Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-29 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 28.09.2011 00:49, Michael Stahl wrote: On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: What is the oldest Windows OS version that Apache OOo 3.4(-dev) will be supported on? How does that compare with the oldest

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-29 Thread Mathias Bauer
On 28.09.2011 21:03, Marcus (OOo) wrote: Yes, and as long as there are no real technical problems I don't see a need to drop the support. Indeed, and AFAIR dropping the support for any OS versions always was technically motivated at OOo. Of course technical motivations are debatable.

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-29 Thread Mathias Bauer
Am 29.09.2011 20:17, schrieb Mathias Bauer: On 28.09.2011 00:49, Michael Stahl wrote: On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: What is the oldest Windows OS version that Apache OOo 3.4(-dev) will be supported

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-29 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Am 09/29/2011 09:16 PM, schrieb Mathias Bauer: Am 29.09.2011 20:17, schrieb Mathias Bauer: On 28.09.2011 00:49, Michael Stahl wrote: On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: What is the oldest Windows OS

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: I'd recommend supporting Windows XP and beyond. XP is officially supported by Microsoft until April 2014. I'm certainly not making any effort to maintain or test support for earlier versions. Of course, that doesn't

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Rob Weir
- From: Michael Stahl [mailto:m...@openoffice.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 15:50 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dennis E

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Marcus (OOo)
Message- From: Michael Stahl [mailto:m...@openoffice.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 15:50 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Marcus (OOo)
of QA. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Michael Stahl [mailto:m...@openoffice.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 15:50 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote

RE: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 Am 09/28/2011 01:39 PM, schrieb Rob Weir: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: I don't think the vendor support lifetime for a consumer OS has bring the end of application support

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Marcus (OOo)
. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Michael Stahl [mailto:m...@openoffice.org] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 15:50 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep

RE: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-28 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
.) -Original Message- From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:marcus.m...@wtnet.de] Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 15:42 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 Am 09/28/2011 11:56 PM, schrieb Dennis E. Hamilton: Marcus

[patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Oliver-Rainer Wittmann
Hi, I have created a patch to remove the Window build requirement on unicows.dll - see issue 88652 https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=88652 The patch contains already the patch which c...@openoffice.org (Caolan McNamara) has provided and attached to this issue. Can someone please

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Rob Weir
Is anyone else building on Windows right now? If not, we have a logistical problem. Oliver is not a committer, but he is producing a good number of patches for the Windows build that no one else seems to be testing and integrating. I can think of two ways of solving this problem. -Rob On Tue,

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Jürgen Schmidt
On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Is anyone else building on Windows right now? If not, we have a logistical problem. Oliver is not a committer, but he is producing a good number of patches for the Windows build that no one else seems to be testing and

RE: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Is anyone else building on Windows right now? If not, we have a logistical problem. Oliver is not a committer, but he is producing a good number

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Rob Weir
...@googlemail.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 08:48 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Rob Weir robw...@apache.org wrote: Is anyone else building on Windows right

Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Marcus (OOo)
] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 08:48 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:56 PM, Rob Weirrobw...@apache.org wrote: Is anyone else building on Windows right now? If not, we have

RE: [patch] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652

2011-09-27 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
] Removal of Windows build requirement on unicows.dll - issue 88652 On 27.09.2011 22:22, Rob Weir wrote: On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:08 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton dennis.hamil...@acm.org wrote: What is the oldest Windows OS version that Apache OOo 3.4(-dev) will be supported on? How does