project and as long as we don’t do a better effort to bringing and 
>mentoring
>new developers the project will struggle to provide real development.
>
>The idea of having teams to work on OpenOffice is not new: it was the way
>things worked under SUN and while it pretty much worked, it depended on
>having a corporate sponsor. Of course some people just have to complain
>about corporate sponsors … and the model broke due to many reasons
>that don’t really matter too much anymore.
>
>Nowadays the AOO experts are really busy on their jobs, which is
>understandable, and some of us that are not really experts on the code think
>that the code is ugly enough that we should be consider re-writing it.
>
>IMHO, We don’t really have resources to adopt the team approach, even
>at small scale. We would do better to focus on a small set of issues that are
>affecting future development.
>
>Another thing to consider is that we still have quite a bunch of code from 
>older
>Oracle branches and Symphony that remains to be merged. Working on those
>requires less mentorship but still some important expertise.
>
>Now that I remember there are some pending projects that could get someone
>intermediate get started:
>
>- Updating the hsqldb to the newer version: we have code in a mercurial branch
>for that. This is java BTW :).
>- Update ICU, some code for this is in symphony and would have to be digged up.
>- Bring the latest VBA code from Symphony.
>- We had a GSoC 2013 project to bring CMIS (this is also Java).
>
>(Again .. no time to mentor, sorry)
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Pedro.
>
>
>
>
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Re: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns

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By the way, if I want to display A:A as ‘A:A’ instead of 'A$1:A$1048576’ when 
opening a saved spreadsheet file, would ‘sc/source/core/tool/compiler.cxx' be 
the right file to touch? This is where I could find the most relevant functions.




On 12/16/15, 12:36 AM, "Dennis E. Hamilton" <orc...@apache.org> wrote:

>+1
>
>Good idea.  The current issues are is around interoperability and improvement 
>of OpenFormula implementation.  The other is about usability and UI behavior.  
>No need to tailgate one onto the other.
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#
>> [mailto:jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg]
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2015 03:23
>> To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns
>> 
>> Hi Andre,
>>  Yes, I can take a look at implementing that, but can we make that a
>> separate issue and file another ticket for that with a new patch? That
>> would probably be better suited for a different patch to this one.
>> That’s what I feel.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> Jatin
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 12/15/15, 4:10 AM, "Joost Andrae" <joost.and...@gmx.de> wrote:
>> 
>> >of
>> 
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Re: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns

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Hi Andre,   
Yes, I can take a look at implementing that, but can we make that a 
separate issue and file another ticket for that with a new patch? That would 
probably be better suited for a different patch to this one. That’s what I feel.

Thanks
Jatin




On 12/15/15, 4:10 AM, "Joost Andrae"  wrote:

>of

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Re: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns

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Hi Dennis, 
 I have filed one here: 
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126734 with the patch available in 
that issue

Thanks
Jatin


From: Dennis E. Hamilton <orc...@apache.org>
Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 09:13 AM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Cc: #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#
Subject: RE: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns

Is there a Bugzilla issue with Jatin's patch?

> -Original Message-
> From: Damjan Jovanovic [mailto:dam...@apache.org]
> Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 08:57
> To: Dennis Hamilton <dennis.hamil...@acm.org>
> Cc: Apache OO <dev@openoffice.apache.org>; #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN
> JATINSHRAVAN# <jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg>
> Subject: Re: Calc Selections of Entire Rows and Columns
[ ... ]
> "=A" is also problematic if "A" is a named range.
>
> The patch Jatin sent me to review already allows entering A:A and 1:1,
> and
> writes A:A as [.A$1:.A$1048576], but re-reads it as A$1:A$1048576. It
> can
> read [.A:.A] but also converts it to A$1:A$1048576.
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Re: Localization

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi Shamsheer, 
Have you taken a look at this page: 
https://www.openoffice.org/l10n/? Looks like Urdu translation has not even 
started. 

Thanks
Jatin


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Sent: Sunday, December 13, 2015 11:14 PM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Localization

Hello, there,

  This is Shamsheer,  I am new to the localization process of Open
Office in Urdu, I know well how to write and read Urdu on Computer and
also aware of OpenOffice, I am interested to localize "Open Office" in
Urdu. Please direct me to the right path.
Thanks in advance.

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Re: Introducing my self and my goals.

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Hi Iraklis, 
I have picked up the task to provide whole row/column references in 
Calc so if you don’t mind, could you please pick up an alternative task?

Thanks 
Jatin



On 12/11/15, 1:06 AM, "Damjan Jovanovic"  wrote:

>Hi Iraklis
>
>If you're looking for something small, you could try implementing a few
>missing Calc functions from
>https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Calc/ODFF_Implementation/Examine_functions
>based on the guide at
>https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Calc/Implementation/Spreadsheet_Functions
>and the ODF formula specification at
>http://docs.oasis-open.org/office/v1.2/os/OpenDocument-v1.2-os-part2.htm.
>The IFERROR and ISNA functions would be good to have.
>
>There is no shortage of big things either :-). Here's a few off the top of
>my head:
>* An OOXML export filter would be a big help to our users, but I think
>that's probably too difficult - the specification a 6000 page document. It
>might be possible to use the Apache POI project which already provides
>OOXML reading and writing in Java.
>* Calc doesn't provide whole row/column references like C:C or 5:5 while
>Excel does, which are helpful to use in implicit intersection, among others
>(eg. in cell E34, you don't need to use D34 to refer to the cell just to
>the left, you can just type D:D and it will automatically use the current
>row).
>* CSV file support in Base could be reimplemented to use the HSQLDB
>database which already supports CSV, which would allow the full range of
>SQL queries with joins, grouping, correlated subqueries, scalar operators,
>and other advanced features that the current CSV file support doesn't
>provide. This would also involve some work on HSQLDB to get CSV parsing
>working exactly how it does now. Also spreadsheets are equally badly
>supported as a data source in Base, and by extending HSQLDB a bit, the
>spreadsheet support could be reimplemented using HSQLDB to provide the same
>powerful query capabilities CSV would have.
>
>If you need other ideas, look through Bugzilla. Please let me know if you
>decide.
>
>Regards
>Damjan
>
>On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Ηρακλής Μουτίδης 
>wrote:
>
>> Hi Damjan,
>>
>> I will have a look to the wikis.
>> I am also interested in your suggestions, so if you think that i can help
>> in something please let me know.
>>
>> Thank you for your time.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Iraklis
>>
>> 2015-11-22 19:48 GMT+02:00 Damjan Jovanovic :
>>
>> > Hi Iraklis
>> >
>> > Sorry for the late reply.
>> >
>> > Writer and Impress have their wiki pages on:
>> > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Writer
>> > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Impress
>> >
>> > Writer is our biggest user-facing application, double the size of the
>> next
>> > biggest (Calc). If you want to get started with them, finding issues with
>> > Bugzilla is probably best. I've never developed either, so if you are
>> still
>> > looking for development suggestions from me, they will have to be on
>> other
>> > things for now.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Damjan
>> >
>> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Ηρακλής Μουτίδης 
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> > > Hi Damjan,
>> > >
>> > > I often use Writer and Impress and i can say that i am interested on
>> > these,
>> > > but i really dont know how it actually is to develope on them.
>> > > I think after completing some easy tasks i will able to say what i
>> prefer
>> > > to do. I am open to suggestions and i hope with a little of your help i
>> > > will be ok.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks a ton for your time.
>> > >
>> > > Regards.
>> > >
>> > > 2015-11-10 20:56 GMT+02:00 Damjan Jovanovic :
>> > >
>> > > > Hi Iraklis
>> > > >
>> > > > That's great :-).
>> > > >
>> > > > Is there any areas of OpenOffice that interest you, or that you use
>> > > often?
>> > > > It's a large project, and it's hard to know what to suggest you get
>> > > started
>> > > > with.
>> > > >
>> > > > Regards
>> > > > Damjan
>> > > >
>> > > > On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Ηρακλής Μουτίδης > >
>> > > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Dear Damjan,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > I just finished compiling OpenOffice on Ububtu 14.04.
>> > > > > After a few failed attempts i finally did it :).
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Although i got an error message on the last installation command
>> the
>> > > > > program works just fine.
>> > > > > the error was:( Processing triggers for shared-mime-info
>> > (1.2-0ubuntu3)
>> > > > ...
>> > > > > Errors were encountered while processing:
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > >
>> > >
>> >
>> unxlngx6.pro/Apache_OpenOffice/deb/install/en-US/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice4.2-debian-menus_4.2-9800_all.deb
>> > > > > )
>> > > > > I will continue reading the links  you provided.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > Iraklis
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > 2015-11-06 14:38 GMT+02:00 Ηρακλής Μουτίδης :
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > Dear Damjan,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > 

Patch to add bit shift functions to calc

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
Can someone review this issue, it's not a very complex patch, should be a quick 
merge

https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126701

My first large patch: Bitwise arithmetic operations in Calc

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126668 is my first big patch. I have 
submitted the signed CLA agreement to Apache Open Office secretary.

I would appreciate if someone can review this patch and leave comments.

Thanks
Jatin

Re: Build Fails on OS X 10.11

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Yes, I did run a make clean from the root dir, and it did work later, but I 
think some of the documentation needs to be updated to reflect the changes that 
happened in OS X 10.11

I ran into issues with openssl because Apple removed openssl headers from OS X 
with the release of El Capitan. I had to download a new instance of Openssl and 
specify the --with-openssl option in Configure. Along with this, the 
OPENSSL_CFLAGS environment needed to be manually set to point to the include 
directory of my openssl download. The makefile of the ext_libraries/serf also 
had to be modified slightly.






On 11/15/15, 7:14 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>On 13/11/2015 #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# wrote:
>> Why is only this module replacing 10.11 with 10.10 during the build process?
>
>Did you try with a fully clean build, i.e., recreating everything from 
>scratch? If you have some old paths around this could be a leftover from 
>the previous configuration. Note: you can use ccache to speed up the 
>process, so that even a fully clean build will be much faster when 
>re-run. If you can't find more information on the wiki, just ask.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
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Re: Build Fails on OS X 10.11

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As a follow up to the previous email, my MAC_OSX_SDK_PATH environment variable 
is as follows:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.
11.sdk


And my LIBXML_CFLAGS is 
I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.11.sdk/usr/include/libxml2




Why is only this module replacing 10.11 with 10.10 during the build process? 




On 11/13/15, 9:27 PM, "#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#" 
<jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>After upgrading to OS X 10.11, I face this error and similar ones, while 
>running build, only on main/vcl and main/unoxml:
>
>
>Entering /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/unoxml/prj
>
>
>cd .. && make -s -r -j1
>
>cd .. && make -s -r -j1
>
>make: *** No rule to make target 
>`/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h',
> needed by 
>`/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/solver/420/unxmaccx.pro/workdir/CxxObject/unoxml/source/dom/node.o'.
>  Stop.
>
>I don’t face this issue in any other module. How do I try and work around this?
>
>Thanks
>Jatin

Build Fails on OS X 10.11

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,

After upgrading to OS X 10.11, I face this error and similar ones, while 
running build, only on main/vcl and main/unoxml:


Entering /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/unoxml/prj


cd .. && make -s -r -j1

cd .. && make -s -r -j1

make: *** No rule to make target 
`/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.10.sdk/usr/include/libxml2/libxml/tree.h',
 needed by 
`/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/solver/420/unxmaccx.pro/workdir/CxxObject/unoxml/source/dom/node.o'.
  Stop.

I don’t face this issue in any other module. How do I try and work around this?

Thanks
Jatin

Upgrade to OS X El Capitan causing configure to fail

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
I recently upgraded to OS X El Capitan and I ran the configure command again, 
since now the shell script to set up environment variables would be outdated, 
and I get the following output at the end of the configure process:


checking checking SDK compatibility with OSX 10.7... configure: error: No SDK 
with OSX 10.7 compatibility found

Is there a way I can disable this SDK compatibility check until support is 
added for OS X 10.11?

Thanks
Jatin

Re: Upgrade to OS X El Capitan causing configure to fail

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Hi Pedro, 
Thanks, I just added 11 to the grep statement in line 3921. It seems to 
have fixed that issue. Do you want to make a patch for this, or shall I make 
one?

Thanks
Jatin



On 11/12/15, 11:43 PM, "Pedro Giffuni"  wrote:

>Hello;
>
>You may want to look at configure.ac below line 3908, and particularly 3921.
>Remember to run autoconf as well.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Pedro.
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Re: [QUESTION] Getting to AOO for Java (AOO4J)?

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Hi,
I am pretty much a noob and have only started out contributing, but may 
I ask why moving to Java from C++ is being considered? This migration will take 
effort and time, and I was of the understanding that C++ code runs faster than 
Java.

Thanks
Jatin



On 11/8/15, 8:48 PM, "Fernando Cassia"  wrote:

>On Sat, Nov 7, 2015 at 4:41 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton 
>wrote:
>
>> There has been suggestion, and some expressed support, for AOO becoming a
>> Java application.
>>
>
>+1 I think it would be nice. Previous work on Java based office suites show
>promise and that this is possible.
>
>Cases in point:
>
>1. ThinkFree Office
>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThinkFree_Office
>http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/1579/1/
>(the biggest annoyance back when I tried it were jagged fonts, but the Java
>platform has gained support for font hinting in later releases and even
>HiDPI fonts in Java9).
>
>2. JoeOffice
>http://www.infoworld.com/article/2614544/office-software/java-developer-says-he-built--launched-basic-open-source-office-suite-in-30-days.html
>Promising work, based on the Netbeans Platform.
>
>3.xfy (now: xMetal)
>http://www.infoworld.com/article/2671944/application-development/reinventing-the-office-suite.html
>
>Never tried it, but the above article makes some good points.
>
>
>>
>>  1. NO STANDING-STILL ASSUMPTION. My first assumption is that one can't
>> cease Apache OpenOffice maintenance and support while something like a
>> redevelopment on Java occurs. It is pretty unthinkable that development of
>> a Java version can be accomplished inside the release cycle (even the past
>> lengthy cycle), and that migration from AOO as we know it can't be done
>> like throwing a switch on the universe.
>>
>
>Of course not, Still, the umbrella AOO project can produce and DOES produce
>AOO for several platforms, right, well, Java is a platform too.
>"AOO for Java" or "AOO Java" sounds about right. Independent of work on the
>C/C++ codebase.
>
>
>>2. FORKING TO MAKE AOO4J?  One could consider making a project fork.
>>
>
>The word "fork" only has negative connotations and very little positives,
>if you ask me. Think about all the negative headlines that could be written
>with that word.
>
>No thanks, I prefer "AOO extended to support Java" (AOO for Java or AOO
>Java).
>
>Remember that "Open Office" (the brand name recognition / mindshare) is
>AOO's main asset. Even if you guys re-released "Joe's Office" with an
>Apache Open Office brand name attached to it, I bet you would get 10x more
>users than whatever "Joe's Office" was able to achieve. ;)
>
>Why not join forces and invite the "Joe's Office" developer to such a
>project? Just thinking aloud.
>
>Just my $0.02
>FC

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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to Open Office.

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Hi Andrea,
I have already started my journey and contributed two patches thus far, 
and I am now familiar with the process of executing a compatible build after 
modifying some code. I was thinking of working on updating the spreadsheet 
formulas with the BITAND and BITOR functions, but I can certainly put that on 
the back burner for the Base issue.

I have a build of Open Office where I am able to reproduce the bug 
where creating a table in design mode does not work, and it does not respond to 
a click. I will get to looking at this issue now.

I use Writer the most, followed closely by Impress. I would prefer working on 
issues that involve C++ code, since that is one of the main knowledge points I 
want to gain.

Thanks
Jatin



On 11/8/15, 1:11 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>Damjan Jovanovic wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 28, 2015 #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# wrote:
>>> I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite)  ...
>>> The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if
>>> anyone has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on.
>>
>> Is there anything in particular you would like to develop? I would be
>> willing to mentor you.
>
>Hello Jatin,
>if you prefer to play more with something specific before figuring out, 
>as per Damjan's suggestion, something you wish to work on, you could 
>start with a 4.1.2 bug that is currently being discussed.
>
>Apparently Base on Mac OS X (only on Mac OS X) has a bug that makes it 
>impossible to create a table in design mode. It will help if you have 
>available 4.1.1 (where this works), 4.1.2 (where this is reported to be 
>broken) and your own build. You should confirm the bug on 4.1.2 and on 
>your own (trunk) build. Then you can try reverting 
>https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=121492 and checking whether 
>this fixes the problem. The relevant Bugzilla issue is 
>https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=126622 but it's highly 
>recommended to read 
>https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13=80059 too.
>
>This would be a very nice way to start.
>
>Then, as Damjan wrote, you should tell us your preferences, at least the 
>modules you use more often. One medium-size project related to Impress 
>could be this one https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=122494 but 
>this depends on your interests.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.

Patch for failing UT on Mac OSX

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
Attached is a patch that fixes a compilation error I faced while building Open 
Office on Mac OS X 10.10.

This is the error that was fixed:

/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/basictest.cxx:95:5: error: 
no matching conversion for functional-style cast from 
'PaletteMemorySharedVector' (aka 'shared_ptr >') to 
'::testing::AssertionResult'

ASSERT_TRUE( pDevice->getPalette() ) << "Palette existence”;



Clang –v

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University student looking for experience in contributing to Open Office.

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Hi,
As I have said previously, I am a 3rd year university student. I have more than 
2 years experience with Java, C and Python and brief experience with C++ 
(although I believe I can pick up fairly easily). I also have very good 
knowledge of git and agile methodology and have done an internship at PayPal as 
a software engineer intern, where I used these technologies extensively.  I 
need to contribute to an open source project of my choice for the next semester 
(ending in May 2016) and I would like to start now itself, to get familiar 
quickly. I picked Open Office since it is something I use daily (almost) and 
would like to contribute to. I am hoping to contribute to the Open Office 
codebase itself with new features, bug fixes, refactoring etc. I can contribute 
around 10-12 hours a week, and maybe more if there is a critical deadline to be 
met.

I have successfully built OpenOffice on Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite) with the 
following output at the end of the build process

***

Successful packaging process!

***

copying log file to 
/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/instsetoo_native/unxmaccx.pro/Apache_OpenOffice_SDK/dmg/install/log/log_AOO420_en-US.log

stopping log at Tue Oct 27 22:32:31 2015


Multiprocessing build is finished

Maximal number of processes run: 2




As for my development environment, I will be using CLion (by JetBrains) as my 
IDE, which comes integrated with SVN support, so I don’t have to muck around on 
the terminal.



The next step I would like to take is, as instructed previously, ask if anyone 
has any open projects that they would not mind mentoring me on. There is ample 
time for me (7-8 months), so time is not a critical issue.

By mentoring, I do not expect hand holding, but just very basic guidance, and I 
can give my shot at it.



Thanks,

Jatin

Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
  I have built OpenOffice successfully and have been looking at patches 
and comparing the with the codebase that I cloned, 
  
 So now is it ok to ask what unfinished projects people are available 
to mentor?

Thanks




From: Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org>
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2015 02:49 AM
To: dev@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the 
Open Office project

On 18/10/2015 PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
> I have also cloned the repository from svn so that I can look at the
> code changes as I look at the issues on bugzilla. I hope that this can
> get me some familiarity with the codebase.

It will, and it is a good way to start.
Do you prefer git? Just clone https://github.com/apache/openoffice (the
official mirror; code is OK, other features/stats are mostly broken). I
recommend the AOO410 branch since focus is on that for the rest of
October, until we release OpenOffice 4.1.2.

> I am working on a machine with Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10). I forgot
> to  mention this in the previous email.

This is good! We definitely welcome more Mac developers.

> I am basically hoping that after getting to grips with the basics, I
> can get to working with someone as a mentor of sorts on a decent sized
> feature/module.

Finding something for you to complete is not very problematic, several
of us have two or three (or more!) projects that they will be able to do
but lack time to complete. So once you get the basics right, and you
have built OpenOffice successfully, ask back for ideas (of course ask
for help if you need help with the build!). This is better than the
other way round: we won't have mentors available for any ideas you might
have; it is easier for you to ask what unfinished projects
people are available to mentor.

> Also, is there a good GUI client for SVN? My beloved Source Tree
> seems  to have issues with svn.

I've always used the command-line one. If you are more familiar with
git, just use the git mirror (or git-svn).

Regards,
   Andrea.

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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

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I have now run build --all and got an error with the module ‘basebmp’. I ran 
build —from basebmp to check the detailed error and see the following error:

/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/basictest.cxx:95:5: error: 
no matching conversion for functional-style cast from 
'PaletteMemorySharedVector' (aka 'shared_ptr >') to 
'::testing::AssertionResult'
ASSERT_TRUE( pDevice->getPalette() ) << "Palette existence";
^~~~



Can someone help me on this error? 

Clang version:
Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0
Thread model: posix


Lldb version:
lldb-330.0.48


Thanks



On 10/27/15, 6:55 AM, "Kay Schenk" <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:37 AM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
>jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
>
>> As per the previous mail, I have downgraded to jdk 1.7.0_79. I ran the
>> configure script again, after downloading the junit jar, and got the
>> following output at the end
>>
>> * Apache OpenOffice 420 configuration.
>> *
>> *
>> * Configuration part of Apache OpenOffice 420 build is finished.
>> *
>> * Note: Be aware that you might not be able to build Apache OpenOffice if
>> * you ignore any warnings that were generated during this configuration
>> * process.
>> *
>> * - Disabling gtk-quickstarter - not supported on Mac. Use
>> --disable-systray
>> * - JAVA_HOME was not explicitly informed with --with-jdk-home. the
>> configure script
>> * - attempted to find JAVA_HOME automatically, but apparently it failed
>> * - in case JAVA_HOME is incorrectly set, some projects with not be built
>> correctly
>> *
>> *
>> * USAGE:
>> * Source MacOSXX64Env.Set (in tcsh) or MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh (in sh)
>> * in order to set up the build-environment variables.
>> *
>>
>> I have set the JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly as per the
>> following command:
>>
>>
>> echo $JAVA_HOME
>> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
>>
>>
>> This is pointing to the correct jdk home. This is output of java -version:
>>
>> java version "1.7.0_79"
>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
>>
>> Why is the configure script not able to find my JAVA_HOME automatically
>> and what can I do to make this warning go away?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Jatin
>>
>
>​Probably the quickest way to solve this problem is to do a configure again
>(delete the existing ​
> MacOSXX64Env.
>​* files first), and add the the configuration option:
>
>--with-jdk-home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
>
>I am not a Mac developer, but hopefully this will solve the problem for you.
>​
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/25/15, 9:28 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> >PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> >> I downgraded to Ant 1.8.4 and still I get the same issue. It is greater
>> than 1.7.0
>> >> and 1.8.4 is sufficiently old enough at this point that I would expect
>> it to work
>> >
>> >I confirm I can build with ant 1.9 (1.9.3, to be precise) with no issues.
>> >
>> >> so is there something else that is the problem here? My JDK is 1.8.0_45.
>> >
>> >It looks like this may be the problem. This has recently been discussed
>> >on this list. Can you try building with Java 7?
>> >
>> >Note: in any case, when you have build issues the best thing to do is to
>> >find your config.log file and upload it to http://pastebin.com/ (or any
>> >other service) with expiration date set at one month and send the link
>> >here. This will allow people to look at all diagnostic messages. And
>> >this is helpful when, like in this case, the error given by configure is
>> >actually not very precise.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >   Andrea.
>> >
>> >-
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>> >For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
>> >
>>
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>
>
>
>-- 
>--
>MzK
>
>“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
>  --Lao Tzu

Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi Damjan, 
Thanks for the response.

If I disable the running of unit tests, will it not be a pretty bad thing in 
case in the future I make some change to some module but can’t run the unit 
test?

Is there a way to edit the build command to specifically skip the ‘basebmp’ 
module? I couldn’t find something like that on the wiki.

If there isn’t, then I’ll skip the unit tests by editing the configure command.

Thanks
Jatin



On 10/27/15, 9:15 PM, "Damjan Jovanovic" <dam...@apache.org> wrote:

>Hi Jatin
>
>It looks like that unit test fails to compile on MacOS for some reason.
>Without access to a Mac I can't tell why. You could try passing
>--disable-unit-tests to ./configure to skip building unit tests, which will
>also speed up your build a little, or skip only that test by editing
>/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/makefile.mk and
>changing "APP1TEST" to "disabled" (as per
>https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Googletest) in which case you don't have
>to restart building from the beginning.
>
>Mac currently seems to be the hardest platform to build AOO on :-(.
>
>Good luck
>Damjan
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:57 PM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
>jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
>
>> I have now run build --all and got an error with the module ‘basebmp’. I
>> ran build —from basebmp to check the detailed error and see the following
>> error:
>>
>> /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/basictest.cxx:95:5:
>> error: no matching conversion for functional-style cast from
>> 'PaletteMemorySharedVector' (aka 'shared_ptr >')
>> to '::testing::AssertionResult'
>> ASSERT_TRUE( pDevice->getPalette() ) << "Palette existence";
>> ^~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> Can someone help me on this error?
>>
>> Clang version:
>> Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
>> Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0
>> Thread model: posix
>>
>>
>> Lldb version:
>> lldb-330.0.48
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/27/15, 6:55 AM, "Kay Schenk" <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:37 AM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
>> >jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
>> >
>> >> As per the previous mail, I have downgraded to jdk 1.7.0_79. I ran the
>> >> configure script again, after downloading the junit jar, and got the
>> >> following output at the end
>> >>
>> >> * Apache OpenOffice 420 configuration.
>> >> *
>> >> *
>> >> * Configuration part of Apache OpenOffice 420 build is finished.
>> >> *
>> >> * Note: Be aware that you might not be able to build Apache OpenOffice
>> if
>> >> * you ignore any warnings that were generated during this configuration
>> >> * process.
>> >> *
>> >> * - Disabling gtk-quickstarter - not supported on Mac. Use
>> >> --disable-systray
>> >> * - JAVA_HOME was not explicitly informed with --with-jdk-home. the
>> >> configure script
>> >> * - attempted to find JAVA_HOME automatically, but apparently it failed
>> >> * - in case JAVA_HOME is incorrectly set, some projects with not be
>> built
>> >> correctly
>> >> *
>> >> *
>> >> * USAGE:
>> >> * Source MacOSXX64Env.Set (in tcsh) or MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh (in sh)
>> >> * in order to set up the build-environment variables.
>> >> *
>> >>
>> >> I have set the JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly as per the
>> >> following command:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> echo $JAVA_HOME
>> >> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This is pointing to the correct jdk home. This is output of java
>> -version:
>> >>
>> >> java version "1.7.0_79"
>> >> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
>> >> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
>> >>
>> >> Why is the configure script not able to find my JAVA_HOME automatically
>> >> and what can I do to make this warning go away?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Jatin
>> >>
>> >
>> >​Probably the quickest way to solve this problem is to do a configure
>> again
>> >(delete the existing ​
>> &g

Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Oops sorry didn’t see the second part of your mail, I will edit the Makefile.

Thanks





On 10/27/15, 9:15 PM, "Damjan Jovanovic" <dam...@apache.org> wrote:

>Hi Jatin
>
>It looks like that unit test fails to compile on MacOS for some reason.
>Without access to a Mac I can't tell why. You could try passing
>--disable-unit-tests to ./configure to skip building unit tests, which will
>also speed up your build a little, or skip only that test by editing
>/Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/makefile.mk and
>changing "APP1TEST" to "disabled" (as per
>https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Googletest) in which case you don't have
>to restart building from the beginning.
>
>Mac currently seems to be the hardest platform to build AOO on :-(.
>
>Good luck
>Damjan
>
>
>On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 2:57 PM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
>jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
>
>> I have now run build --all and got an error with the module ‘basebmp’. I
>> ran build —from basebmp to check the detailed error and see the following
>> error:
>>
>> /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/basebmp/test/basictest.cxx:95:5:
>> error: no matching conversion for functional-style cast from
>> 'PaletteMemorySharedVector' (aka 'shared_ptr >')
>> to '::testing::AssertionResult'
>> ASSERT_TRUE( pDevice->getPalette() ) << "Palette existence";
>> ^~~~
>>
>>
>>
>> Can someone help me on this error?
>>
>> Clang version:
>> Apple LLVM version 6.1.0 (clang-602.0.53) (based on LLVM 3.6.0svn)
>> Target: x86_64-apple-darwin14.3.0
>> Thread model: posix
>>
>>
>> Lldb version:
>> lldb-330.0.48
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/27/15, 6:55 AM, "Kay Schenk" <kay.sch...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >On Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 7:37 AM, #PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN# <
>> >jatinshr...@e.ntu.edu.sg> wrote:
>> >
>> >> As per the previous mail, I have downgraded to jdk 1.7.0_79. I ran the
>> >> configure script again, after downloading the junit jar, and got the
>> >> following output at the end
>> >>
>> >> * Apache OpenOffice 420 configuration.
>> >> *
>> >> *
>> >> * Configuration part of Apache OpenOffice 420 build is finished.
>> >> *
>> >> * Note: Be aware that you might not be able to build Apache OpenOffice
>> if
>> >> * you ignore any warnings that were generated during this configuration
>> >> * process.
>> >> *
>> >> * - Disabling gtk-quickstarter - not supported on Mac. Use
>> >> --disable-systray
>> >> * - JAVA_HOME was not explicitly informed with --with-jdk-home. the
>> >> configure script
>> >> * - attempted to find JAVA_HOME automatically, but apparently it failed
>> >> * - in case JAVA_HOME is incorrectly set, some projects with not be
>> built
>> >> correctly
>> >> *
>> >> *
>> >> * USAGE:
>> >> * Source MacOSXX64Env.Set (in tcsh) or MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh (in sh)
>> >> * in order to set up the build-environment variables.
>> >> *
>> >>
>> >> I have set the JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly as per the
>> >> following command:
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> echo $JAVA_HOME
>> >> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> This is pointing to the correct jdk home. This is output of java
>> -version:
>> >>
>> >> java version "1.7.0_79"
>> >> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
>> >> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)
>> >>
>> >> Why is the configure script not able to find my JAVA_HOME automatically
>> >> and what can I do to make this warning go away?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Jatin
>> >>
>> >
>> >​Probably the quickest way to solve this problem is to do a configure
>> again
>> >(delete the existing ​
>> > MacOSXX64Env.
>> >​* files first), and add the the configuration option:
>> >
>>
>> >--with-jdk-home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
>> >
>> >I am not a Mac developer, but hopefully this will solve the problem for
>> you.
>> >​
>> >

Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

As per the previous mail, I have downgraded to jdk 1.7.0_79. I ran the 
configure script again, after downloading the junit jar, and got the following 
output at the end

* Apache OpenOffice 420 configuration. 
* 
* 
* Configuration part of Apache OpenOffice 420 build is finished. 
* 
* Note: Be aware that you might not be able to build Apache OpenOffice if 
* you ignore any warnings that were generated during this configuration 
* process. 
* 
* - Disabling gtk-quickstarter - not supported on Mac. Use --disable-systray
* - JAVA_HOME was not explicitly informed with --with-jdk-home. the configure 
script
* - attempted to find JAVA_HOME automatically, but apparently it failed
* - in case JAVA_HOME is incorrectly set, some projects with not be built 
correctly
*
*
* USAGE: 
* Source MacOSXX64Env.Set (in tcsh) or MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh (in sh)
* in order to set up the build-environment variables.
* 

I have set the JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly as per the following 
command:


echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home


This is pointing to the correct jdk home. This is output of java -version:

java version "1.7.0_79"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_79-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.79-b02, mixed mode)

Why is the configure script not able to find my JAVA_HOME automatically and 
what can I do to make this warning go away?

Thanks
Jatin






On 10/25/15, 9:28 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> I downgraded to Ant 1.8.4 and still I get the same issue. It is greater than 
>> 1.7.0
>> and 1.8.4 is sufficiently old enough at this point that I would expect it to 
>> work
>
>I confirm I can build with ant 1.9 (1.9.3, to be precise) with no issues.
>
>> so is there something else that is the problem here? My JDK is 1.8.0_45.
>
>It looks like this may be the problem. This has recently been discussed
>on this list. Can you try building with Java 7?
>
>Note: in any case, when you have build issues the best thing to do is to 
>find your config.log file and upload it to http://pastebin.com/ (or any 
>other service) with expiration date set at one month and send the link 
>here. This will allow people to look at all diagnostic messages. And 
>this is helpful when, like in this case, the error given by configure is 
>actually not very precise.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

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I have done the above and am now running into a problem with ant. I have 
version 1.9.5 installed, and I get the following error:

checking if /usr/local/Cellar/ant/1.9.5/libexec/bin/ant works... configure: 
WARNING: Ant does not work - Some Java projects will not build!
checking whether ant is >= 1.7.0... ./configure: line 22468: test: not 
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM: integer expression expected
configure: error: no, you need at least ant >= 1.7.0

Although I will try to downgrade my installation of ant, this might be 
something to look into in the future.






On 10/25/15, 4:21 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> While running the command you had posted in the previous mail, I got an 
>> error from configure:
>
>Good, this means that "configure" is doing its job! It will take a while 
>to accommodate all requests and setup the system properly, but then you 
>will be ready to build.
>
>> configure: error: for rebuilding unowinreg.dll you need the mingw32 C++ 
>> compiler.
>>   Specify mingw32 g++ executable name with --with-mingwin.
>>   Or use prebuilt one from 
>> http://tools.openoffice.org/unowinreg_prebuild/680/ and
>>   put it into external/unowinreg using your browser or a command 
>> equivalent to:
>>   wget -O external/unowinreg/unowinreg.dll 
>> http://www.openoffice.org/tools/unowinreg_prebuild/680/unowinreg.dll
>> This appears to be a Windows based error. Why am I getting this error on a 
>> Mac?
>
>No, it's not Windows based. The DLL is needed for cross-platform 
>functioning of Java extensions, for example. So it is a Windows DLL but 
>with the default options you need it when building on other systems too. 
>Anyway, fixing this is easy, you just need to download the file and 
>place it into the right directory.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

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While running the command you had posted in the previous mail, I got an error 
from configure:

configure: error: for rebuilding unowinreg.dll you need the mingw32 C++ 
compiler.
 Specify mingw32 g++ executable name with --with-mingwin.
 Or use prebuilt one from 
http://tools.openoffice.org/unowinreg_prebuild/680/ and
 put it into external/unowinreg using your browser or a command 
equivalent to:
 wget -O external/unowinreg/unowinreg.dll 
http://www.openoffice.org/tools/unowinreg_prebuild/680/unowinreg.dll

This appears to be a Windows based error. Why am I getting this error on a Mac?


Thank
Jatin



On 10/25/15, 3:06 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> I am running into some problems, I am using this site for reference 
>> https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO)
>
>That page is OK. If you let us know your preferred username, we can 
>create a wiki account for you, so that you can improve the pages that 
>are confusing.
>
>> and I am able to get an output when I run ./configure --help after running 
>> autoconf.
>
>OK, but ./configure --help will merely list the possible switches. You 
>then need to run ./configure with some options. Which ones did you use?
>
>Our 4.1.2 release candidate uses (it's longer, and this is actually not 
>verbatim since we cache stuff, but you can start with these; it's one line):
>./configure --enable-category-b --enable-wiki-publisher 
>--enable-bundled-dictionaries --without-stlport 
>--with-dmake-url=http://dmake.apache-extras.org.codespot.com/files/dmake-4.12.tar.bz2
> 
>--with-epm-url=http://www.msweet.org/files/project2/epm-3.7-source.tar.gz
>
>> However, I can’t find the script to set the environment variables for Mac 
>> (MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh)
>
>You will find it in main/ upon successful configure. So you should give 
>more details about what happens when you run configure with more options.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

I was initially running into a problem with the configure build giving an error 
about Ant.

checking if /usr/local/Cellar/ant/1.9.5/libexec/bin/ant works... configure: 
WARNING: Ant does not work - Some Java projects will not build!
checking whether ant is >= 1.7.0... ./configure: line 22468: test: not 
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM: integer expression expected
configure: error: no, you need at least ant >= 1.7.0


I downgraded to Ant 1.8.4 and still I get the same issue. It is greater than 
1.7.0 and 1.8.4 is sufficiently old enough at this point that I would expect it 
to work so is there something else that is the problem here? My JDK is 1.8.0_45.

Can someone help me with this?






On 10/25/15, 4:21 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> While running the command you had posted in the previous mail, I got an 
>> error from configure:
>
>Good, this means that "configure" is doing its job! It will take a while 
>to accommodate all requests and setup the system properly, but then you 
>will be ready to build.
>
>> configure: error: for rebuilding unowinreg.dll you need the mingw32 C++ 
>> compiler.
>>   Specify mingw32 g++ executable name with --with-mingwin.
>>   Or use prebuilt one from 
>> http://tools.openoffice.org/unowinreg_prebuild/680/ and
>>   put it into external/unowinreg using your browser or a command 
>> equivalent to:
>>   wget -O external/unowinreg/unowinreg.dll 
>> http://www.openoffice.org/tools/unowinreg_prebuild/680/unowinreg.dll
>> This appears to be a Windows based error. Why am I getting this error on a 
>> Mac?
>
>No, it's not Windows based. The DLL is needed for cross-platform 
>functioning of Java extensions, for example. So it is a Windows DLL but 
>with the default options you need it when building on other systems too. 
>Anyway, fixing this is easy, you just need to download the file and 
>place it into the right directory.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
I am trying to build open office after cloning the source (svn co 
https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/openoffice/trunk). I am working with Mac OS X 
10.10 (Yosemite). 

I am running into some problems, I am using this site for reference 
https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Building_Guide_AOO) and I am 
able to get an output when I run ./configure --help after running autoconf.

However, I can’t find the script to set the environment variables for Mac 
(MacOSXX64Env.Set.sh) and I also cd into the main/instsetoo_native but I can’t 
find the build script in that directory. 

I have tried running the script main/odk/setsdekenv_unix.sh but I get the 
following output:

cat: /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/odk/settings/dk.mk: No such file 
or directory


 
 *
 *  You have to configure your SDK environment first before you can
 *  can use it! The configuration has to be done only once.
 *
 


sh: /Users/jatin1/repos/asf/openoffice/main/odk/config.guess: No such file or 
directory


How do I go about setting the environment variables and also building it?

Thanks
Jatin



On 10/19/15, 2:49 AM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>On 18/10/2015 PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> I have also cloned the repository from svn so that I can look at the
>> code changes as I look at the issues on bugzilla. I hope that this can
>> get me some familiarity with the codebase.
>
>It will, and it is a good way to start.
>Do you prefer git? Just clone https://github.com/apache/openoffice (the 
>official mirror; code is OK, other features/stats are mostly broken). I 
>recommend the AOO410 branch since focus is on that for the rest of 
>October, until we release OpenOffice 4.1.2.
>
>> I am working on a machine with Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10). I forgot
>> to  mention this in the previous email.
>
>This is good! We definitely welcome more Mac developers.
>
>> I am basically hoping that after getting to grips with the basics, I
>> can get to working with someone as a mentor of sorts on a decent sized
>> feature/module.
>
>Finding something for you to complete is not very problematic, several
>of us have two or three (or more!) projects that they will be able to do
>but lack time to complete. So once you get the basics right, and you 
>have built OpenOffice successfully, ask back for ideas (of course ask 
>for help if you need help with the build!). This is better than the 
>other way round: we won't have mentors available for any ideas you might 
>have; it is easier for you to ask what unfinished projects
>people are available to mentor.
>
>> Also, is there a good GUI client for SVN? My beloved Source Tree
>> seems  to have issues with svn.
>
>I've always used the command-line one. If you are more familiar with 
>git, just use the git mirror (or git-svn).
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.
>
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University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,

I am a 3rd year university student. I have more than 2 years experience 
with Java, C and Python and brief experience with C++ (although I believe I can 
pick up fairly easily). I also have very good knowledge of git and agile 
methodology and have done an internship at PayPal as a software engineer 
intern, where I used these technologies extensively.  I need to contribute to 
an open source project of my choice for the next semester (ending in May 2016) 
and I would like to start now itself, to get familiar quickly. I picked Open 
Office since it is something I use daily (almost) and would like to contribute 
to. I am hoping to contribute to the Open Office codebase itself with new 
features, bug fixes, refactoring etc. I can contribute around 10-12 hours a 
week, and maybe more if there is a critical deadline to be met.


Thanks
Jatin

Re: University student looking for experience in contributing to the Open Office project

[#PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN#]

Hi,
 Okay I will do the above. I have also cloned the repository from svn so 
that I can look at the code changes as I look at the issues on bugzilla. I hope 
that this can get me some familiarity with the codebase. 

I am working on a machine with Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10). I forgot to mention 
this in the previous email.

I am basically hoping that after getting to grips with the basics, I can get to 
working with someone as a mentor of sorts on a decent sized feature/module.

Also, is there a good GUI client for SVN? My beloved Source Tree seems to have 
issues with svn.

Thanks
Jatin





On 10/18/15, 6:03 PM, "Andrea Pescetti" <pesce...@apache.org> wrote:

>PATHANGI JANARDHANAN JATINSHRAVAN wrote:
>> I picked Open Office since it is something I use daily (almost) and would 
>> like to contribute to.
>
>Hi, this is very good news!
>
>The best way to start right now is to help with the final steps for the 
>4.1.2 release. This will allow you to get familiar with Bugzilla, the 
>tool that all developers use to share patches and track progress. So you 
>will be able to see patches and gradually do more with the code.
>
>First, take a look at 
>http://openoffice.apache.org/orientation/intro-qa.html just to have a 
>generic introduction. Then, register for a Bugzilla account as 
>instructed in that page.
>
>And then you should:
>
>1) Download and use the development version 4.1.2-RC2, available from 
>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/ ; currently, the 
>English version for Windows is at 
>https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/openoffice/4.1.2-rc2-r1707648/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe
>
>2) Use the following link to find a list of issues to be checked: 
>http://s.apache.org/KL1
>
>The aim of QA is to bring issues from RESOLVED state to VERIFIED. To do 
>that, you can just add a comment in each issue that is not already 
>VERIFIED or CLOSED and state if it works for you or not. Some are quite 
>easy, so I would recommend that you quickly scan what needs to be done 
>and start from the easy ones.
>
>A comment is enough for the being, but you can then get permission to 
>flag issues as CLOSED or VERIFIED yourself by asking on this list.
>
>Regards,
>   Andrea.